Project Exile: Turkish journalist lost home and family "One thing is broken: my heart." When Turkish journalist Arzu Yildiz reported a major scoop in 2014, she had little idea that the story might lead to the end of her journalism career, the loss of her home,...
Project Exile: Turkey’s Dündar free in exile, still threatened "For the Turkish government I am a terrorist. Everybody challenging the government is a terrorist." Can Dündar isn't easily silenced. The outspoken Turkish columnist and editor has been fired, jailed and...
A photojournalist returns to Yemen’s crisis In 2012, a Minnesota-native fresh out of nursing school named Alex Kay Potter was traveling in Jordan just as the Arab Spring swept through the region. On an impulse, Potter decided to buy a ticket to Yemen,...
Project Exile: Iranian student journalist fled after detention Omid Rezaee’s work on a university magazine led to his arrest In 2009, incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran’s disputed election against Mir-Hossein Mousavi, The results led to public outrage...
Project Exile: ‘Caged’ Egyptian journalist fled before sentencing "We have to stand up for each other, otherwise the whole profession is in jeopardy.” Yehia Ghanem had been near the pinnacle of Egyptian journalism. As a former foreign correspondent and senior editor at...
Project Exile: Turkish editor departs after police raid "I realize it was the best decision of my life because I would be imprisoned right now, like my colleagues." Shortly after Turkish police in riot gear raided the headquarters of Zaman Media Group on March 4,...
Project Exile: After hunger strike, Egyptian journalist in Qatar fears return "I face probably a life sentence or maybe even worse. The idea of not being able to go back to your own country...is just heartbreaking." Abdullah Elshamy For a time, journalist Abdullah...
Dutch journalist expelled from Turkey seeks justice "They robbed me of my life, my job, so they're going to have to pay for it." Fréderike Geerdink had made a home for herself in Turkey. The Dutch journalist moved to Istanbul in 2006 to...
Project Exile: Turkey reporter stayed one step ahead of crackdown "It was part of the intimidation campaign to go after family members, including my mother." In hindsight, there were many clues that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government was making preparations to...
In looted artifacts, archaeologist sees destruction of past "We’re self-destroying our heritage." Amid reports that the Islamic State was generating millions of dollars by looting and selling antiquities from Syria and Iraq in 2015, archaeologist Mark Altaweel...
