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Heba Aly

Geneva, London
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Builder of ambitious initiatives that make the world a little fairer. Director @Article109 coalition; @ODI dialogue facilitator
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Islamic law and the rules of war

Islamic law and the rules of war

IRIN News — In this series of reports we explore the tension (and overlap) between Islamic jurisprudence and international humanitarian law: we report on how jihadists are interpreting Islamic edicts , and how humanitarians are using those same principles to further access.
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Overnight in Jordan's Za'atari camp

Overnight in Jordan's Za'atari camp

IRIN News — It is 9pm. The front entrance to Za'atari is lit mostly by the red and blue lights of the Jordanian gendarmerie vehicles parked at the entrance - little assurance of security to the 120,000 residents here, who say police rarely enter the camp. The place has the feel of a lively city - music plays from personal speakers; children scream giddily as they play football; friends and relatives gather in each other's tents, chit-chatting into the night.
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Ten days in Damascus

Ten days in Damascus

IRIN News — I am told the road from Damascus International Airport is not very safe (in the days after my arrival, rebels would attack the airport several times). Instead, I enter Syria via Lebanon, zigzagging through fog-covered mountains, as I, a colleague, and a driver make our way past small towns and agricultural terraces to the border. At the customs gate, a long line of cars queue for entry into Lebanon, squeezed full of whatever small baggage families have managed to take with them. Our side of the road is much quieter.
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Documentary: Now That It's Mine

Documentary: Now That It's Mine

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — It has been just over a week since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was brought down by a wave of anti-government protests. But the story didn't end there. Those protests did more than bring down an unpopular regime. They have returned to the Egyptian people a feeling of pride - a sense of ownership in their country that has been missing for decades. And along with that change, has come the realization that another kind of revolution will be needed to change the Egyptian psyche for good. The Current's Heba Aly was in Cairo during the revolution. Here's her documentary, Now That It's Mine.
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Albania's untold story

Albania's untold story

Christian Science Monitor — The story of how Muslims saved Jews during World War 2.
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Lifting the veil of Albania, with pedals

Lifting the veil of Albania, with pedals

Toronto Review of International Affairs — Albania's still a bit rough around the edges, but it has long outgrown its reputation as an isolated and dangerous country. It took a ride across the country by bicycle to find that out.
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How one youth was drawn to jihad in Somalia

How one youth was drawn to jihad in Somalia

Christian Science Monitor — A smattering of wispy clouds dots the blue sky as white-robed worshipers trickle into Taqwa mosque for Friday prayers. Our car is parked outside the mosque, slightly hidden by a hedgerow of tangled savannah brush that defines the mosque's perimeter. A cool, dry wind blows across this arid town - refreshing against the equatorial heat, but leaving a blanket of dust on the whitewashed buildings. The car's tinted windows are rolled up to protect against the fine film of dust - and to conceal me from sight.
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Hostage Darfur Aid Worker Is Sick, Colleague Says

Hostage Darfur Aid Worker Is Sick, Colleague Says

Bloomberg News — Two women aid workers taken hostage in Darfur on April 4 are being fed one meal a day and spend most of their time sleeping as they wait to learn the outcome of negotiations for their freedom, one of them said. Claire Dubois, a French nurse who had arrived in Darfur just two weeks before she was kidnapped, is suffering from diarrhea, her Canadian colleague, Stéphanie Jodoin, said yesterday in a satellite telephone interview arranged by the kidnappers. "We don't have anything here," said Jodoin, of Montreal. "My NGO tried to send things, but it did not arrive -- drugs, food, water."
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