“There is no hope, no future here.”

Zahra Hankir has compiled a collection of gripping and illuminating essays by Arab women reporters who have worked in the Middle East and North Africa. Hankir’s goal was to bring attention to “underreported tales and the women who tell them.”

As the economic crisis deepens in Lebanon, so has the public's distrust in the ability of the old political class, widely viewed as corrupt and steeped in personal rivalries, to tackle major reform.

The Editors: The United States risks engaging in an unending financial war with Iran that could slip into a military one at the slightest provocation.

After enduring persecution, violence and uprooting, a group of Iraqi religious and laypeople are on the path to healing.

The prelates noted that Christians "are an authentic component and founder" in Syria and Iraq. They called for solidarity among all citizens to build peace, hope and unity.