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Refugees in a boat on the Mediterranean Sea.

Summer special

Longing for a better life

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by Dagmar Wolf
Lebanese teachers demonstrate for more salaries and against the rising prices and taxes in Beirut in 2011.

Lebanon

A lack of political reform

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by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
A moment of collective grief on the beach at Sousse.

Political violence

Hard times

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by Aya Chebbi
T-Shirt shop in Jerusalem.

Summer Special

“Being enemies made us friends”

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Women wearing the traditional Chador in Yazd, Iran.

Summer special

Leaving Iran and returning again

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Ayatollah Khamenei: An important voice, but not the only one.

Faith-based regime

“Shias support underdogs”

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by Maysam Behravesh
Syrian refugees often work as harvesters in the Bekaa Valley: women collecting onions.

Refugees

Lebanon needs help

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by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
The number of refugees puts a strain on Lebanon’s infrastructure. This school offers afternoon classes for Syrian children.

Civil Peace Service

Overcoming prejudices

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by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
The losses sustained in the June elections have politically weakened Turkey’s President Erdogan (right).

After the elections

Testing times for Turkish democracy

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by Timur Tinç
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