Bio
Mateo Nelson
Mateo Nelson was a 2014-2015 fellow at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad program (CASA I) in Amman, Jordan. Mateo holds a BA in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, with a certificate in Arabic Language and Culture.
Latest Articles
Bus bombing rocks Alawite district in Homs city
AMMAN: A public bus bombing killed eight people and injured […]
Politicians from Iraqi Kurdistan in northern Syria to observe local elections
AMMAN: A delegation from Iraqi Kurdistan arrived in northern Syria’s […]
Displaced people from Raqqa, Deir e-Zor strain limited resources in northern camps
AMMAN: Standing near the patch of ground where she and […]
Photo Essay: The morning market in Ras al-Ain
The market in downtown Ras al-Ain comes to life each […]
Deadly airstrikes kill, injure scores in northwest Syrian town despite de-escalation agreement
AMMAN: Three airstrikes hit a busy market and a police […]
From displacement camp, former Raqqa activist reflects on ‘insanity’ of documenting IS abuses
It was a cold day as Salim a-Raqqawi stood with […]
Raqqa city a ‘minefield’ as clearing efforts expected to take months
AMMAN: Two weeks after US-backed forces captured Raqqa from the […]
Syrian doctor on malnutrition in East Ghouta: ‘We expect more deaths in the coming days’
Five months after a de-escalation deal curbed violence in the […]
As the sun sets on the Islamic State, one family flees by night to safety
In the town of al-Asharah, on the western bank of […]
The agony of absence: Wives of disappeared detainees face uncertainty, social pressures
AMMAN: For more than four years, Umm Malak has held […]