· April, 2014

Stories about Lebanon from April, 2014

Who Benefits from Trafficking Women from Madagascar to the Middle East?

  22 April 2014

Aaron Ross reports on his investigation in the heart of the ongoing human trafficking of young women from Madagascar to Middle Eastern countries: For some enterprising businessmen, the collapse heralded a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So-called placement agencies sprang up in Antananarivo and other cities across Madagascar, promising the good life in...

Syria: From Inventor to Laborer

  14 April 2014

The story of Ismail al-Shimali exposes the Baathist mechanisms of diminishing any possibility for scientific or cultural development in Syria.