Yasmine Mosimann

Baghdad, Cyprus, Erbil, Iraq

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Middle East and North Africa Editor at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Journalist | Currently Middle East & North Africa Editor @AFP | Previously in Iraq 🇮🇶 reporting for @nytimes @AP and others

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Articles

Turkish Cypriots Protest New Rule Allowing Hijabs In School

1 month ago | barrons.com | Yasmine Mosimann

Turkish Cypriots are expected to take to the streets on Friday to protest a new regulation allowing students to wear the hijab in secondary schools, a move that critics say undermines their people's secular traditions. In March, the council of ministers of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), recognised only by Turkey, amended the school disciplinary code to permit headscarves in high school. Middle schools were given the discretion to decide whether to allow them.
Cyprus migrants face wave of attacks as hostility brews

Sep 12, 2023 | arabnews.pk | Joana Saba |Yasmine Mosimann

‘Bodies lying everywhere’: Thousands feared dead after powerful storm hits eastern Libya /node/2372236/middle-east September 12, 2023 16:29 ‘Bodies lying everywhere’: Thousands feared dead after powerful storm hits eastern Libya Around quarter of Libya's eastern city of Derna wiped out by floods Deaths had exceeded 2,000 and thousands were missing in the city CAIRO: At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after a powerful Mediterranean storm...
Cyprus migrants face wave of attacks as hostility brews

Sep 11, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Joana Saba |Yasmine Mosimann

Hours before the masked men came, brandishing Cypriot flags and molotov cocktails, hushed whispers of the imminent rampage travelled down the Limassol seafront strip home to many migrant-owned businesses. Egyptian restaurant owners rushed to bring their water pipes indoors, and a Vietnamese vendor quickly cleared their street displays of greens and sugar cane stalks.
Cyprus Migrants Face Wave Of Attacks As Hostility Brews

Sep 11, 2023 | barrons.com | Joana Saba |Yasmine Mosimann

Hours before the masked men came, brandishing Cypriot flags and molotov cocktails, hushed whispers of the imminent rampage travelled down the Limassol seafront strip home to many migran...