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In-depth: Researchers are exploring the correlation between mental and physical health to provide adequate care to refugees, but with the data still lacking, community-based activities are filling the gap.
Comment: Social media played an important role in the Arab uprisings, but over the last decade, authoritarian regimes have embraced this technology for their repressive agendas, writes Marc Owen Jones.
Mosul review: Netflix's war film invites polarised responses
Mosul tells the gruelling story of the Nineveh SWAT team's battle against the Islamic State, but overlooks civilian testimonies and the sacrifices of ordinary people.
In town brutalised by IS, Iraq tests its power
The Iraqi government is attempting to restore control over Sinjar, the Yazidi homeland previously controlled by a web of paramilitary ...
The best books by Arab authors in 2020
Book Club: From fiction to insightful memoirs and social commentary, The New Arab rounds up some of the best books written by Arab authors this ...
Hijab and Red Lipstick by Yousra Imran
Book Club: In Hijab and Red Lipstick, Yousra Imran alchemises her trauma into a semi-autobiographical novel that was hard to put down.
Algeria's sleeping revolution is reignited
Comment: Some said the Arab Spring would never reach Algeria, but as the people cheered on the regional protests, their own revolution was ...
'Like Xanax': In Lebanon, crisis comedy combats trauma
Comedians have found plenty of material in the many mishaps of Lebanon, a multi-confessional country still deeply divided after the 1975-1990 ...
Sesame Street creates Rohingya characters to help refugee children
The popular television show has launched two new Rohingya characters in a bid to help traumatized refugee children
Comment: Too often, narratives of resilience are told in place of critique, letting those responsible for crony politics, corruption and human ...
Before a public memorial, Beirut needs to heal
With homes still destroyed and no one held accountable for Beirut's devastating port blast, plans to build a memorial site could prove ...
Biden must do what Obama didn't and close Guantanamo
Comment: Guantanamo has now been open for almost two decades, impacting the lives of hundreds of Muslims, their families, and communities as a ...
Australian war crimes report details what Afghans always knew
Comment: It shouldn't have taken a report into Australian war crimes to foreground the trauma Afghans have been reporting for years, ...
For wounded Syrian photographer, Paris protest reawakens Aleppo trauma
Ameer al-Halbi, a freelance photographer who has covered the Syrian civil war from his home city of Aleppo, needed treatment for face wounds ...
Israeli groups decry 'dehumanising' military invasions of Palestinian homes
A new report documents the trauma of Palestinian families who have had their homes raided by Israeli soldiers.
British women, children held in 'barbaric' Syria camps: report
A report has exposed the 'barbaric' conditions British women and children are kept in in Syria.
Israelis fatally shoot alleged Palestinian attacker
A driver from Jerusalem was shot after allegedly attempting to run over a border guard.
The New Arab's top reads on gender-based violence
The New Arab has curated articles shedding powerful light on the pressing issue of gender-based violence across the Middle East, North Africa ...
For US progressives, the fight has only just begun
In-depth: Progressives and minority voters helped Biden across the finish line in key swing states. Now they want to make sure their policy ...
A Match Made In Heaven: Muslim women talk desire
Book Club: A new anthology of stories by British Muslim women exploring romance and desire proves to be a powerful and nuanced response to ...
Pakistan has a problem, but castration isn't the answer
Comment: Calls for castration and hanging as punishment for rape have been growing, but such draconian measures fail to tackle the root cause of ...
When 'freedom of speech' means just the opposite
Comment: The abject failure of European counter-terror policies is clear for all to see. Doubling down on them will only worsen the problem, ...
Trump: the wrecking ball who came to 'fix' America
Rising to power by claiming to fix the US, Donald Trump has left a turbulent legacy.
Mobilising the refugee vote in Florida
Comment: I am voting to make sure the road is paved for my daughters and for other refugees, writes Basma Alawee, a refugee organiser in the ...
Love triumphs over tragedy in the Nasser brothers' touching satire on desire and despair in Gaza.
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