Fahrinisa Campana
Can this Greek island’s hidden treasures lure travelers?
Karpathos, overlooked even by Greek travelers, balances rising tourism with sustaining its ancient traditions. Rolling her sleeves up...
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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,...
Fahrinisa Campana
- Nov 4, 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...
Fahrinisa Campana
- Nov 3, 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Fahrinisa Campana
- Mar 23, 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...
Fahrinisa Campana
- Nov 18, 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 –...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fahrinisa Campana
- Feb 28, 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...
Fahrinisa Campana
- Dec 14, 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...