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
Journalist: Hama business owners face ‘confiscation’ and ‘extortion’
Business owners in the regime-held central Syrian city of Hama […]
Dairy cows provide milk for encircled East Ghouta
Prior to the outbreak of war in late 2011, Syria […]
Darayya residents in plea for aid to encircled town: ‘What are you waiting for?’
A scene from Sunday’s protest in Darayya. Sign reads: “We […]
Activist: Islamic State currency a ‘media stunt’
Amman: The Islamic State never produced its much-publicized precious-metal currency, […]
Civilian training in first response after ‘surge’ in Russian strikes
Citing a “surge” in airstrikes on civilian targets, the local […]
Hospitals, schools ‘indefinitely’ close in south Idlib after Russian airstrikes
Opposition authorities “indefinitely” closed schools and hospitals in the southern […]
Madaya residents plant vegetables to stave off hunger
Madaya, best known for dozens of citizens who have died […]
Idlib ‘on the verge of a catastrophe’ as regime severs vital supply route, and with it, cuts off fuel access
AMMAN: Regime forces reportedly broke through the nearly four-year rebel […]
North Hama residents selling unexploded ordnance
AMMAN: In the north Hama countryside, young men are taking […]
South Damascus journalist tortured in FSA-affiliated prison: “I’m calling on the opposition to face up to their mistakes”
“Unfortunately, even in liberated areas citizen journalists are not safe […]