Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

“Why Hire a Lawyer When You Can Buy a Judge?”

By Kanya D'Almeida
A woman is stopped at a checkpoint; she gives birth, and dies. Another is sold in a slave market. A boy is killed by a tank. A young man drowns at sea, trying to reach a haven safe from oppression and poverty.

Video Games, Poverty and Conflict in Bab Al-Tabbaneh

By Oriol Andrés Gallart
“People get used to war. During the last battle, children were still coming to play. Can you imagine, a seven-year-old boy running through the bullets just to play video games,” says Mohammad Darwish, a calm man with a curled beard framing his face.