Archives for the ‘Middle East’ Category

Iraq - Freedom At Last!

By Chris Afir • Apr 4th, 2008 • Category: Middle East

Welcome to Iraq… At last! Part 3 in Chris Afir’s gripping tale of life in a squalid Iraqi prison cell and the eventual, long-awaited taste of sweet freedom


Iraq - Left To Rot In An Iraqi Prison

By Chris Afir • Jan 14th, 2008 • Category: Middle East

Chris Afir languishes in an Iraqi prison, simply for having the temerity to enter the country. Part 2 of this gripping tale of gross injustice.


Iraq - Jailhouse Blues

By Chris Afir • Nov 5th, 2007 • Category: Middle East

We crossed the border in search of cheaper accommodation. We never realised it would be free. The first in three parts of this compelling first-hand account of life in an Iraqi Prison.


Gaza - The Eve Of War

By Christian Parkinson • Jul 25th, 2006 • Category: Middle East

The first set of gates slammed shut, controlled by anonymous operators watching us on CCTV. There was an ominous silence. We were in no man’s land, caught between two countries.


Northern Iraq - There And Back Again

By Karlos Zurutuza • May 4th, 2006 • Category: Middle East

The “Hamilton route”, named after the New Zealand engineer who designed it, links both Iraq and Iran through astonishing mountain landscapes, deep in the heart of Kurdistan.