Kait Bolongaro is a freelance journalist and photographer covering human interest stories around the world. She tends to write about politics, social issues, business, health and the environment. She tweets @kbolongaro. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/kait-bolongaro/rss en Integration Refugee Voices Tue, 17 Jan 2017 06:56:50 +0000 Kait Bolongaro https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/01/17/disabled-syrian-student-blazes-trail-for-refugees-in-germany https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/01/17/disabled-syrian-student-blazes-trail-for-refugees-in-germany Paralyzed as a teenager, Anas al-Hakim was largely confined to his home when the Syrian war broke out so he threw himself in computer programming. Now a university student in Berlin, he set up a website to help Arabic-speaking students navigate life in Germany. Crisis and Conflict Tue, 03 Jan 2017 13:11:59 +0000 Kait Bolongaro https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/01/03/women-stand-perils-covering-politics-drc https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/01/03/women-stand-perils-covering-politics-drc As the government of the DRC continues its crackdown on the media, political reporting in the country carries significant risks. For the country’s female political journalists, widespread misogyny compounds their struggle to do their jobs.