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    ‘They don’t accept you’: Afro-Greeks struggle to be seen
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Nov 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    ‘They don’t accept you’: Afro-Greeks struggle to be seen

    While the Golden Dawn verdict was widely praised, Greeks of African origin say much more is needed to end racial inequalities. Athens,...
    Tech skills could break down barriers to employment for Iraqi youth
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Nov 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    Tech skills could break down barriers to employment for Iraqi youth

    Coding bootcamps and programming courses are giving young Iraqis and refugees a way to work remotely Zheekal Makwan, 23, fidgets with her...
    Pregnant in Greece's camps: refugees and migrants struggle to give birth
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Pregnant in Greece's camps: refugees and migrants struggle to give birth

    Many new refugee mothers are unable to breastfeed and end up diluting formula milk they can hardly afford What Tamim feared most in the...
    How Greece is rethinking its once bustling tourism industry
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    How Greece is rethinking its once bustling tourism industry

    With arrivals down 70 percent, the nation plots its post-pandemic future with a focus on sustainable tourism. AROUND THE MIDDLE of June,...
    "I Don't Want My Life to Be Like This"
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    "I Don't Want My Life to Be Like This"

    The Moria refugee camp was the last option for many migrants. Then it burned down. ATHENS, Greece—Zainab has spent the past two years...
    'Never give up': Greek asylum fight is gifted student's hardest lesson
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Aug 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    'Never give up': Greek asylum fight is gifted student's hardest lesson

    Amadou Diallo fled child labour in an African gold mine. Only by proving his ability to an elite university has he won the right to a...
    Greece: Coronavirus threatens fate of abandoned dogs
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Greece: Coronavirus threatens fate of abandoned dogs

    Dogs fill shelters and line streets amid travel restrictions and growing rate of abandonment due to financial woes. Athens, Greece – As a...
    The delivery workers on the frontlines of Greece's new economic crisis
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Apr 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    The delivery workers on the frontlines of Greece's new economic crisis

    t’s 4:00 pm on a sunny Friday afternoon in Athens and the corrugated iron grille of Nonna Edda pizzeria is raised only halfway. Normally,...
    IVF was helping Greece revamp its dwindling population-then Covid19 happened
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    IVF was helping Greece revamp its dwindling population-then Covid19 happened

    On March 16, Dr. Vaggelis Sakkas and his small team of IVF specialists made the decision to temporarily close their practice, the Gyn...
    Coronavirus outbreak puts pregnant refugees in Greece at increased risk
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Apr 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Coronavirus outbreak puts pregnant refugees in Greece at increased risk

    Pregnant and afraid, refugee and migrant women worry that they could catch the coronavirus when they give birth in Greece’s public...
    The Looming Refugee Coronavirus Disaster
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Mar 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    The Looming Refugee Coronavirus Disaster

    Greece’s camps were a public health menace already. ATHENS, Greece—On the Greek island of Lesbos, living conditions for the few thousand...
    'Condemned': The fate of an Iraqi refugee deported from the US
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Nov 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    'Condemned': The fate of an Iraqi refugee deported from the US

    Once part of US-trained SWAT teams in Iraq, Hussein Yasser Hassan got asylum in America but is now running for his life. Ankara, Turkey –...
    After 'Islamic State' Yazidi women learn to box
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Jul 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    After 'Islamic State' Yazidi women learn to box

    On their long journey to recovery, some of the Yazidi women and girls who survived genocide and sexual slavery at the hands of “Islamic...
    Young migrants and refugees in Greece wanted to be heard. So they started their own newspaper.
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Jul 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    Young migrants and refugees in Greece wanted to be heard. So they started their own newspaper.

    Migratory Birds, which boasts a bimonthly circulation of 13,000, is one of the only refugee-led initiatives in Greece left still...
    The 18-Year-Old Teaching Refugee Women How To Fight For Their Lives
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Jul 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    The 18-Year-Old Teaching Refugee Women How To Fight For Their Lives

    Huzna Said Yusef’s voice pierces the laughter and laboured breathing in the room as she yells instructions and encouragement to the...
    Why does India account for 37 percent of female suicides?
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Jun 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Why does India account for 37 percent of female suicides?

    Attempting suicide was decriminalized in India in 2017, but experts say more needs to be done to challenge stigma. Mumbai, India – Nyana...
    He survived war and escaped to Greece.  Now, this Paralympian has eyes on gold
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Jun 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    He survived war and escaped to Greece. Now, this Paralympian has eyes on gold

    Paralympian fencer Wisam Sami fled Iraq for Greece – now his dream of international competition is tied up in red tape Sitting in their...
    She arrived with nothing. Now, this Iranian woman feeds Athens' homeless
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Feb 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    She arrived with nothing. Now, this Iranian woman feeds Athens' homeless

    Upon her arrival in Greece, she too was homeless. Now Mahboubeh Tavakoli feeds those still living on the streets Leaning over the...
    Syrian refugee 'hero swimmer' Sara Mardini is out of prison. She plans to keep helping refugees.
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Dec 13, 2018
    • 1 min

    Syrian refugee 'hero swimmer' Sara Mardini is out of prison. She plans to keep helping refugees.

    Last week, Sara Mardini, known as one of the Syrian refugee sister “hero swimmers” for her rescue efforts on a migrant boat in 2015, was...
    Greece's refugee crisis creates a strain on an already fragile ecosystem
    Fahrinisa Campana
    • Nov 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    Greece's refugee crisis creates a strain on an already fragile ecosystem

    As the Syrian refugee crisis continues, the influx of nearly 1 million refugees and migrants passing through Greece has had a devastating...
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