Over the last few years, thousands of Syrian refugees have arrived in Turkey to escape the war. Several with educational degrees found it difficult to find a job in their areas of expertise due to the challenges of obtaining required work permits  for the private sector. More...

A crackdown by government forces against student demonstrations this year has put in danger a tradition of public debate by students at the University of Khartoum that traces back to Sudan’s independence in 1956. More...

BIRZEIT, Palestine—Music and laughter are all that can be heard under a circus tent in this town near Ramallah in the West Bank.
Students at the Palestinian Circus School are learning their skills of choice. Some juggle. Others dance hip-hop. Some practice aerial acrobatics, gymnastics and other performing skills. More...

The rate of deaths from AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa is increasing sharply, in contrast to the encouraging downward trend in deaths from the disease globally. More...

The aim of the project—whose Arabic name, Qisetna, means “our stories”—is to build an archive of oral history, a record of the experiences of ordinary Syrian life in a way that is separate from the daily account of politics and civil war. More...