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The former PM and interior minister of Kuwait are reportedly being detained as part of a corruption case concerning the use of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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.
Goalkeeper, celibate millionaire, Gaddafi adviser vie for Peru presidency
Eighteen candidates will contest a first round of presidential elections in Peru.
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 ...
Egypt's 'Indiana Jones' appointed UNWTO tourism ambassador
Hawass becomes the first Egyptian appointed to the UN position and is charged with promoting international tourism on behalf of the UN body
Egypt's first female ship captain accused of 'blocking Suez'
Egypt's first female ship captain was the topic of a false internet rumour that accused her of blocking the Suez Canal.
Yemen's Houthi rebels renew Marib campaign amid diplomatic push
Saudi-led coalition jets bombed the Houthi rebels as they continued the offensive to claim Marib, while UN and US diplomats traveled to Riyadh ...
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.
UAE raises investment in UK with life sciences focus
The British government announced the UAE is increasing UK investment with a focus on life sciences.
Legendary Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi dies aged 89
Saadawi was the Arabic-speaking world's most influential feminist.
Amnesty International denounces Sanaa Seif prison sentence
Amnesty International called the sentencing of Egyptian political activist Sanaa Seif "another crushing blow" to freedom of expression in the ...
EU halts sanctions against family of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak
The EU announced that it was ending sanctions against the family of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and others.
Oman-US talks in Muscat aim to tackle Yemen war
US Special Envoy to Yemen Timothy Lenderking is on a 10-day visit to the Gulf to discuss Yemen and other regional concerns.
Egypt releases activist after 17 months of detention: Lawyer
Hazem Hosny has been released by Egyptian authorities, after a 17 months of pre-trail detention.
Egypt says Russian flights to Sinai resorts to resume
Russia will resume flights to Egypt's Sinai resorts after the lifting of a ban imposed following a 2015 attack on a Russian jet.
In Sisi's Egypt, even children are political prisoners
In-depth: Ten years after the Arab Spring, Sisi rules Egypt with an iron fist. Under the guise of fighting terrorism, civil society has faced an unprecedented crackdown, including children.
Egyptian arrested for advertising son for sale on Facebook
Egyptian police arrested a man who advertised his infant son for sale on Facebook, according to local media.
What led to a modern-time Egyptian Pharaoh’s downfall?
Hosni Mubarak reigned as Egypt’s fourth president for almost 30 years but his downfall seemed imminent one decade earlier as people's ...
Egypt is using charity to paper over coronavirus failures
Comment: In the Mersal Foundation, we see the best and the worst of Egypt; the work of extraordinary people failed by their state, writes Sam ...
Sisi 'sets conditions' for Netanyahu's visit to Egypt: report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been requested to commit to a two-state solution before an official trip to Cairo is approved, a ...
Making sense of Europe's response to the Arab Spring
The New Arab speaks to analyst Lorenzo Trombetta about the impact of the Arab Spring uprisings on Mediterranean geopolitics.
We needed a cultural revolution, not another uprising
The long read: Bahey el-Din Hassan explores how elites, who were unable to rise to the task of mounting organised collective action, caused the ...
Egypt retrieves 5,000 ‘fraudulently acquired’ artefacts from US
Egypt announced that it had retrieved 5,000 ancient items from the US which had left the country in a ‘fraudulent manner’.
Mona Eltahawy on the Arab Spring, feminism, and hope
While attending the Arab Spring protests, Eltahawy was beaten and sexually assaulted. Ten years on, she reflects on violence against women and ...
CAAT has urged the UK government to stop supplying arms to Egypt's military regime.
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