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Karim Traboulsi

Traboulsi

Karim is the Managing Editor of The New Arab since May 2019. He holds an MA in Translation Studies focusing on journalism in translation from Arabic. He has spent the last twelve years working as editor, writer, and translator in Middle East-focused news media, including six years with The New Arab as editor then managing editor.

 

Areas of focus: Lebanese politics, political economy in the Middle East and North Africa, media studies, and disinformation.

 

Follow him on Twitter: @Kareemios

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared open-ended ceasefires in two conflict-hit states in what appears to be a move intended to contain protests against his three-decade rule.

28 January, 2019

Lebanon appears to be imposing a partial ban on gay dating app Grindr, one of the few safe spaces for the country's LTBT+ community, activists and press reports have said.

22 January, 2019

A Sudanese court has acquitted a dissident student who was facing a death sentence linked to a 2016 sit-in, amid widespread protests against the regime of Omar al-Bashir.

22 January, 2019

A Beirut police patrol chased a Syrian child refugee who fell to his death, his family and activists have claimed, while the police denied any wrong-doing.

21 January, 2019

Qatar is making a comeback in the Levant, with the emir visiting Beirut for an Arab summit boycotted by most regional leaders, and investing $500 million investment in Lebanon's bonds.

21 January, 2019

Planning for a post-Bashir society, Sudanese doctors have unveiled their vision for a reformed healthcare system if an uprising against the president is successful.

21 January, 2019

Analysis: Reports of Lebanon's financial collapse are greatly exaggerated, according to Lebanese economist. But that could be somewhat bad news for Lebanon.

15 January, 2019

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will join the queue of Arab authoritarian leaders rushing to rehabilitate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and visit Damascus soon

15 January, 2019

A US official who was in charge efforts to resolve the 19-month long blockade of Qatar quits his post, becoming the latest official to depart from the resignations-plagued Trump administration

08 January, 2019

Israel has created special intelligence and military units to handle military cooperation with Egypt in the Sinai, against insurgent groups and to prevent arms reaching Hamas.

07 January, 2019