The Global Investigative Journalism Network: 2022’s Best Investigative Stories from the Arab World

To remember

• 2022 dramatic decline in press freedom in places such as North Africa
• lack of human + financial resources, + inability to access data & public information in most Arab countries.
• 2022 more regional + international collaborations + more reporting from countries suffering from long consequences of war, such as Syria.
• BP oil field in Iraq => toxic air pollution
• Tunisian-British renewable energy company’s plans to establish massive solar power plant in southern Tunisia
• from Syria > European countries importing phosphate => ingredient in fertilizer
• ‘Ecological Time Bombs’ at the Beirut Port (Lebanon) > ammonium nitrate shipment
  
• Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) + NBC News, ICIJ, + The Washington Post, investigated violations of workers’ rights — including trafficking — by private companies contracted with the Pentagon in the Middle East.
• Syria’s refugee camps > assaults committed against male children + Child Rape
• Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah are being forcibly displaced.

Levant's Agora

By Majdoleen Hasan and Chafiq Sroor.

Being an investigative journalist in the Middle East and North Africa was immensely challenging in 2022, thanks to the dramatic decline in press freedom in places once considered safer for journalists such as North Africa, the lack of human and financial resources, and the inability to access data and public information in most Arab countries.

Yet, despite the many obstacles, some journalists and independent media groups, driven by passion, professionalism, and talent, have managed to produce high quality, timely, and powerful stories that spotted wrongdoing and held corrupt actors to account. This year, once again, we saw more regional and international collaborations and more reporting from countries suffering from the long consequences of war, such as Syria. Here are GIJN Arabic’s selections of 2022’s best investigations from the Middle East and North Africa.

Poisoned Air in Iraq (Iraq)

Image: Screenshot, BBC Arabic

BBC Arabic…

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