Education
America Abroad
November 11, 2014
Inside Syria, almost six million children have been affected by the country's ongoing civil war, and millions more have fled the country to find safety in refugee camps. Turkey, for example, has opened its doors to about a million-and-a-half Syrian refugees since spring 2011. But as the war drags on, Turkey is finding itself with a long-term humanitarian and education problem.
Conflict
Some Syrian rebels struggle to separate their real identities and their nom de guerre
PRI's The World
November 25, 2014
When reporter Raja Abdulrahim interviewed Syrian rebels about the war in Syria, she asked them for their names. Soon she found out that many of them are stuck between their identities before the war and the one after.
Justice
Egyptians are shocked as former president Hosni Mubarak goes free
PRI's The World
December 01, 2014
Protests roiled Egypt this weekend after a court dropped all criminal charges against its former president, Hosni Mubarak. While his eventual successor, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, enjoys huge support, the reaction to Mubarak's release showed how many people are unwilling to forgive their ex-leader.
Development
Prostitutes want Tunisia's red light districts to get back in business
PRI's The World
December 19, 2014
Prostitution is legal and regulated in Tunisia, but many of its red light districts closed down after the 2011 revolution in the face of Islamist attacks. Now sex workers want to reopen them, saying they provided community, safety and badly needed income.
Conflict
A Yemeni watches from afar — again — as his country erupts in chaos
PRI's The World
January 26, 2015
What's it feel like to watch your country succumb to revolution from afar? Ask Yemeni student Ibrahim al-Hajiby. He watched the Arab Spring engulf Yemen in 2011 from his college in Minnesota, and he's doing the same now as Houthi rebels take over the Yemeni government.
Conflict
Four years after a 'revolution,' Egypt is back to square one
PRI's The World
January 30, 2015
The January 25 uprising in Egypt caught journalist Thanassis Cambanis by surprise with its size and ambition. But, as he describes in his new book about the Egyptian revolution, the moment of changed seems to have passed, and Egypt is back in the hands of yet another strongman.
Justice
From thousands of miles away, an activist tries to keep change alive in Egypt
PRI's The World
March 16, 2015
Updated
Amira Mikhail was in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the day Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power. Four years later, she's still trying to press for change — but the disappointment of the Egyptian revolution's aftermath means she's doing it from the United States.
Justice
Hope is all but gone in Syria, but some in the country still work for change
PRI's The World
March 26, 2015
Most people who live in Damascus fear voicing an opinion that doesn't echo that of either the government or the armed opposition. But some residents reject the bitter polarization that divides their country.
Conflict
The man accused of stealing $60 billion from Yemen is still there and wielding power
PRI's The World
April 02, 2015
Updated
Critics of the Houthi rebels in Yemen say they are in league with Iran, a claim the rebels deny. But no one denies the Houthis are partnered with an ally much closer to home: Yemen's onetime dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh, who remains a force in Yemen and may have billions of dollars at his disposal.
Business
Tunisia looks to tap into its history and push its olive oil front and center
PRI's The World
April 20, 2015
The Arab Spring gave Tunisia international name recognition. Now Tunisia wants to be known for something else — its olive oil.
Justice
Egypt's first democratically elected president becomes a convict
PRI's The World
April 21, 2015
In 2012, Mohammed Morsi was the president of Egypt; in 2013, he was its deposed leader; today he's a convicted criminal, sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. And this verdict is only the first of several to be handed down against him as Muslim Brotherhood members are tried by the new government.