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Yasmeen Al-Shawwa

Yasmeen Al-Shawwa

Yasmeen Al-Shawwa is freelance reporter in the Middle East and Latin America. She covers business, culture, and arts.

Yasmeen Al-Shawwa is freelance reporter in the Middle East and Latin America. She covers business, culture, and arts.

Articles from author

Reconnecting with ancestral routes: a journey to Jerusalem

An American-born Gazan recounts the first time she and her father set eyes on their ancestral homeland — and their failed attempt at entering their native city.

Reconnecting with ancestral routes: a journey to Jerusalem

Reconnecting with ancestral routes: a journey to Jerusalem

Syrian refugee women pull themselves out of poverty in Jordan

Not willing to abandon hope, Lara Shahin empowered herself and fellow Syrian refugee women through a new business initiative of selling handmade soaps and a variety of handicrafts.

Syrian refugee women pull themselves out of poverty in Jordan

Syrian refugee women pull themselves out of poverty in Jordan