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Tharwa's Projects
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Reports from the Region
Crime on the Rise in Syria
Cheating Widespread at the University of Damascus
Students Forced to Participate in ‘Spontaneous’ Marches in Support of Gaza
An Anniversary of Broken Promises in Yemen
Human Trafficking in Syria
Air pollution and traffic plague Damascus
Poverty Belt Series: Impoverished man cries, “Can a house like this produce a scientist?”
Is a new generation of Syrians being raised by satellite television instead of their parents?
Prostitution on the rise in Syria, expanding into more residential neighborhoods
A tale of corruption in Syria: the case of Taleb Al Jassim
Working Women Struggle to Survive in Syria
Dating in a world torn between tradition and modernity
Women take leading role in raising crops to support their families
High rent prices force thousands into illegal shantytowns
Poverty Belt Series: Segregation and social services in rural Damascus
Poverty Belt Series: Even the landowners are suffering
Female Workers Face Psychological Pressure
Community Perceptions of Female Labor
A Woman Fights for Justice Against Human Rights Violations in Yemeni Prisons
Olive season in Efrin causes fear instead of joy
Paying for Education in Syria
Reading for Pleasure Disappearing in Modern Society
Small Farmers Can’t Afford to Irrigate Their Crops
Poverty Drives Yemeni Children to the Labor Market
Shoe Shiners in Damascus: Striving to Make a Living in the Midst of Corruption
Poverty Belt Series: Impoverished Kurds struggle to survive outside of Damascus
Poverty Belt Series: Calculating a meal: Scrimping and saving to feed a family outside of Damascus
Poverty Belt Series: Desperate poverty grips region outside of Damascus
Poverty Belt Series: A community sits abandoned just outside the nation’s capital
Economy Drives Away Young Professionals
Poor Vendors Driven Off the Streets and Left with No Alternatives
Rising Competition in Syrian University a Sign of Corruption, Not Higher Standards
Poverty Belt Series: Shopkeeper asks, “What is the point of stocking goods no one can afford?”
Poverty Belt Series: Stories of Poverty and Neglect in a Suburb of Damascus
Poverty Belt Series: Prices rise and struggling poor pay the price
Syrians Face Rising Prices and Stagnant Wages
The Crisis of Childhood: Disaffected Syrian youth turn away from family and school
Poverty Belt Series: A Life of Numbers: Calculating Survival in Syria
Poverty Belt Series: A Neighborhood Without a Home: Who's Responsible?
Poverty Belt Series: Poverty Strikes Al-Bayader District
The Bread Tragedy Continues In Syria
Poverty Belt Series: Tabab al-Hajbiyyeh Quarter: A picture of life
Will Iran allow a peace treaty between Syria and Israel?
The Market of Thieves: An Underworld Damascus Depends On
Traditional professions on their way to extinction
A Job for the Jobless: Begging at the Faculty of Arts' Tunnel
Secret Tunnels: A profitable business in Gaza
Kurdish Capital Sees Rise in Child Smokers
Good Samaritan's Dilemma: A Culture of Fear Trumps Humanity and Decency in the Streets of Damascus
Voices from Al-Bahdaleyyah Neighborhood: Reflections on Poverty
Town Runs Out of Bread, Corruption Rampant
Dire Poverty Leads Workers to Leave Syria
Oh My Country: A Satirical Look at Bread Prices in Syria
Will Syria Witness A Bread Revolution?
Economic Losses after One Year of Embargo: An Assessment From The Palestinian Chamber of Commerce
Elementary Child Says, "Today Is Not My Turn to Eat"
Peace Process Developments Irrelevant to Average Syrian
Al-Jazeera Region Overwhelmed by Extreme Drought and Rising Cost of Living
Eyewitness Report: Corruption Plagues Damascus International Airport
Link Between Drugs and Unemployment Growing Among Syrian Youth
Tharwa Child Labor Series: Child Labor in Damascus: Street Kids at Work
Tharwa Child Labor Series: Child Labor in Aleppo: Indisputably a Kurdish Tale
Tharwa Child Labor Series: The Gloomy Reality of Child Labor: Who is Responsible?
Tharwa Child Labor Series: Organized Gangs of Child Street Beggars in Syria
Tharwa Child Labor Series: A Very Short Story about Politics!
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Elections, Democracy, and the Future of Afghanistan
The Future of Turkish Democracy: Assessing Local Election Outcomes
Syria: Challenges and Opportunities for the New Administration - Second Panel
Syria: Challenges and Opportunities for the New Administration - First Panel
Nationality Rights for All: A Progress Report and Global Survey on Statelessness
Human Rights, Education & Freedom of the Press in Morocco
Restoring Leadership in the Middle East: A Regional Approach to Peace
Strategies for Engaging Political Islam: A Middle East, U.S. and EU 'Trialogue'
Cyber Dissidents in the Middle East: Fighting for a new background
Human Rights in the Arab Region in 2008: A Report from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Roundtable Discussion with Mamoun Homsi
Secularism in the Muslim Diaspora
Religion and State: A Middle East, US and EU ‘Trilogue’
Afghanistan-Pakistan Young Leaders Dialogue
The Future of US Foreign Policy & Democracy
McCain, Obama, and the Middle East: The influence of Domestic Politics on U.S. Policy
Democracy in Egypt: Can It Wait?
Syrian Human Rights Policies in Syria and Toward Lebanese
Disarming Libya: Background to an Agreement
Turkey's Political Crisis: Implications for the Middle East
Policy Forum on Children and Armed Conflict: Child Soldiers as Combatants, Victims, and Survivors
Freedom "After" Speech
The Future of the Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Egypt Today: The State of Human Rights and Rule of Law
The Way Back from Islam
Expert Interview Series
Syrian Identity Through History
A Brief Psychological Examination of Ethnic Identity Issues in Syria
Studies from the Region
Private Prisons in Yemen: An in-depth study
Perceptions of Rape Against Women in Aleppo, Syria
Tharwa Briefing: Economy and Human Rights Series Issue No. 2
Tharwa Briefing: Economy and Human Rights Series Issue No. 1
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The Poverty Belt around Damascus
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Exiled Hope
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