Geographies

In Germany, refugee children find themselves particularly at risk. Berlin, September 2017.

In Syria’s War, ‘Mental Health Is the Last Priority’

By orb
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AFTER SIX YEARS of conflict and extended exposure to trauma, Syria is in the throes of a mental health crisis, according to Chicago-based physician Dr. Zaher Sahloul, a Syrian-American trauma specialist and former president of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). (More…)

Syrian solidarity protest. Berlin, December 2016.

Erdoğan is bad for everyone

By Joel Schalit
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He never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. So went the Abba Eban-penned 1973 slogan used to describe the late PLO chief, Yasser Arafat, who was routinely blamed for failing to secure peace with Israel. (More…)