As violence continues to escalate in Israel and Palestine, with Gaza under heavy bombardment and Hamas rockets landing in Israel, two of our partners have shared personal reflections with us.

As we approach Coptic Easter, Embrace Chair of Trustees and Canon of Westminster and of All Saints Cathedral, Cairo Canon Anthony Ball reflects on the idea of freedom, encouraging us to follow the example of the Church in Egypt by using our freedom to promote that of others.

Dr Harry Hagopian KSG reflects on the tragedy of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 and the impact it still has on the region today.

Our partners at Bless have successfully completed the ‘I Can I Have a Vision’ project, working with local community organisations to enable visually impaired women to claim their place in society.

The country is suffering its worst economic crisis in 40 years; millions have lost their jobs and the value of the Lebanese pound (lira) has reached record lows.

Most refugees fleeing their home countries arrive in Cairo with little more than the clothes on their back.

As widely predicted, last week’s general election in Israel, the fourth since 2019, did not deliver a decisive result. Learn more with this short explainer.

March marks ten years since the beginning of the #Syrian uprising. The Syrian war has proved to be one of the most violent conflicts in recent times, with more than 370,000 having been killed and millions displaced.