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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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