Selected work
Op consultatie bij Dokters van de Wereld: ‘Vroeger kwamen hier vooral migranten’, De Morgen
Becoming Belgian: The new blueprint for winning asylum cases, The Dial
Open familieconflict: pedofiele prenten verdelen Brusselse kunstscène, BRUZZ
Migratiewetboek De Moor struikelt net voor de finish, De Morgen
Waarom een 13-eeuwse mystica zo vaak politiek gerecupereerd is, De Standaard
Nog nooit zochten zoveel mensen bescherming in België, De Standaard (+ podcast)
‘Mijn water was al gebroken toen het UZ Jette mij wandelen stuurde’, De Standaard
Aantal sterfgevallen per ziekenhuis door corona blijft geheim, De Standaard
Primeur: Burgercollectief stelt regularisatie voor in de Kamer, De Standaard
België gaat tellen hoeveel vrouwen worden gedood, De Standaard (+ podcast)
Sans-papiers vangen asielzoekers op: ‘Wij doen het werk van de overheid’, De Standaard (+ podcast)
Messias Mahdi brengt nog geen verlossing, De Standaard
CD&V: Van compromispartij naar hardliner, De Standaard
Nood aan opvang was in geen twintig jaar zo groot, De Standaard
Dodenmis voor slachtoffers van de Vesder, De Standaard
‘We mogen van geluk spreken dat niet meer mensen voor een revolutie stemmen’, De Standaard
Op onze vakbondsacties van ACV zie je CD&V niet, PVDA wél, De Standaard (+ podcast)
‘Ja, ik zou opnieuw een regeringscommissaris met een hoofddoek aanduiden’, De Standaard
Het PFAS-rapport dat iedereen geruststelde, De Standaard
Waarom vrouwen soms alleen vrouwen om zich heen willen, De Standaard
Innovating “In the Here and Now:” Under Covid-19, nurses are inventing the future of health care, Issues in Science and Technology
Covid-19 and Medicine’s Misguided Romance With Machines, Undark (republished in Slate, Salon, Medscape, and Fast Company)
Funerals Might Be Different Forever After the Pandemic, VICE
How Latin got woke, The Nation
The Muslims who want to save octopuses, The Atlantic (reporting for this story was supported by a grant from the International Women’s Media Foundation)
Between the devil and the deep blue sea, World Policy Journal (featured on ABC’s Saturday Extra)
What we can learn from Europe’s response to terror, The Village Voice
Saving families from our fate: A conversation with Saliha Ben Ali, World Policy Journal
Jihadi teen ‘dead for a second time’: recruiter free, teen’s mom furious, CNNi (reported from Brussels)
Covering ISIS: A Reporter’s Notebook from Molenbeek, Guernica
World’s largest tax-funded site of mass grave might be turned into a park, Al Jazeera America
Parents of foreign fighters accuse Belgian police of inaction, Al Jazeera America (reported from Brussels)
‘Climate migrants’ recognized in Paris draft agreement, Al Jazeera America
Molenbeek: Belgium’s haven for foreign fighters, Al Jazeera America
Belgium widens hunt with Brussels on maximum alert, Al Jazeera America (reported from Brussels)
Job fair tries to help Iraqi migrants returned from Europe, Al Jazeera America
EU moves first group of refugees to Sweden, Al Jazeera America
Germany prints its constitution in Arabic for refugees, Al Jazeera America
Refugee crisis may force EU to rethink, update open-borders policy, Al Jazeera America
With tear gas and razor wire, EU countries skirt international refugee law, Al Jazeera America
Spousal abuse: The ‘silent illness’ driving women into homelessness, Al Jazeera America
Mothers of Intervention, Al Jazeera America (reported from Brussels; featured at Story Code NYC at The Lincoln Center)
New York City wants to provide free tampons to address menstruation stigma, Al Jazeera America
More pads for homeless women on their periods, Al Jazeera America
From Belgium to Syria and back: How an altar boy became an ISIL admirer, Al Jazeera America (reported from Brussels)
How menstruation stigma puts women in U.S. at risk, Al Jazeera America
Hygiene and Heartache: Homeless women’s daily struggle to keep clean, Al Jazeera America (spurred Intros 1122-A, 1123-A, and 1128-A in the NY legislature)
Immigrant vote could sway tight Scottish independence referendum, Al Jazeera America (republished in YaleGlobal Online)
Woman Warrior, Al Jazeera America (awarded a 2014 Sigma Delta Chi for Best Non-Deadline Reporting)
Funding cuts may leave New York City vulnerable to tuberculosis, Al Jazeera America
For many, birth control an increasingly bitter pill to swallow, Al Jazeera America
Radical nun says answering her Christian calling landed her in prison, Al Jazeera America
Miss Veteran America: Healing in heels, Al Jazeera America
Cross-border romance: a balm to Europe’s national tensions? The Christian Science Monitor
Saudi Arabia’s plan to boost women’s employment? Create a women-friendly city, The Christian Science Monitor (reported from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
German circumcision ban incites new religious controversy in Europe, The Christian Science Monitor
Debate is Europe’s best hope against extremism, The Guardian
De stille revolutie, Lanno Publishers (awarded the 2011 Dick Scherpenzeel Aanmoedigingsprijs / Best Young Foreign Correspondent of the Year)