Sara Salman

STORIES BY SARA SALMAN

May 15, 2018

What is Nakba?

Nakba is the annual commemoration of the mass expulsion of Palestinians that accompanied the creation of the state of Israel. Read More...

March 1, 2018

Historic abandoned church reborn into art center in Washington, D.C.

The church was built in 1886 by former slaves now houses a dynamic art center that still embodies the community spirit of its forebears. Read More...

December 14, 2017

Baby born with heart outside her chest survives

A team of 50 medical staff at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester performed three intensive surgeries to place her heart back into her chest. Read More...

December 8, 2017

China unveils eye-shaped futuristic library

The library in Tianjin Binhai can hold up to 1.2 million books. Read More...

September 18, 2017

Here’s what you need to know about the UN General Assembly

Every year delegates from around the world convene at the United Nations headquarters in New York to tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues. Read More...

August 23, 2017

Lebanon: Anonymous volunteers create “wall of kindness” to help those in need

In Lebanon, a group of volunteers set up a "wall of kindness" on a bustling street in Beirut. Those in need, especially refugees, benefit from the donations. People hang clothes, or leave behind shoes, that they no longer use. Read More...

Photo by Gaza-based photographer Fadi Thabet

July 31, 2017

Gazans captured in a different light

Palestinian photographer Fadi Thabet has spent more than a decade capturing scenes from around Gaza. His work focuses largely on Gaza’s marginalized children, but Thabet leaves war out of his pictures. “The people of Gaza are really worn out from scenes of war and destruction,” […] Read More...