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Dispatches from a world in turmoil

Scientists reflect on a year of civil unrest. Writing from Syria, Bolivia, Sudan, Iran, Chile, Ecuador, Lebanon, Venezuela, Hong Kong and Catalonia, correspondents tell of altered priorities, day-to-day challenges and hope in the dark times.
  1. Mona Fawaz

    1. American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

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  2. Benjamin R. Scharifker

    1. Metropolitan University, Caracas, Venezuela.

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  3. Mónica Moraes R.

    1. University of San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.

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  4. Muntaser E. Ibrahim

    1. University of Khartoum, Sudan.

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  5. Sharif Moradi

    1. Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology Tehran, Iran.

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  6. Ernesto Medina

    1. Yachay Tech University, Urcuquí, Ecuador.

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  7. Wasim Maziak

    1. Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, USA.

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  8. Mai Har Sham

    1. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

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  9. Cecilia Hidalgo

    1. Chilean Academy of Sciences, Santiago, Chile.

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  10. Joan Martínez Alier

    1. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

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LEBANON: Classes, as well as clashes, in the streets

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Nature 576, 382-384 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03872-y

Updates & Corrections

  • Correction 21 January 2020: An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to Catalonia as a country.

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