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          Poverty

          The latest news and stories on poverty

          Dubai Cares chief executive Tariq Al Gurg in Sierra Leone. Photo courtesy Dubai Cares

          How Sierra Leone is rebuilding after the disaster of Ebola

          OpinionJune 20, 2017
          A slum in Mumbai. Prayaag Akbar, below, sets his debut in the future city of Purity One, a world of elitist gated communities, poverty, vigilante thugs and re-education camps, based on present-day Indian society. Gianluca Colla / National Geographic / Getty Images; Simon and Schuster

          Book review: Prayaag Akbar’s Leila – a dark indian future that’s all too real

          June 08, 2017
          Palestinians face persecution daily, as can be seen here where Israeli soldiers detain a protester in the West Bank last month during a march in defence of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Alaa Badarneh / EPA

          How the 1967 Arab-Israeli war led to permanent occupation of Palestine

          June 01, 2017
          There is no place for malnutrition in our world, and yet it exists. Albert Gonzalez Farran / AFP

          Together, we can reduce rates of malnutrition

          OpinionMay 31, 2017
          Shemi, an author, had a difficult early life when at times the ‘hunger would be unbearable’. But Ramadan brings back memories of hope and the promise of better times to come. Duncan Chard for The National

          My Ramadan: holy months brings back memories of perserverance over poverty

          UAEMay 30, 2017

          UAE Friday sermon: Relieve distress of those in need

          UAEApril 20, 2017
          Slums in Buenos Aires, Argentina – the setting for Mariana Enriquez’s Things We Lost in the Fire. These dark stories explore the desperate lives of some citizens. Markus Matzel / ullstein bild via Getty Images.

          Book review: Argentina haunted history in Mariana Enriquez’s Things We Lost in the Fire

          April 20, 2017
          An Afghan child who works as a balloon vendor in Kabul waits for customers. Shah Marai / AFP

          Afghans need to stand up for the rights of street working children

          OpinionApril 12, 2017

          Abu Dhabi helps fund anti-poverty projects

          GovernmentApril 01, 2017
          Women bring vegetables for sale to a market in Birendranagar, in Surkhet district of Nepal, on cycles donated by a foreign charity. Prakash Mathema / AFP / February 2, 2017

          Displaced Nepalese women cycle out of poverty

          WorldMarch 17, 2017

          The battle for Mosul continues

          OpinionMarch 11, 2017

          Four Indonesians wealthier than poorest 100 million

          AsiaFebruary 23, 2017
          Half the world’s population lives under the poverty line, which varies from country to country. Jose Cendon / AFP

          Poverty is a global problem that requires a new kind of thinking

          OpinionFebruary 12, 2017
          Suha Abdulbari, 17, who has been abandoned by her husband less than year after becoming his second wife, prepares to cook a meal at her home in Yemen’s Lahj province on February 2. Mona Mohammed for The National

          Child marriages on the rise amid Yemeni conflict

          WorldFebruary 06, 2017
          India’s finance minister Arun Jaitley at the unveiling of the country’s budget on Wednesday. Sajjad Hussain / AFP

          Indian budget expected to spur foreign investment

          BusinessFebruary 01, 2017
          In 2016, researchers from the University of Illinois found that families living in extreme poverty in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia who received livestock donations and training experienced increases in their income, consumption levels and food security quickly and over the long term. Jeremy Horner / Alamy Stock Photo

          Cash alone will never properly address the causes of poverty

          OpinionJanuary 31, 2017
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