"Investigative Data journalism"

The number of road fatalities have increased by 31 percent in the first half of 2021, former unpublished data reveals. After road expansions people feel compelled to move to avoid the roads that expose pedestrians to daily threats.

This data-driven investigation documents that the water deficit in the West Bank has reached 58 million cubic meters, and tests of samples of the Israeli “Ein Gedi” water sold in Palestine revealed contamination and bacteria levels that exceeded the permissible levels, which negatively affects human health when drunk in big quantities.

Nepotism in Palestine: Officials’ Relatives are Guaranteed a job upon graduation

This data-driven investigation documents how sports centres in Egypt neglect women, which causes them to be unable to practice sports activities in them, especially for those under 18 years old.

By using open source data, the investigators document how the mismanagement of drinking water facilities in Egypt has led to a decline in the share of water per individual. They also show how this has led to an increase of those deprived of water or have minimal access to it.

This data-driven investigation documents the role of freight transport vehicles in the occurrence of accidents, especially fatal ones, on the Desert Highway in Jordan between January 2017 and November 2020, during which the Desert Highway Rehabilitation Project was implemented. The investigation also covers the factors that may be linked to the increased risk of the presence of these vehicles on this highway, such as maintenance work, transfers, and mixing of trucks with small vehicles.