Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
The Iranian government has confirmed the detention of Pulitzer Center grantee Iason Athanasiadis, who had been in Iran covering the elections as a free-lancer for The Washington Times, Global Post and other outlets.
As President Trump announces a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan says it is being singled out for blame.
The kids were everywhere — full of joy, full of spirit, full of exhaustion. Full of life. And they both inspired and broke my heart.
On the outskirts of Raqqa, amid death and destruction, there are signs of life—and hope. Tens of thousands of Syrian families are living in rubble, preparing for a future after ISIS.
Through his artwork and rap music, Emsallam Hdaib challenges Jordan’s conservative majority and its long-held assumptions on gender, sexuality, and freedom of expression.
Rising rates of chronic disease and deaths from violence can be curbed only if fighting is brought to an end, say researchers.
The country wants to use a focus on research to solve economic challenges and build diplomatic ties in the Middle East.
Breaking fast and hearing stories from resettled refugees in Berlin, one iftar at a time.
Elections are not a bad thing. But for the sake of our own commitment to honesty, let us not deceive ourselves into believing that Jordan is democratizing.
A decade after Murray Bookchin’s death, Wes Enzinna travelled to Rojava, the Kurdish-controlled area of northern Syria, to meet the revolutionaries he inspired.
The Daas family has been without a home since early 2015. After ISIS invaded their hometown of Palmyra, Syria, they are now trying to rebuild their lives in Germany.
For Syrian refugees in Jordan, Syrians Between Us provides the skills they need to tell their own stories.
But the movement is up against the country’s powerful right-wing politics and institutional bias against Palestinians.
New Wave of Protests in Cairo
The phrase “Arab Spring” has a felicitous ring to it, but most Middle East analysts understood that it would take more than a season for the region to remake itself. And here at the Pulitzer Center, we understood the need to commit to this important story for the long haul. That is why we have been providing long-term support to journalists Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Ellen Knickmeyer and others who have been covering the Arab Spring from the beginning and who continue to file deeply reported dispatches from the field.
Tom Hundley recaps the Pulitzer Center's week, highlighting a new series of Untold Stories from grantee Jenna Krajeski who is reporting on Kurdish youngsters jailed on harsh anti-terrorism laws.
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley was interviewed by The New Republic on the lack of media coverage in Syria.
A new Chatham House briefing paper co-authored by Ginny Hill examines the relationships between Yemen and its Gulf neighbors as political change sweeps the region.
Daniel Brook wins the gold prize in the Cultural Tourism Article category for the Society of American Travel Writers competition.
Students in the 9th grade have spent the semester working on action projects built around international crises such as the quake in Haiti and the war in Afghanistan. They have been spearheading plans that range from raising money for schools to establishing pen pals in distressed countries. On Monday, May 3, the 9th grade students attended a presentation by and discussion with Jason Motlagh, a reporter who has spent the last several years writing from Afghanistan. He also represented the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, with whom the students have been working.
The Overseas Press Club of America gave a citation to Elliott Woods' piece for the Virginia Quarterly Review "Hope's Coffin." He was cited for the The Madeline Dane Ross Award, which awards the best international reporting in the print medium showing a concern for the human condition. The award itself went to Abigail Haworth, "Forced to be Fat," Marie Claire.
Read an excerpt of the announcement below:
Pulitzer Center Staff
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, a daily NPR radio and TV news program, interviewed Rick Rowley on his view of Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus' report. David Enders and Rick Rowley's investigative video of Al-Anbar was also featured on the program.
An excerpt from the interview:
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
The Iranian government has confirmed the detention of Pulitzer Center grantee Iason Athanasiadis, who had been in Iran covering the elections as a free-lancer for The Washington Times, Global Post and other outlets.
Bethany Whitfield, Pulitzer Center
From finding the truth about military dictatorships like Burma to creating a solution for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, the questions of our latest Global Issues/ Citizen Voices Project pressed for thought and analysis on some of today's most complex and difficult global issues. Here's what our four winners had to say on the topics and how their past experiences and research influenced their answers.
OneWorld featured the Pulitzer Center's ongoing Iran project on February 25, 2008 in the Today's News section of its website. The mention highlights the recent photography of Anuj Chopra, stating that his "collection of photos taken in Tehran and Qom explores the intersection of the theocratic state and everyday life in Iran."