Olivia Cuthbert
Olivia is a freelance journalist and has been covering the Middle East for 10 years with a focus on women’s rights, international development, culture and education in the Arab world. Her work has been published in outlets including The Guardian, The Sunday Times, New Statesman, Middle East Eye, The National, openDemocracy and Wired magazine. She has a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford and speaks a little Arabic, but it’s a work in progress.
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Exhibition Combines Research and Painting to Portray Modern Slavery’s Survivors
Syrian artist Sara Shamma uses strong color and powerful brushstrokes to portray human traffickers, women who have survived being trafficked,…
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Arab Women Fight Back Against Online Sexual Harassment
Cyberspace has become a place where some men stalk, attack, and seek to humiliate women. Now women, universities, and private…
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Tunisian Singer Emel Mathlouthi Breaks Away From World Music Stereotypes
In a new album, the Tunisian singer who first gained fame in the early days of the revolution sings in…
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For Syrian Students in the U.K., Tough Decisions Loom
Britain’s prestigious Chevening scholarship requires recipients to return home so their countries may benefit from their experience. That’s not easy…
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Former Syrian Prisoners Reenact Their Experiences on Stage
In a new play performed in London, actors who were incarcerated in Adra prison convey the terror, boredom, and claustrophobia…
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Professors’ Strike at Lebanon’s Only Public University Reveals Social and Economic Gaps
Professors at Lebanese University have been on strike for almost two months, saying it is their only possible political weapon…
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