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December 16, 2019 | VQR Online
An Outsider’s Perspective
Monika Bulaj documents endangered rituals around the world.
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Middle East
November 25, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Food Is the First Frontier of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow Carly Graf from Medill School of Journalism reports on how Palestinian resistance starts with what people eat.
October 30, 2019 | Associated Press
Dreams of Jobs in Saudi Arabia Dashed by Torture in Yemen
With its systematic torture, Ras al-Ara in Yemen is a particular hell on the arduous, 900-mile journey from the Horn of Africa to oil-rich Saudi Arabia.
October 21, 2019 | The New Yorker
The Shattered Afghan Dream of Peace
Trump upended peace talks. Civilian casualties keep climbing. After 18 years of war, Afghans are suffering more than ever.
October 04, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Lebanon: Communities of Conservation
In Shouf, one of the most religiously diverse regions in Lebanon, communities come together to protect natural heritage and shared spaces.
October 01, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Spending a day in the East Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter highlights the beauty of the Palestinain food culture, spotlights the Palestinian struggle, and personifies the daily clash of people, politics, and religion in one of the world's most disputed cities.
October 01, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Nablus: Food and Resistance
Nablus has garnered a storied reputation as a refuge for radicals and a symbol for Palestinian resistance. But it also holds some of the richest culinary and agricultural traditions in the West Bank.
September 24, 2019 | The Ecologist
Interfaith Collaboration to Save Lebanon's Cedars
Climate change is threatening Lebanon's cedars, some of which are 1,000 years old.
September 13, 2019 | 1a
Indira Lakshmanan on NPR 1A's Global Friday News Roundup — September 13, 2019
Indira Lakshmanan is an Executive editor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and a columnist for The Boston Globe. On September 13, 2019, she appeared on NPR's 1A Friday News Roundup.
August 23, 2019 | Columbia Journalism Review
Syria’s Teen Documentarian
Muhammad Najem became a celebrity for his video reports from his war-racked hometown of Eastern Ghouta in Syria. Now displaced to Istanbul, he wants desperately to get back home and continue his work.
August 16, 2019 | Field Notes
Overcoming Intimidation in the IT Sector
Why do women in Turkey choose to pursue a career in the IT industry? Are girls socialized to choose certain occupations over others?
August 15, 2019 | Field Notes
Reflection on Going It Alone
When your assumptions are proven oh-so-wrong.
Small Farmers and Tahini Producers in Palestine
An exploration of the difficulties faced by small farmers and food producers in Palestine and how, in many ways, they mark the first frontier of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Among the Cedars of God: Interfaith Efforts to Preserve Lebanon’s Natural Heritage
Revered since biblical times, Lebanon’s cedar trees have survived the tests of time and war, but climate change now threatens their future. How can interfaith collaboration help conserve them?
PBS NewsHour Weekend 'Future of Food' Series
Can we create a nutritious and affordable food system in a way that’s green and fair? PBS NewsHour Weekend’s "Future of Food" international series reports on work by people who think they have solutions.
The Psyche of Syria's War Survivors
This project profiles the courageous journey of Syrian teenage social media icon Muhammad Najem and sheds light on the psychological picture of refugees who live or have family under regime bombings.
Iraq: The Journey Home
The story of an Iraqi-Irani woman’s experience of immigration highlights the importance of cultural re-exposure.
Cafe Tekoa
What happens when a left-leaning Israeli filmmaker settles in a West-Bank settlement?
Still Surviving ISIS
Will the continued suffering of ISIS's victims result in a resurgence of the terror group?
Nowhere To Hide: Saudis Targeted Abroad
The death of Jamal Khashoggi shocked the world—but he was far from the first Saudi dissident to be targeted abroad, and he is by no means the last.
Shallow Graves
ISIS has been destroyed, but will Iraq’s campaign of revenge help bring about its resurgence?
Judgment Day
This project takes readers inside a devastating air attack on civilians and critical infrastructure in a remote Yemeni village, while also tracking the weapons used in the attack as they make their way to Yemen from an American factory.
Billion Trees in Pakistan
When Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province announced its intention to plant a billion trees, many were skeptical, but it became the first amongst 45 targets set for the BONN Challenge to achieve its goal.
Pakistan: The Multifaceted Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Community
For simply practicing their faith, Ahmadi Muslims are persecuted in Pakistan, but they find strength in numbers in Rabwah, a remote Ahmadi-majority village where victims often relocate.
October 04, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Zahra Ahmad
In Feb. 2019, journalist Zahra Ahmad returned to Iraq to reunite with her family for the first time since immigrating to the U.S in 1998. Here she explains what sparked her trip and what she learned.
June 28, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jeffrey Stern
Author and photographer Jeffrey E. Stern explains his approach to reporting on the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe by rendering it to a small, personal scale.
December 03, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Maggie Michael
Yemen is currently home to the world's worst humanitarian disaster, with vulnerable citizens caught in the crossfire of a war that has raged for three years.
November 09, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Sarah Aziza
Sarah Aziza discusses her investigation of the darker realities of life inside Saudi Arabia under the would-be Saudi reformer, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
September 14, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jennifer Duggan
Jennifer Duggan travels to Lebanon and the Arctic Circle to report on the importance of seeds in ensuring global food security.
August 15, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Krithika Varagur
Learn more about Krithika Varagur's reporting project on Salafism in Southeast Asia and how Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries have systematically spread Salafi Islam, an austere strain of Sunni Islam.
July 10, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Reese Erlich
President Trump has said he will tear up the Iranian nuclear accord. What do ordinary Iranians think of this and other Trump policies? Journalist Reese Erlich produced this video in Tehran.
June 19, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Marcia Biggs
Marcia Biggs reports from Yemen on a war that rages on, creating a humanitarian crisis many are forgetting.
