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Rajaa Elidrissi

Associate Editorial Producer

How these buildings made the Turkey and Syria earthquakes so deadly

By Rajaa Elidrissi February 16

Brazil’s likely next president, explained

By Rajaa Elidrissi and Sam Ellis October 25, 2022

Why it’s more difficult to flee Ukraine if you’re not from Ukraine

By Nicole Narea and Rajaa Elidrissi March 5, 2022

Understand Russia’s war on Ukraine in less than 10 minutes

By Christina Thornell, Rajaa Elidrissi, and 1 more March 3, 2022

2021, in 6 minutes

By Christophe Haubursin, Kimberly Mas, and 2 more January 4, 2022

How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan

By Rajaa Elidrissi September 1, 2021

Why Ethiopia is invading itself

By Rajaa Elidrissi May 28, 2021

How this New York island became a mass grave

By Rajaa Elidrissi April 7, 2021

We read all 25 National Book Award finalists for 2019. Here’s what we thought.

By Constance Grady, Nisha Chittal, and 14 more November 20, 2019

Why Turkey is invading Syria

By Danush Parvaneh, Sam Ellis, and 2 more October 31, 2019