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Children in the Middle East

Iraq Ten Years On: What You Don’t Hear!

Social workers and psychiatrists have long warned that failure to properly rehabilitate and care for traumatised children, particularly those who have lost…

When housemaids take care of their employers’ children, what happens?

The rise in the number of cases of child abuse committed by housemaids in Saudi Arabia has raised a significant question about the dangers of handing out the…

The Great Taboo in Egypt: Sexual abuse in the family

Sexual abuse in Egypt is a great taboo but it is the victims who pay the price for society’s intolerance

Egypt 'baby trafficking ring' broken up in Cairo

Egyptian police say they have broken up a child trafficking ring that sold almost 300 babies for 570 dollars each or less.

Child rapes, killings terrify parents in Iraq

The brutal crimes struck a nerve, even in a country that has seen a horrific amount of bloodshed in the past decade: Young Iraqi girls kidnapped, repeatedly…

Fighting female genital mutilation, one Kurdish village at a time

Amena Omer Mirhan practised female genital mutilation in her remote village in Iraqi Kurdistan for so many years she struggles to recall how many girls passed…

Dubai: Girl is Deprived of Urgent Medical Care Due to Family Debt

Fatima Dania is a cute 6-year-old who greets everyone with her lovely smile. At first glance you come across a beaming, chirpy child but a closer look tells…

UAE: Neglect of children is most common form of abuse

A new study into child abuse in the UAE has found 42 per cent of children suffer neglect while over 25 per cent are victims of violence at home.

Iraq: Toy Arsenals on Playgrounds Reflect Nation's Recent Turmoil

The problem of violence among children in Iraq is more serious than in the rest of the region. Many children insist on buying toy Kalashnikovs when they visit…

Egypt: Scandal of 'summer brides'

Hundreds of under-age Egyptian girls are entering temporary marriages with rich tourists from the Persian Gulf during the summer in return for money for their…

Hamra's little entrepreneur of love

Walk down a busy street anywhere in the capital and you’re likely to come across a young boy selling roses, real or otherwise. Nine-year-old Fares al-Khodor is…

Lebanon: Where Do The Children Play?

Under orders from the Lebanese Interior Minister, the Internal Security Forces have begun a campaign to crack down on child beggars on the streets of Beirut. A…

IRAQ: The Children of Fallujah - the hospital of horrors

Stillbirths, disabilities, deformities too distressing to describe - what lies behind the torments in Fallujah General Hospital?