June 18, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Simona Foltyn
Can trials of ISIS suspects bring about closure? Simona Foltyn travels to Baghdad to report on the justice process for alleged ISIS members.
January 19, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Alice Su
Journalist Alice Su speaks about her 2017 project on religion among resettled refugees in Germany, a country that has accepted more asylum seekers than any other European country.
November 29, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Reza Sayah and Gelareh Kiazand
The U.S. spent more than one trillion dollars on the war in Iraq but today Iran's influence appears to outweigh Washington's. How far has Iran extended its reach in Iraq and should the U.S. be concerned?
November 07, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Uri Blau and Akela Lacy
Together, more than 148 non-profit Jewish federations hold assets of $16 billion in the United States and Canada. Investigative journalist Uri Blau examines how the money is spent.
September 25, 2019 | General news, Education news
The Stories Photos Tell: ‘Jalila: Surviving War and Famine in Yemen’ at Photoville
Nariman el-Mofty's Pulitzer Prize-winning photos from Yemen's Dirty War were displayed at Photoville NYC 2019.
July 25, 2019 | Education news
Chicago Educators Gather for Collaborative Discussions
Educators met at the University of Chicago for a two-day professional development to discuss how to bring domestic and global reporting into their classrooms.
July 22, 2019 | Education news
From Populism to Peacebuilding: Students Engage with Journalists via Skype
Pulitzer Center grantees Skyped in to talk about peacebuilding in Colombia and populism in Iran during summer programming.
June 14, 2019 | General news
Beyond Religion: Faith and Civil Society
Panelists discuss how religion can reinforce divisions between social groups in Israel, Northern Ireland, and Indian-Americans in the United States.
June 14, 2019 | General news
Beyond Religion: The Role of Religion in Building Peace
How is religion used to foster peace and healing in active conflict societies?
May 24, 2019 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Win 2019 Michael Kelly Award
Pulitzer Center grantees Maggie Michael, Nariman Ayman El-Mofty, and Maad al-Zikry were awarded the 2019 Michael Kelly Award for their Associated Press reporting on the cycles of epidemic, starvation and corruption faced by millions of civilians in Yemen's war.
May 21, 2019 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantee Marcia Biggs Wins 2019 Deadline Club Award
Marcia Biggs' Pulitzer Center-supported story on starvation as a weapon of war in Yemen was selected as the winner of the 2019 Deadline Club Awards' National Television Feature category.
May 02, 2019 | Awards
Pulitzer Grantees Named Finalists for Livingston Award
Luisa Conlon, Lacy Jane Roberts, and Hanna Miller were selected as finalists in the Excellence in International Reporting category.
April 15, 2019 | General news, Project news, Awards
Grantee Team Wins Pulitzer Prize for Coverage of Yemen’s Civil War
“Again and again the Associated Press has led the way,” said Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer, “in exposing to the world Yemen’s dirty war.”
April 10, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantee Maggie Michael Wins 2018 IRE Award
Michael wins Tom Renner Award for Pulitzer Center-supported AP project, "Yemen's Dirty War."
April 10, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantee Marcia Biggs Nominated for Peabody Award
Biggs was nominated in the News category for her PBS NewsHour series, "Inside Yemen."
April 08, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Six Pulitzer Center Grantees Named Deadline Club Awards Finalists
Maad al-Zikry, Marcia Biggs, Nariman El-Mofty, Javier Manzano, Maggie Michael, and Jeffrey E. Stern were nominated.
August 21, 2019 | All Grades
Back to School: Catching up with the World
At the start of the school year, students might want to discuss global issues that arose over the summer. This lesson is intended to spark discussion on current events and ways to keep up with them.
August 01, 2019 | Elementary
Finding a Common Thread: How Young People Spend Free Time Around the World
This activity aims to help students make connections with their counterparts around the world by exploring what young people in different countries do in their free time.
July 31, 2019 | All Grades
Toolkit for Your Next Discussion on Conflict and Peacebuilding
Conflict—difficult to define, but keenly felt. Explore these stories about under-reported aspects of conflict and peacebuilding.
July 24, 2019 | All Grades
Toolkit for Your Next Discussion on the Environment and Climate Change
Climate change—an issue that affects us all, no matter where we are in the world. This guide will help begin a conversation about today's under-reported stories surrounding our global crisis.
February 27, 2019 | Middle School, High School
Women and Nonviolent Resistance
This lesson plan uses resources about women around the world leading nonviolent movements to fight against violence and injustice.
February 14, 2019 | All Grades
The People Behind the Stories
Students will do a deep dive into the lives of the people whose stories they hear about in the news and will develop a deeper understanding on how one individual can have a global impact.
July 31, 2018 | All Grades
'Losing Earth' Curricular Materials
Reading comprehension tools, activities and other resources to bring "Losing Earth," The New York Times Magazine's special issue on climate change, into the classroom and beyond.
July 26, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Introducing the Story of 'Losing Earth'
In this printable PDF, you will find text summaries, discussion and comprehension questions, and other useful materials for students and teachers navigating "Losing Earth."
July 25, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Writing & Communication Activities
Guide your students in creative, expository, and persuasive writing, class debates, and science communications exercises designed for any subject area.
July 24, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Visualizing Climate Change
Activities encouraging students to create and evaluate visual representations of climate change in order to interpret and share environmental knowledge effectively.
July 23, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Taking Action: Activities for Students, Schools, and Communities
What could you and your students do to fight climate change? This resource outlines letter-writing campaigns, research projects and school-wide event ideas for students.
July 22, 2018 | All Grades, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Digging Deeper: Background Materials & Primary Sources
Find all the context you need to teach "Losing Earth," including historical timelines and original transcripts from Senate hearings on climate change.
