by News Decoder | 10 Aug 2016 | Europe, Middle East, Syria
Volunteers on a mission to help Syrian refugee children ended up in the middle of an attempted coup in Turkey. They drew inspiration from the orphans. (Photo courtesy of the Karam Foundation) Last month, a team of volunteers from the Chicago-based Karam Foundation was...
by News Decoder | 9 Aug 2016 | Europe, Middle East, Syria
Volunteers to help Syrian refugee children were caught up in Turkey’s attempted coup. Here are their stories of perseverance and improvisation. The mural, Noor School, Khirikhan, Turkey (Photo courtesy of the Karam Foundation) Twice a year, the Karam Foundation...
by News Decoder | 30 Jun 2016 | Europe
By Alistair Lyon The EU referendum result struck me with a sickening jolt when I woke up last Friday. My mental universe had lurched all of a sudden. The shift seemed dangerous, uncontrollable and, at least for the immediate future, irrevocable. I felt furious at...
by News Decoder | 13 Jun 2016 | Decoders, Europe, King’s College London, Student Posts
This is the first in a series of decoders by our summer intern, Emma Bapt. For more decoders explaining big events, click here. By Emma Bapt Britain votes on June 23 whether to remain in the European Union in a referendum with potentially momentous consequences for...
by News Decoder | 5 May 2016 | Middle East, Syria
(All photographs by Christoph von Toggenburg) By Christoph von Toggenburg I took these photographs on Easter Sunday in late March when I visited various refugee camps right on Lebanon’s border with Syria. The welcome was warm and open. Suddenly, the numbers I...