News stories by Erica Silverman

  1. MIDEAST: Festive Season Highlights Deprivation

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Crowds of women waving coupons worth two kilograms of beef line the stairwell to Secours Islamique France’s Gaza City office several hours before the aid agency begins its meat distribution for Eid. Aid workers struggle to climb the stairs, hauling large bags of fresh meat to assist impoverished families in Gaza this holiday season.

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