February 22, 2012
“Whack! Ouch! That was how my day started once when I was late for work. My boss threw a hammer at me which bounced off my arm. I was 13.” Hazim is one of more than 30,000...
November 21, 2011
Her name means Hope. But “Hopeless” is a much better description of how Amal feels about her world.
November 21, 2011
Even if it cost her everything, she would have peace for her children.
Siham once lived a privileged life in Iraq. She graduated with a degree in Media and Communications from the University of...
October 20, 2011
If you were to sit down to dinner with a family in Al Ghor, along the east banks of the Dead Sea, you would likely be served a dish of Galayet Bandora, fried tomatoes. Made with sautéed...
September 15, 2011
Most of us remember our childhood as a time to play and let our imaginations run wild. Kicking a ball around with our friends, laughing with the rush of freedom when we finally rode a bike for the...
August 12, 2011
August 12, 2011 - International Youth Day: Change our World!
“We must expand the horizons of opportunity for young women and men and answer their legitimate demands for dignity,...
June 20, 2011
Leaving behind the distant memory of what used to be his life in Baghdad, thirteen-year old Fahed and his family crossed the inhospitable desert in 2009 and arrived in Jordan. Devastated by...
May 18, 2011
Questscope works with the most impoverished families, striving to break the intergenerational transfer of poverty. This is Amjad’s story – the story of a young person rising to...
April 20, 2011
If you’re a dropout, there are reasons. You probably come from a one or two-room house that you share with six people in your family. Privacy is non-existent.
