‘In Lebanon, I earn well, but not enough to keep my mum alive’
Amid the economic crisis, a son struggles to find the $7,000 required every three weeks for his mother's cancer drugs.
Category Archives: Features
Q&A: Afrobeats is ‘one of Africa’s biggest cultural exports’
A leading music executive answers questions on the essence and evolution of the trendy music genre Afrobeats.
Activists seek to confront UK’s plan to ban boycotting Israel
Pro-Palestinian campaigners are lobbying British MPs to vote down the bill in July that would outlaw sanctioning Israel.
Can the Palestinian Authority protect Palestinians from settlers?
Calls grow for the Palestinian Authority to protect Palestinians against increasing violent settler attacks.
Greece boat wreck victims asked for prayers before leaving Libya
Many now feared dead in the boat wreck off Greece were full of hope and asked loved ones to pray for them.
‘So many dead bodies’: Militia school attack haunts Ugandan town
The attack on a Uganda-DRC border town has left residents in mourning and their Muslim neighbours scared of reprisals.
The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?
As the world hurtles towards climate devastation, countries like The Gambia, Costa Rica and Morocco are showing a fix.
Disbelief, anger: Russians struggle to process Wagner revolt
A Rostov native recalls Saturday's spectacle as Moscow decides what to do with mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Greek coastguard faces tough questions over refugee boat tragedy
Some survivors say their overcrowded trawler capsized this month after the Greek coastguard tried to tow it.
‘Not afraid’: The Texas pilot flying patients to abortions
As abortion becomes less accessible in the US, one pilot is determined to help vulnerable patients despite the risks.
Daietna, a Palestinian restaurant keeping the food ways alive
A gem of a Palestinian restaurant built by a gardener-turned-chef who wanted to share his love of nature with the world.
Fears of ethnic cleansing mount in Sudan’s West Darfur
Multiple ceasefires and international mediation efforts have failed to stop the conflict from escalating.
Madrid celebrates its Muslim past in Spain’s new museum
The Galeria de Colecciones Reales is due to open its doors to the public, embracing Madrid's Islamic heritage.
Fate of jailed fighters still unknown months after Ethiopia truce
The whereabouts of hundreds of fighters on both sides of the Ethiopian war are still not known, despite truce.
‘Foreign-backed drive to remove Khan’: UK Pakistanis protest
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party organises a protest in London to show force ahead of Pakistan's October vote.
‘Layers of vulnerability’: The children growing up in urban war
Much more needs to be done for the estimated one in six children worldwide who have to navigate war, Red Cross says.
Party with controversy: Spain’s festival of Moors and Christians
Some see the annual festival marking the reconquest of Iberia from Arab rulers as racist and disrespectful.
‘Poor people don’t have friends’: A Pakistani widow’s life
Zubeida lives in a village, works for families who live abroad and cleans their vacant homes, where birds come to nest.
Battling bulldozers: Cairo’s historic necropolises under threat
Ancient mausoleums, the homes of some of Cairo’s poor, are threatened by development projects in the City of the Dead.
Iran has a hypersonic missile. What does that mean?
Iran has dismissed scepticism over its development of hypersonic missiles, which could reach Israel in seven minutes.