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Comment: Trump's sanctions will have to go if the Biden administration intends to have any policy success with respect to Iran, write Tyler Cullis and Trita Parsi.
Film Review: Ayten Amin’s sophomore feature is an intimate look at the life of a 19-year-old girl's transition into adulthood, who dreams of escaping her dull existence in rural Egypt.
As I Want: The abused survivors of Egypt's revolution
Film Review: Premiered in the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, Samaher Al Qadi's latest feature, a biographical documentary, explores the series of sexual assaults that occurred throughout Egypt's 2013 uprisings.
The future of learning Arabic in MENA post-pandemic
Sarah Markiewicz unravels the beloved diversity of learning Arabic, its regional varieties, and how recent events in the region have thrust ...
Covid-19: A year of repression in the Middle East
In-depth: Amnesty International's annual report for 2020/21 reveals the scope of the abuses Middle Eastern governments perpetrated while the ...
Saudi human rights activist sentenced to 20 years
Abdul Rahman Al-Sadhan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and given a 20 year travel ban for allegedly running an anonymous social media account.
US climate envoy attends UAE Climate Dialogue
The United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate attended the regional climate dialogue, where MENA countries re-committed to ...
Iraq baby boy 'first ever human' with three genitals
The first case of triphalia was reported in Duhok, in the north of the country.
Memory Box: Uncovering a painful past and moving forward
Film Review: Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige’s compelling drama follows a daughter willing to uncover her mother’s troubled teenage years ...
Berlinale: Exposing the polite fiction of society through cinema
At this year's Berlinale, four Arab films brought forward the painful complexity behind the façade of society.
Misogyny still rampant in Lebanese media and society
The degrading comments against Dr Sandrine Atallah on television opened up a wider conversation about the harmful social norms and intrinsic ...
Turkey's growing influence in the Horn of Africa
Analysis: In the last decade, Turkey has moved from being a peripheral country with little presence in the Horn of Africa to one of the region's ...
No space for criticism: Jordan's authoritarian shift
In-depth: Ten years after the Arab Spring there is no sign of reform, just growing economic and social distress and a reduced space for citizens ...
Libya's Haftar to allow Turkish 'enemy' vessels to dock
The rebel militia leader raised no objection to the entry of a Turkish-flagged commercial ships after multiple orders to prevent access to ...
Morocco extradites Australian to Saudi Arabia: wife
An Australian man detained in Morocco has been extradited to Saudi Arabia, his family said.
Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif jailed for 1.5 years
Seif was arrested last year after traveling to the notorious Tora prison to deliver a letter to her jailed brother.
Berlin film festival 2021 roundup: The MENA films
The MENA films selected by this year's Berlinale brimmed with ambition and artistic audacity.
Russia's history of bombing civilian infrastructure in Syria
In-depth: While attempting to settle a dispute with Armenia over the effectiveness of its weapons, Russia inadvertently confirmed longstanding ...
10 years on, Syrian activists remain resolute
In-depth: Syria's revolution created a groundswell of activism, enabling those living under Assad's brutal regime to finally speak. Despite the ...
Australian facing extradition to Saudi 'wrong' man: lawyer
Osama Al Hasani's name and birth did not correspond with those of the man sought in Riyadh's arrest warrant, according to his lawyer.
Polarisation gnaws at Syria's hopes for reconciliation
Comment: Ideological polarisation in Syria has left no room for nuance, and deprived Syrians of the social fabric necessary for reconciliation, ...
Muad Hrezi: The 'unapologetically Muslim' Libyan-American running for Congress
The New Arab Meets: Muad Hrezi, the young Democrat who is running for Congress 2022 in Connecticut's First Congressional District.
Muad Hrezi: The 'unapologetically Muslim' Libyan-American running for Congress
The New Arab Meets: Muad Hrezi, the young Democrat who is running for Congress 2022 in Connecticut's First Congressional District.
UAE and Israel partner to establish 'advanced anti-drone system'
Israel Aerospace Industries and EDGE will develop systems to counter drone threats.
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