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Mariya Petkova

Mariya Petkova

Bulgaria: ‘Migrant hunter’ infighting over owning ‘migrant riots’

When “migrant hunter” Perata faces off with “migrant hunter” Dinko over who is a bigger patriot and refugee hater before the early…

Nov 26, 2016

Bulgaria: ‘Migrant hunter’ infighting over owning ‘migrant riots’

Nov 26, 2016

Mariya Petkova

Egypt’s Press Syndicate Head Detained

Detention comes after the syndicate’s defiance and protests at the storming of its HQs by the police.

May 30, 2016

Egypt’s Press Syndicate Head Detained

May 30, 2016

Mariya Petkova

Egypt: Journalists’ Union just banned the interior minister’s name

In an escalation over the police raid of the Journalists’ Union building on May 1, the general assembly of the Syndicate decided to ban the…

May 4, 2016

Egypt: Journalists’ Union just banned the interior minister’s name

May 4, 2016

Mariya Petkova

The offspring of Egypt’s police state

In the span of less than 2 weeks, 1,277 were arrested in Egypt over protests against the transfer of 2 islands to Saudi Arabia.

May 3, 2016

The offspring of Egypt’s police state

May 3, 2016

Mariya Petkova

The rise of Bulgaria’s ‘anti-migrant’ vigilantes

Who is doing the EU’s dirty work at its southern border?

Apr 20, 2016

The rise of Bulgaria’s ‘anti-migrant’ vigilantes

Apr 20, 2016

Mariya Petkova

What a communist-era dissident had to say about human rights, ‘gypsies’ and ‘the Islamic pest’…

… and how he asked a human rights organization to dissolve itself.

Apr 9, 2016

What a communist-era dissident had to say about human rights, ‘gypsies’ and ‘the Islamic pest’…

Apr 9, 2016

Mariya Petkova

Bulgaria: Love in the time of terror

In the aftermath of the attacks in Brussels, Bulgaria experienced an unusual wave of anti-terrorism activity linked to same-sex love and…

Mar 25, 2016

Bulgaria: Love in the time of terror

Mar 25, 2016

Mariya Petkova

النساء في البلقان في العصر العثماني

العنوان الأصلي: هل كانت هناك هايدوكات* في بلغاريا؟

Mar 5, 2016

النساء في البلقان في العصر العثماني

Mar 5, 2016

Mariya Petkova

اختبار التسامح: تهديد التطرف في البانيا

كاتب: فلاديمير كراي

Feb 2, 2016

اختبار التسامح: تهديد التطرف في البانيا

Feb 2, 2016

Mariya Petkova

Strandzha’s wine and refugees

It’s the wine-making season in Bulgaria.

Oct 14, 2015

Strandzha’s wine and refugees

Oct 14, 2015

Mariya Petkova

Mariya Petkova

Bulgarian journalist, covering the Middle East, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. Cairo/Sofia. Learned my Arabic in Egypt, and my Russian in the US.

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