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AJ+ is a unique digital news and storytelling project promoting human rights and equality, holding power to account, and amplifying the voices of the powerless.

Washington, DC

Joined February 2010

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Fortnite, League of Legends, Call of Duty … and the U.S. military? For years, the U.S. military has been using video games to recruit.@yelmjouie breaks down its strategy, ranging from Twitch streams to esports teams – and how these sometimes reach audiences questionably young.
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Gaza called Suleiman al-Obeid the "Palestinian Pelé." To Naseemi, he was Dad. Now, he's trying to keep his father's name alive.
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Palestinian voices are consistently ignored by Western media. But Jewish American journalist Amy Goodman has been handing them the mic for decades. @yelmjouie talks to the Democracy Now! host about the fight against pro-Israel media bias through independent journalism.
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This Lebanese teenager was scrolling on her phone when she found out her family’s home was destroyed by Israel on an AJ+ video.
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Displaced Palestinians are suffering under suffocating heat in plastic tents, and forced to cool off in Gaza’s polluted waters.
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With hopes of rebuilding his life after the ceasefire was announced, video journalist Hussein Farhat returned to his home in Arab Salim in South Lebanon. But five days later Israeli attacks continued and, again, Farhat had to leave it all behind.
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This Japanese football star has faced a lifetime of racism over his mixed heritage. Now he’s the starting goalkeeper of Japan’s national football team at the 2026 World Cup.
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As a wave of anti-immigrant protests grip South Africa, this cultural historian says the country owes its cultural and economic history to immigrants from across the continent.
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For Haitian football fans, joy and resistance go hand in hand. Here’s how Haiti’s national team overcame all odds to play in the World Cup for the first time in over half a century.
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For some footballers, the anthem isn’t just a pregame ritual – it’s a public referendum on identity. And as some German players know, the anthem can carry more weight than the match itself. @sakhr breaks down the political tension in the 90 seconds before kickoff.
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The United States and Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. But why was it Donald Trump who was the most desperate for a deal? With @yelmjouie
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Israeli soldiers were filmed doing yoga for PTSD. Meanwhile, about 90% of children in Gaza and 65% of people in Lebanon are estimated to be suffering PTSD or anxiety from Israel’s ongoing attacks.
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Using Fortnite, League of Legends and Call of Duty, the U.S. military is recruiting soldiers through gaming… and reaching them questionably young. @yelmjouie breaks down the military's strategy to gather young recruits – with Twitch streams, giveaways, esports teams and more.
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