Durrie Bouscaren

Durrie Bouscaren is an Istanbul-based reporter for The World. She covers migration, politics and social change in Turkey, Iran and the Middle East. Before moving to Turkey, Bouscaren covered local news for St. Louis Public Radio and Iowa Public Radio. She was the 2018 John Alexander Fellow for NPR, where she spent two months in Papua New Guinea investigating gender based violence. When not reporting, she can be found riding her bike along Istanbul’s old city walls, or figuring out how to grow grapes on her roof.

Durrie Bouscaren

Long before electricity, wind catchers of Persia kept residents cool. Climate-conscious architects are taking notes.

'How long will this continue?': People in Istanbul see their rents double as inflation soars

'I'm being strangled here': Refugees returned by Turkey to Syria say conditions are bleak

These monks are on a mission to protect Lebanon's sacred cedar trees — before it's too late

Solar power is the 'only business that's booming' amid financial and electricity crises in Lebanon, experts say

‘They’re hurting themselves’: In Lebanon, women risk their lives to get an abortion illegally

A spate of dolphin deaths in the Black Sea prompts scientists to search for answers

This Turkish lab is turning algae into jet fuel

‘I feel quite desperate right now’: In leaked databases, Uyghurs search for names of the missing

At the mouth of the Black Sea, a ship spotter watches for clues amid Ukraine war

Navigating war without sound: Ukraine’s deaf refugees

In southern Romania, villagers are uneasy about a NATO missile defense system in its backyard

The new Russian diaspora finds a home in Istanbul

In Putin’s information war, refugees beg their families to accept reality

Ukrainians fleeing war are welcomed at Romania’s southern border