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Features

Sweeping Israeli actions transform West Bank in shadow of Gaza war, The Washington Post, Sept. 28, 2025

Aid groups struggle to provide for thousands displaced in the West Bank, The Washington Post, March 30, 2025

With Gaza rule at stake, Palestinian forces struggle to make their case, The Washington Post, Feb. 20, 2025

How Egypt is reviving the Suez Canal after maritime attacks sank traffic, The Washington Post, Jan. 21, 2026

Jordan, home to millions of Palestinians, fears Trump’s Gaza proposal, The Washington Post, Feb. 9, 2025

Israeli pressure on Palestinian economy pushes West Bank to the brink, The Washington Post, March 11, 2024

In Egypt, Gaza evacuees live in the shadows: ‘Everything in closing in’, The Washington Post, June 29, 2024

Longtime Israeli-Palestinian friendships fracture after Oct. 7 attack, The Washington Post, Jan. 7, 2024 

Inside ‘little Gaza’: The civilians trapped in a West Bank war zone, The Washington Post, Dec. 5, 2023

How rigid government, state neglect hobbled Morocco’s earthquake response, The Washington Post, Sept. 12, 2023 

Villagers survived Morocco’s earthquake but lost nearly everything else, The Washington Post, Sept. 17, 2023

The Taliban wants to segregate women. So it’s training female doctors. The Washington Post, Nov. 5, 2022

Braving its own course (Tunisia 10 years after the Arab Spring), The Washington Post, Feb. 8, 2021

Ben Ali’s ghost still haunts Tunisia, Foreign Policy, Feb. 4, 2021

French women demand action amid high domestic violence rate, Associated Press, Nov. 22, 2019 

Scoops

Israel plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, use U.S. contractors, The Washington Post, May 5, 2025

8 Palestinian factions meet to shape Gaza’s future – including Hamas, The Washington Post, Nov. 2, 2025

Gangs looting Gaza aid operate in areas under Israeli control, aid groups say, The Washington Post, Nov. 18, 2024

Pager attack on Hezbollah forces Iranian-backed allies to rethink devices, The Washington Post, Sept. 22, 2024

U.S. steps up Gaza aid role to support fragile ceasefire, The Washington Post, Nov. 8, 2025

Analysis

Arab states fear they’ll pay a price if strikes on Iran prompt wider war, The Washington Post, June 22, 2025

Gaza crisis offers Egypt chance to reassert role in Mideast diplomacy, The Washington Post, Nov. 7, 2025

Under growing Arab pressure, Hamas signals new willingness to compromise, The Washington Post, Aug. 20, 2025

Assad’s fall to Islamist rebels in Syria unsettles region’s autocrats, The Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2024

How Israel’s restrictions on aid put Gaza on the brink of famine, The Washington Post, March 3, 2024 

Sinwar’s killing a blow but not a death knell for Hamas, The Washington Post, Oct. 17, 2024