Sarah Souli
The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN)
Tunisia
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Past articles by Sarah:
Greece’s ‘new tactic’ of migrant expulsion from deep inside its land borders
Pushbacks, especially at sea, are well documented, but now the police are rounding up and sending back hundreds of longer-term asylum claimants. → Read More
Greek island refugee camps face coronavirus ‘disaster’, aid groups warn
A catalogue of sanitation concerns and safety problems in the overcrowded detention centres doesn’t bode well for the arrival of COVID-19. → Read More
The Netherlands’ Burgeoning Free Speech Problem
Are refugee activists getting punished for incendiary rhetoric more than right-wingers are? → Read More
Why Is Greece Such a Hot Spot of Left-Wing Terrorism?
It's not as dangerous as the country's right-wing violence. But a romantic history of resistance has led to a strange culture of normalizing anarchist bombings. → Read More
Kosovo Is an All-Night Party—And Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
Visit its capital for the music, and stay for the *byrek* and *besa*. → Read More
Only 34% of Macedonians voted in the referendum on “Macedonia”
Skopje, FYROM Akim, 25, is nearly the same age as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). He works in his father’s small cafe in the heart of Skopje, the nation’s capital, pulling espresso shots and scooping ice cream. But he wants more: better opportunities for work, education, and healthcare. That’s why, he says, after work he’s heading straight to his neighborhood polling station… → Read More
Unprepared and overwhelmed: Greece’s resurgent river border with Turkey
Second of three articles about the Evros River border crossing between Turkey and Greece. Read the first instalment, “Greece’s man in the migrant morgue”, and for more of our migration coverage: “Destination Europe”. Locals in Evros are used to new faces. People have been quietly slipping across the river that forms a natural barrier for all but 12 kilometres of the tense, militarised border… → Read More
Unprepared and overwhelmed: Greece’s resurgent river border with Turkey
This is the second of a three-part special report on the Evros River border crossing between Turkey and Greece. Read the other instalments: “An open secret: Refugee pushbacks across the Turkey-Greece border” and “Greece’s man in the migrant morgue”. For more migration coverage see our series Destination: Europe Locals in Evros are used to new faces. People have been quietly slipping across the… → Read More
Greece’s man in the migrant morgue
Inside a small basement, one coroner cares for those who are desperate to get to Europe but die on arrival → Read More
Tunisians are being encouraged to read by turning taxis into libraries
Three quarters of Tunisian households have no literary material aside from the Qur’an or newspapers. → Read More
Women in everything from hijabs to miniskirts showed up to Tunisia’s first “slutwalk”
Rachid Ben Othman, 56, wore a white linen button-down and a pair of khaki shorts that showed his knees for Tunisia’s first Slutwalk. Technically named the Worldwide Day of the Miniskirt, the event was held in Tunis on June 5, and was modeled after Canada’s 2011 Slutwalk campaign. Ben Othman, president of Tunisia’s League for... → Read More