international

I’ve reported from over a dozen countries across the Middle East, Europe, and Central and South America. Most of the time, I was writing about women’s rights and human rights issues, but some of the time, I was writing about food. Even when I was not writing about food, I was probably thinking about food.

For The New Yorker:

– Abortion Without Borders is a network of six activist groups of different sizes and types: anarchist collectives, traditional nonprofits, virtual helplines. Together, they take advantage of Europe’s patchwork of abortion laws to help people from Poland and elsewhere access the abortion care they need.
– When Poland changed its IVF law to ban single women from accessing it, a number of women who had already begun treatment were caught in limbo. What happens when the government seizes your embryos?

For The Cut:

– Abortion-rights activist Justyna Wydrzyńska faces jail time in Poland for sending abortion pills to a woman who needed them. Is this the future for the pro-choice movement in America?

For The Guardian:

– New Zealand treats sex work as any other form of labor, an approach that has ensured they “don’t have to fight for pennies” during the coronavirus pandemic.

For Harper’s Bazaar:

– In Poland, where abortion is all but banned, a group of activists are training women to obtain and self-manage medication abortion. Meet the Abortion Dream Team, working to “Make Abortion Great Again.” 

For The Atlantic:

– How the Polish government’s authoritarian Law and Justice Party married “family values” with cash handouts
– The Turkish government long ignored the needs of the country’s disabled citizens, but a new generation of activists--and political candidates--are pushing for change.
– Turkey’s Justice and Development Party has overseen a steady rollback of women’s rights.
– In Lebanon, personal status laws discriminate against women, while keeping the country fractured along sectarian lines.

For Foreign Policy and The New York Times Magazine, respectively:

– An investigation into how the twin forces of social conservatism and urban development, both pushed by the ruling Justice and Development Party, are punishing sex workers.
 

For The Wall Street Journal:

– The consummate insider’s guide to the delightful Lebanese capital city, Beirut.

For The New York Times:

– Around the world, people aren’t having the families they desire. What is behind “the end of babies”?
– This cupcake shop in Amman, Jordan where members of the royal family stop by for sweets is one example of the trend sweeping the wider Middle East.
– Where to eat and play in Istanbul, Ankara, Alexandria, and Tunis.

For the International Herald Tribune:

– A Lebanese chef is using the country’s shared culinary traditions to overcome sectarian divisions.

For Women’s eNews:

– Islamic scripture has a role to play in promoting family planning in Yemen.
– Rio launched women-only subway cars, and a lot of women are on board.  
– In Cairo, Egypt, street harassment can be relentless, but the police response can be even worse.

For The Nation:

– Lebanese-born American citizen Naji Hamdan alleges he was tortured in the United Arab Emirates at the behest of the U.S. government.

For Artsy, I’ve filed reports on the local and regional art markets:

– Reporting from New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris, Maastricht, and Mexico City, as well as exotic Dallas and Chicago.