Sudanese fleeing to Egypt face challenges despite deep ties and interwoven histories Enlarge this image toggle caption Aya Batrawy/NPR Aya Batrawy/NPR ASWAN, Egypt — Sudan and Egypt are neighbors with deep ties and interwoven histories, and they share a common lifeline: the Nile River. Enlarge this image toggle caption Aya Batrawy/NPR Aya Batrawy/NPR Until recently, Egypt had been granting visitor …
Sudan conflict threatens neighboring countries. NPR's Aya Batrawy is in Egypt, near the border with Sudan, to bring us the latest on the regional impact of this conflict. So for many here, it's hard to even draw a line between Sudan and Egypt because of the cultural and ancestral links that transgress the 750-mile border between the two. BATRAWY: Mudasir …
A look at the impact of delivering aid to Turkey and Syria through Dubai's global hub Enlarge this image toggle caption Aya Batrawy/NPR Aya Batrawy/NPR DUBAI — In a dusty, industrial corner of Dubai, far from the city's gleaming skyscrapers and marbled buildings, boxes of child-sized body bags are stacked in a massive warehouse. "The ones that we used in …