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Mothers who come from countries that are on Trump's Muslim ban list are counting down the days until Joe Biden becomes president to see their children
Advocates from Middle Eastern and North African communities have fought for decades to get their own check box on US census forms.
The Dictatorship Syndrome by Alaa Al Aswany
Book Club: Alaa Al Aswany explains dictatorship as a disease whose causes and symptoms must be thoroughly studied if we wish to eradicate it.
Sisi the so-called secularist sets his sights on Al-Azhar
Comment: Not content with an already severely restricted public sphere, Sisi has moved to bring this 1,000-year-old Egyptian centre of learning ...
A Place Between Two Places: The Qur'anic Barzakh
Book Club: George Archer's thought-provoking study traces the conceptual history and philosophy of the afterlife in Islam.
To defeat systemic racism, America must end endless war
Comment: The US desperately needs an open and honest debate about the ways race and racism have influenced its foreign policy for centuries, writes Nima Gerami.
Students, faculty at risk in crisis-hit AUB
With students struggling to pay fees and plans to dismiss up to 25% of its workforce, AUB has never edged closer to collapse.
An essential reading list on Black Muslim history
Book Club: Aisha Yusuff recommends ten books to understand the legacy and contribution of Black Muslims to Islamic history.
How Palestine solidarity became a litmus test in Germany
Comment: Germany's attempt to muzzle thinker and philosopher Achille Mbembe on the grounds of anti-semitism amounts to an extension of Israeli ...
Mother of stabbed British-Lebanese teenager dies 'with broken heart'
Debbie Makki, the mother of UK stabbing victim Yousef Makki died on Sunday, heartbroken over the legal 'injustice' of her son's case.
US-Saudi flights to resume despite Trump's travel ban
Daily flights from the US to Saudi Arabia will resume this week as the kingdom continues evacuating its citizens.
Syrian academics displaced by war struggle to rebuild careers
Displaced Syrian academics are struggling to continue their careers after being forcibly uprooted by war, with many separated from their ...
Waqas Ahmed: The Muslim renaissance man championing human versatility
The New Arab Meets: Author Waqas Ahmed, whose new book champions the power of human versatility and explores the importance of cross-discipline ...
Saudi Arabia infiltration of Twitter revealed as 'spy' workers
Two men have been implicated in a Twitter spy case.
Renowned Turkish novelist acquitted in terror trial
The Istanbul court acquitted Asli Erdogan, who is living in exile in Germany, of charges membership of an armed terror organisation, disrupting ...
US-based regime critic says Saudis tried to kidnap him
Comedian and social media influencer Abdulrahman Almutairi says the Saudi government attempted to kidnap him shortly after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
The best books by Arab authors in 2019
Book Club: The New Arab rounds up some of the best reads written in English by Arab authors this year.
Book Club: Slavery & Islam aims to understand the history of enslavement in Islamic traditions and Muslim societies.
Gendered Morality: Expanding conceptual knowledge of gender in Islam
Book Club: Zahra Ayubi explores this tension within Islamic philosophy and ethics in her new book Gendered Morality.
Palestinian student previously denied entry arrives at Harvard
Ismail B. Ajjawi, a Palestinian student from Lebanon, arrived at Harvard University just one day before classes were due to start.
In Trump's US, all Palestinians are suspect
Comment: The 'guilty by association' narrative means that Palestinians, migrants and people of colour are automatically suspect on entering the ...
Palestinian Harvard student deported for friends' Facebook activity
A 17-year-old incoming Harvard freshman was deported from the US shortly after landing in Boston, when an immigration official found posts on ...
Saudi women can now travel with their children
The new measure comes amid a raft of opaque reforms around women's rights issued by Saudi Arabia after the detention of women's rights activists ...
Relaxing travel restrictions a 'bittersweet victory' for Saudi women
Despite Saudi reforms on women's rights, much of the kingdom's draconian gender-based laws remain intact, writes Sophia Akram.
Emiratis are refusing to work in the healthcare industry, according to UAE media.
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