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Kuwait will finance four-year university scholarships for a hundred girls from the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh,
Entisar Al-Hammadi is a model and actress who has been kidnapped by the Yemeni rebel Houthi group, and is now threatening to go on hunger strike.
George Floyd murder trial hears closing arguments
A jury is to hear closing arguments on Monday in the trial of the white ex-police officer accused of murdering African-American George Floyd.
HRW urges Biden to protect rights in Afghanistan
Fears are rampant that a power vacuum left by Washington's departure could threaten key human rights gains.
Iraqi women forge new pathways in sport
Nazli Tarzi interviews the next generation of female Iraqi sports stars, their arduous journeys towards recognition, and the future of sport for ...
Danish far-right tells refugees to go to 'sunny Syria'
The poster campaign by the extreme-right group Generation Identity comes as Denmark threatens to deport dozens of refugees to Syria.
Recordings show Libyan, Italian officials left migrants to die
Transcripts of conversations between Italian officials and Libyan coastguard show deliberate neglect of migrant vessels which later sank in the ...
Libya launches public vaccination drive
Libya, which has so far received 400,000 doses of three types of vaccines, has started its Covid-19 immunisation campaign for the general ...
Freedom Fields: Libya's national women's football team sidestep revolution
Film Review: Naziha Arebi's latest film is a triumph of fortitude over adversity, documenting Libya's national female football team's ...
A path towards ally-ship: Reframing 'The Muslim Problem'
The New Arab Meets: Tawseef Khan, author of The Muslim Problem. In it, he elegantly deconstructs myths surrounding Islam, whilst confronting the ...
Lost lessons from Sumayeh Attiyeh's America
Comment: How we choose to tell our story is a complex matter. This Arab American Heritage month, let's remember our ancestors who tired to do ...
Palestinians hold prayers in largest Ramadan gathering since Covid
Palestinians held the first Friday prayers of Ramadan following tension in Jerusalem and Israeli attempts to silence the call to prayer.
At least 20 dead as boat sinks off Tunisia
At least 20, including a baby, died and several others went missing.
Shooting kills 8 in US city of Indianapolis: police
"This is a tragedy."
You can imprison Palestinians but not their struggle
Comment: With Barghouti and thousands of other Palestinians behind bars, imprisonment has become a defining part of the Palestinian national ...
Tunisia mogul, ex-presidential candidate Karoui fined €6mn
One-time Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been ordered to pay a fine worth millions for failure to pay customs dues, authorities said on Thursday.
Iranian TV censors Tottenham v Man United over woman
Iranian state TV is regularly censored over words or images that do not align with the Islamic Republic's values.
How violence prevents healing after Islamic State
Comment: To begin healing in Iraq and Syria, we must find new strategies of acceptance that fight dehumanisation and radicalisation, writes ...
Increase in Afghanistan civilian deaths in compared to 2020
There has been a sharp increase in civilian deaths in Afghanistan compared to numbers in 2020, UNAMA found. It comes as Biden revealed his ...
Biden: 'time to end' Afghanistan war with total pullout
US President Joe Biden is naming September 11 as the deadline by which the last US soldiers will have finally departed Afghanistan.
Israel shocked by self-immolation of traumatised ex-soldier
Israeli leaders have expressed shock and consternation over the self-immolation of a former soldier who was suffering as a result of the 2014 ...
'I am Mohammed Saleem' campaigns against Islamophobia in UK
The 'I am Mohammed Saleem' campaign, launched by British Muslim activist Maz Saleem, invites people to share their own lived experiences of ...
The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human
Book Club: Marguerite Richards' anthology of global Muslim voices is a honest recollection of the human experience. From chaos to peace, ...
ReBirth: Women in Iraq blend feminism with digital art
Burcu Ozcelik uncovers the creative practices of reBirth, a visual arts project in Erbil that unapologetically showcases womanhood and ...
Yemeni model Entisar Al-Hammadi was kidnapped over a month ago by Houthi rebels.
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