Selected articles:
Washington City Paper: How an African kidnapping crisis has terrorized D.C.'s Eritrean immigrants
International Herald Tribune: Syria's Kurds look to Iraqi minority for support
The Atlantic: Inside Sinai's torture camps
Foreign Policy: Keeping the light on
EnergyWire: Tensions rise in northern Iraq as Kurds ferry more oil across border
Al-Monitor: Syrian refugees, children struggle in Jordan
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Washington City Paper: How an African kidnapping crisis has terrorized D.C.'s Eritrean immigrants
April 24, 2014 -- Thousands of Eritreans across the globe—including many in the Washington, D.C., area—have been extorted by Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt and Sudan who have kidnapped and tortured their relatives and friends. Click here for my article, and click here for a follow-up blog post I wrote about a documentary chronicling the crisis.
The Forward: Anne Heyman gave orphans a family
Feb. 2, 2014 -- The visionary behind a youth village for Rwandan children orphaned by the country's 1994 genocide passed away; she was 52. Her dream lives on in the Rwandan countryside, where hundreds of teens study and live at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Click here.
Narratively: The hand-held lions of the Cairo zoo
Dec. 27, 2013 -- Walking out of the lion enclosure at the only zoo in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, it felt like we had just committed murder. Click here.
JTA: To stay afloat, shuls merging across denominational divide
May 9, 2013 -- Across the United States, scores of synagogues have overcome denominational differences to merge formally, share space or otherwise collaborate, often due to financial hardships wrought by shrinking Jewish populations. Click here.
The Daily Beast: Why Obama picked Philip Gordon for NSC post
March 25, 2013 -- President Obama’s new National Security Council coordinator does not have much experience with Israeli and Palestinian issues, but observers said the White House will instead benefit from his extensive inside-the-beltway skills. Click here.
EnergyWire: Tensions rise in northern Iraq as Kurds ferry more oil across border
March 6, 2013 -- Iraqi Kurdistan sits on billions of barrels of untapped oil reserves and a lot of natural gas, and Kurdish leaders are using their hydrocarbon windfall in a high-stakes battle with the Iraqi government over the region's sovereignty. Click here.
International Herald Tribune: Syria's Kurds look to Iraqi minority for support
Jan. 31, 2013 -- As war rages across the border in Syria, the semiautonomous Kurdish region of Iraq has emerged as a lead backer of Syrian Kurds , hoping another empowered Kurdish entity like itself will emerge should the Syrian regime fall. Click here.
Al-Monitor: Syrian refugee wave washes over Egypt
Jan. 7, 2013 -- The Syrian refugee crisis has spilled over into countries farther from the fighting, as tens of thousands seek refuge in Egypt and other North African countries. Click here.
GlobalPost: Egypt's constitution vote divides the country
Dec. 23, 2012 -- Egyptians cast ballots in the second and final day of voting on an Islamist-backed draft constitution widely expected to gain passage, deepening already intense polarization between the Muslim Brotherhood and its liberal and secular opponents. Click here.
Foreign Policy: Keeping the light on
Dec. 17, 2012 -- Celebrating Hannukah with the last Jews in Egypt. Click here.
Syria Deeply: Syrian refugees try to find a place in Jordan’s education system
Dec. 13, 2012 -- Teachers, schools administrators, and aid workers are focusing on the gargantuan task of managing the sheer number of Syrian children who keep flowing across the border to Jordan, night by night. Click here.
The National: Syria's refugees prepare for winter
Dec. 5, 2012 -- After enduring scorching summer heat and dust storms, Syrian refugees living in flimsy tents are now facing single digit winter temperatures, and a funding shortfall could leave many out in the cold. Click here.
Al-Monitor: Syrian refugees, children struggle in Jordan
Dec. 2, 2012 -- A major influx of refugees in recent weeks — about 500 cross into Jordan each night — has severely strained already overstretched Jordanian infrastructure and has put pressure on the kingdom’s finances as it faces some of the most significant protests in its history. Click here.
The National: Discontent lingers over subsidy cuts in Jordan
Nov. 25, 2012 -- While Jordanians' anger over subsidy cuts has sputtered out to smaller, sporadic strikes, sit-ins and marches, analysts said that if the state fails to address Jordanians' concerns, the discontent over prices and jobs is unlikely to lessen. Click here.
The Egypt Independent: Jordan protest numbers dwindle, but discontent persists over subsidy cuts
Nov. 24, 2012 -- A demonstration in the Jordanian capital was a wash on Friday, as rain soaked the city a week after violent protests here called for the toppling of the monarchy. Click here.
Deadspin: Democracy in the Raw - The WWE comes to post-revolutionary Egypt
Nov. 16, 2012 -- The WWE stopped in Cairo for three nights last month, the pro wrestling company's first live foray into Egypt. Click here.
The Atlantic: Inside Sinai's torture camps
Nov. 14, 2012 -- How Bedouins are kidnapping and ransoming African refugees in Egypt's lawless hinterland. Click here.
EnergyWire: Egypt shifts to gas imports to plug supply-demand gap
Nov. 9, 2012 -- Still smarting from political chaos and economic hardship after last year's uprising, Egypt is increasingly turning to natural gas to plug its supply-demand gap and may even be on the path to becoming a net natural gas importer. Click here (subscription).
The Egypt Independent: Salafis to back Sharia-friendly business
Nov. 8, 2012 -- Egypt’s Salafis are branching out into business, bringing their ultraconservative teaching of Islam into the world of modern finance. Click here.
