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Hazim’s electronic dreams: Documenting the Yazidi genocide

They came to destroy. ISIS forces flooded the Sinjar region of Iraq at dawn determined to wipe out Yazidism, an ancient faith with a rich oral tradition.

Sarah ConwayApril 11, 2018

Immigration Policy Visuals

The father of three bracing for deportation

Felix Garcia, a Guatemalan immigrant, is scheduled to be deported today. This is his story.

Dan Rowell and Sarah ConwayApril 4, 2018

Arts & Culture

A night of immigration stories

Forty people braved a snowstorm on Monday, February 5, to attend Borderless’ night of immigrant stories at the Oak Park Public Library.

Nissa RheeMarch 1, 2018

Arts & Culture

Abdulghany and Mufaddal Hamadeh

Just 11 months apart in age, brothers Mufaddal and Abdulghany Hamadeh have shared almost everything in their lives — including their love of the two countries they call home.

Nissa RheeOctober 25, 2017

Arts & Culture

Omar El Akkad on journalism and the War on Terror

Omar El Akkad’s debut novel, “American War,” is a haunting post-apocalyptic universe where readers watch the impact of civil war through the unraveling of one American family.

Sarah ConwayOctober 17, 2017

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We crossed a bridge and it trembled: Voices from Syria

A year after the Syrian uprising began, Northwestern University professor Wendy Pearlman headed to Jordan to collect the stories of Syrian refugees who were pouring out of their war-torn country.

Sarah ConwayOctober 5, 2017

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Aida Šehović on 7,500 cups of Bosnian coffee

At least 8,372 Muslim Bosniaks were killed in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide when Bosnian Serb soldiers swept into a U.N.-designated “safe haven.” Šehović remembers the fear and horror that her family experienced at the time, emotions that she has channeled into her public monument to the genocide: ŠTO TE NEMA or “Why are you not here?”

Nicole FoyAugust 25, 2017