Bio
Orion Wilcox
Orion Wilcox was a 2014-2015 CASA fellow in Amman, Jordan where he interned with the UNRWA Jordan Field Office. He received his BA in Economics and Arabic language from the University of Mississippi. Following the CASA program, Orion worked as a freelance translator and interpreter in Amman.
Latest Articles
Inside the Victory Army restructuring: Infighting led to ‘breakdown of our operational effectiveness’
AMMAN: In a move to overcome infighting that has hindered […]
Idlib bakery shutting down after flour aid stops
A charity-funded bakery selling subsidized bread to 60,000 people in […]
VIDEO: Aftermath of the Aleppo hospital airstrike
An airstrike of unknown provenance destroyed a major hospital in […]
Kidnapping in regime-controlled Hama ‘as profitable a business as any’
AMMAN: One night last month, a group of masked men […]
As intra-Kurdish dispute drags on, protestors demand reopening of Iraqi border
Dozens of people are currently holding a sit-in on the […]
Born under siege: ‘Doctors with no experience’ delivering babies in Darayya
AMMAN: When Umm Baraa, 23, found out she was pregnant […]
50,000 displaced Syrians stranded at Jordan desert border
AMMAN: When Islamic State fighters captured his east Homs village […]
Syria through the lens of a camera phone: Film festival promotes short films
On a clear night earlier this month, a few dozen […]
Female Idlib resident: All-woman police force ‘gives impression of being watched’
An all-female police unit is patrolling the streets in one […]
Suwayda protesters remove Hafez al-Assad’s portrait, call for fall of Bashar
AMMAN: A parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Syria’s independence […]