The Egypt Independent: Monufiya water contamination details emerge during academic conference
Oct. 19, 2012 -- Leaked sewage and human error likely caused over 1,500 residents in the village of Sansaft in Monufiya governorate to fall critically ill this summer, according to researchers at Monufiya University. Click here.
The Egypt Independent: Bacteria-based system tackles water pollution in rural Egypt
Oct. 6, 2012 -- After a summer of high-profile cases of tainted water across Egypt, one researcher says he has a cheap, practical solution to contaminated water in the country’s rural areas. Click here.
The Egypt Independent: White-taxi drivers demand financial help, decry government program
Oct. 3, 2012 -- Amid a slew of labor protests, drivers of white taxis blocked a main Cairo traffic artery, calling attention to the efficacy of a three year-old government program to replace the capital’s aging taxi fleet. Click here.
The Daily Beast: Tension rises, but Israel and Egypt stick to economic pact
Oct. 3, 2012 -- Despite its harsh rhetoric, the new Egyptian government is largely standing by a trade agreement with the Jewish state. Click here.
The Egypt Independent: Anxious times - Stress and stigma take toll on mental health
Sept. 30, 2012 -- Continued exposure to violence, upsetting news, and worsening economic conditions have left many Egyptians feeling stressed, and mental health professionals say the psychological effects of the last 20 months have remained widely unaddressed. Click here.
Tufts Magazine: Egypt sings
Summer 2012 -- A new competition gives the country's women a voice. Click here.
The National: Shafiq gains support in Egypt despite Mubarak link
June 14, 2012 -- Many activists and other Egyptians have little in common with Ahmed Shafiq's ideology - but such is the nature of the new Egypt that they will cast their votes for him in run-off elections. Click here.
The National: Egypt's joy as it casts its vote for democratic future
May 24, 2012 -- Residents of Egypt's second largest city flooded the streets, lining up at polling stations for the first of two days of voting in Egypt's presidential election. Click here.
The National: Egypt election candidates pay lip service to women's rights
May 22, 2012 -- Women activists are worried politicians are merely paying lip service to improving women's rights and, in some cases, may even roll back some of the advances made in recent years. Click here.
The National: Egyptian candidate hopes to unite disparate groups
May 20, 2012 -- At a time when other front-runners in Egypt's election for president are tailoring their messages towards narrower segments of society, self-styled moderate Islamist Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh is banking on uniting a wide swath of voters behind his candidacy. Click here.
Tufts Alumni: Alumni Profiles
May 11, 2012 -- As my months living in Egypt have passed by, Egyptians have increasingly questioned whether their uprising was worth it. Click here.
EnergyWire: Regional energy politics unravel with end of Israel-Egypt gas deal
May 10, 2012 -- Egypt's cancellation of its natural gas deal with Israel last month capped a period of increasing strain on the two countries' energy partnership and has threatened to reshape the flow of natural gas in a region vital to U.S. foreign policy. Click here (subscription).
Fikra Forum: Jordan's election law and prospects for reform
May 2, 2012 -- Jordanians hold out little hope a proposed election law would bring true reform to the Hashemite Kingdom. Click here.
The National: Jordan's PM quits amid acrimony over reform efforts
April 28, 2012 -- The Jordanian prime minister's resignation amid a power struggle between the government and the king came as the state's reform efforts were under fire from across the political spectrum. Click here.
The National: Muslim Brotherhood candidate alters Egypt's election race
April 4, 2012 -- A Muslim Brotherhood member's entrance into Egypt's presidential contest has virtually ensured that an Islamist candidate will make it to the final round in June. Click here.
The National: By seeking presidency, Brotherhood challenges generals
April 2, 2012 -- The Muslim Brotherhood's surprise move to run a candidate for Egypt's presidency has heightened the stakes in the Islamist organisation's increasingly public confrontation with the ruling military council. Click here.
The National: Dying cattle costly for Egyptian farmers
April 1, 2012 -- Freshly covered graves mask the carcasses of cattle felled by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak spreading across Egypt, but farmers' frustration in the Nile Delta over the financial devastation is out in the open. Click here.
ESPN.com's Page 2: VIDEO - Obstacles aside, Egyptian parkour off and running
March 28, 2012 -- Young Cairenes escape the pressures of daily life by taking up parkour, the free-spirited sport with French roots. Click here.
Bending Borders: Tahrir Square one year later - Celebrating what?
Feb. 10, 2012 -- How do you celebrate a revolution that has not yet run its course? Click here.
Salon: Growing pains for Egypt's youthful revolution
Jan. 25, 2012 -- One year after Tahrir Square, young people find new thinking, some freedom, and less money. Click here.
Salon: Divide deepens between Tahrir Square and Egypt
Nov. 28, 2011 -- As voting for a new government starts, Egyptians are sympathetic but wary of unrest. Click here.
Fikra Forum: Egyptian freedom of speech - Same old red lines from a new source
Oct. 24, 2011 -- The Egyptian military's heavy-handed tactics have threatened free speech and blurred red lines. Click here.
The Huffington Post: On a hillside in Rwanda, orphans find semblance of normalcy
July 30, 2009 -- Rwandan orphans yearn for normalcy 15 years after 800,000 people were killed in the African nation. Click here.
The Medford Transcript: A monumental moment in Washington
Jan. 21, 2009 -- Barack Obama takes the oath of office in Washington to become the United States' first African-American president. Click here.
The Tufts Daily
For an archive of the dozens of articles I authored and reported for The Tufts Daily from 2007 to 2011, click here.
