Reports

Millions wasted on poverty reduction projects (part two)
March 27th, 2012
By Majdoleen Allan and Munira Shatti AmmanNet and Al-Ghad Newspaper Jordan's poor caught in fire of donors The Northern Jordan Valley - At the beginning of every month, Su'ad, in her twenties, lives the horror of expecting to be detained by police. She is facing a 90-day imprisonment sentence for failure to repay her debt.   Her monthly... Read more
Millions wasted on poverty reduction projects (part one)
March 27th, 2012
Majdoleen Allan and Munira ShattiAmmanNet and Al-Ghad Newspaper The Northern Jordan Valley - A deserted building sits on top of a hill.  Entering its gate, one comes across broken equipment and a non-operating dairy refrigerator van.  The story of this building started seven years ago when The German Development Agency (GTZ) gave a Euro 270.000... Read more
Generations of Iraqi females turn suicide under Al-Qadea influence
March 27th, 2012
Amal, the young Iraqi girl, was transferred from the illusion of “holy matrimony” to a “suicide bomber in the making” after she was promised eternal life by her recruiters. Amal, who never made it past fifth grade due to her family's poverty, started a romance with a youngster associated with “Al-Qa’eda”. He dropped her the minute he found out she... Read more
Family Inter-marriages: A Smoldering Fire in Syria
March 26th, 2012
Ali Hassoun - Baladna Al-Kistan, Syria – At first glance, everything looks normal in the village of "Al-Kistan" on the hillside of Al-Wastani mountains. The view will charm you as you watch fields planted with wheat, vegetables and olive trees.  The crisp air will surprise you, as will the perfectly-crafted homes housing the village's 5,000... Read more
"Death Boats" take Lives of Palestinians seeking illegal immigration to West
March 22nd, 2012
Beirut - Years have passed, but Munther's grief-stricken mother still sobs every time she looks at the picture of her son who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Greece along with his cousin Wassim while trying to immigrate to Europe illegally. "He was everything to us.  I wish he were still alive, even as a prisoner somewhere,"... Read more
Carcinogenic clothes fill Egyptian market
March 22nd, 2012
Ali Zalat and Mohammad Al Khuli - Al-Masry Al-Youm  Like all Egyptians, one heads to the market to buy clothes, especially during sale seasons, festive holidays or when the scholastic year starts. Everyone does the same thing: we window-shop and follow the latest fashion.  We like the bright colors, and each of us searches for the quality that is... Read more
Thalassemia patients seeking jobs fall victim to outdated health rules
March 22nd, 2012
Bayan, 28, did not know that there was an obstacle facing her career, until medical committees at the Ministry of Health diagnosed her as "unfit" for government employment, because her spleen was surgically removed when she was young.   Bayan, a Thalassemia patient - a type of chronic anemia passed from parents to children if both parents carried... Read more
Global Mafias smuggle banned pesticides into Egypt (Part II)
March 20th, 2012
Special to Youm7 Cairo - Work on this investigative report continued for a year and a half. The reporter followed an Egyptian company that imports raw materials from China, through the Egyptian Ministry of Health, to manufacture counterfeit and internationally banned agricultural pesticides. In the first part of the investigation, the writer... Read more
Illegal, counterfeit pesticides enter Egypt via health ministry (Part I)
March 20th, 2012
Special to Youm7 Cairo – An illiterate Egyptian farmer cannot tell the difference between a sound insecticide container whose import is approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and ineffective smuggled and counterfeit pesticides. Using pesticides that contain unknown materials and impurities that remain as residues in agricultural products also... Read more
Jordan's exploited labor force
March 19th, 2012
 Salah Al-Abbadi - Al-Ra'i Amman - Emad Sahour, 32, was shocked when he was fired from his job end 2010 on the eve of his wedding and after his salary was reduced many times to JD 130 -- almost half of what he had started off with and JD 20 below the minimum wage level. Wanas Hweitat does not receive the JD 150 minimum wage. He works in a car... Read more

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