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Category: West Asia

Omanis revive memory of village swallowed by desert

Deserts are expanding all over the world, pushed on by climate change Wadi Al-Murr is cut off from main roads … More

Climate Change, Oman, Wadi Al-Murr

Leading human rights group calls Israel an ‘apartheid’ state

JERUSALEM (AP) : A leading Israeli human rights group has begun describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian … More

Apartheid, B’Tselem, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine

What’s behind Saudi Arabia-Qatar reconciliation?

Analysts believe the Trump administration has piled pressure on Gulf nations to help create regional bloc against Iran ISTANBUL : … More

Diplomacy, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Policy, Qatar, Reconciliation, Saudi Arabia

An exhibit aims to help heal the damaged cultural heritage of Beirut

BEIRUT : Many museums and galleries in Beirut were seriously damaged, even ravaged, following two gigantic explosions that hit the … More

Exhibition, L’Art Blessé ( Wounded Art), Lebanon

5 nations want Iran to deliver justice on downed plane

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) : The countries whose citizens were killed when Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian jetliner said Friday … More

Britain and Sweden, Canada, Flight 752, France, Iran, Ukraine, Ukrainian jetliner

Review: Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’ is essential viewing

It’s hard to decide what’s most shocking in “The Dissident,” Bryan Fogel’s urgent, gripping new documentary about the horrific murder of Saudi … More

Film, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia, The Dissident, Turkey, United States

Saudi Arabia cuts oil output to support future oil prices

SAUDI Arabia’s decision to cut oil output by one million barrels per day (bpd) for February and March this year … More

Oil, OPEC, Saudi Arabia

Poachers’ paradise: Gulf hunts fuel Pakistan falcon trafficking

KARACHI : Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a small fortune in Pakistan trapping … More

Black Market, Conservation, Falcons, Gulf Arabs, Pakistan

Gulf Arab leaders attending the 41st GCC summit in Saudi Arabia

The summit is expected to see the signing of formal agreements to end a 4-year boycott of Doha Saudi Arabia’s … More

Bahrain, Dubai, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Kuwait, Oman, Prince Salman, Saudi Arabia

The Syrian potter preserving a centuries-old craft

Misak Antranik Petros, master craftsman, has passed his art on to the next generation. In a dimly lit workshop on … More

Craftsman, Hasakeh, Jaghjagh River, Potter, Syria, Tradition

Iranian women’s group empowers amid pandemic by making masks

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) : As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, home to the Mideast’s worst outbreak, a women’s group hopes … More

Bavar, Covid19, Face Masks, Pandemic, Women

Iraqi watch repair shop is a timeless treasure

Youssef Abdelkarim’s storefront on one of Baghdad’s most historic streets is a time capsule. Youssef Abdelkarim’s storefront on one of … More

Iraq, Rasheed Street, Treasure, Watch Repair, Wristwatches

Yemen: Deadly blast as new government arrives at Aden airport

Explosions and gunfire hit Aden’s airport shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed government arrived from Saudi Arabia. Hours … More

Airport Blast, Government, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

2 brothers were separated in an Iraqi jail. Now one believes he’s found the other.

“When I saw Ahmed for the first time, I told myself, ‘Yes, this is my brother,’” Haydar Jawad Nasser said. … More

Brothers, Haydar and Ahmed, Iraq, reunite

New Barjeel display promotes parity with equal split of artworks by men and women

Melissa Gronlund discusses the significance of the pieces on view and the show’s art historical accuracy About a year ago, … More

Barjeel Art Foundation, Exhibition, Painting, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Foreigners shake up Egypt’s belly dancing scene

Belly dancers from Eastern Europe, Russia, Latin America and elsewhere have dominated the scene in recent years in Egypt CAIRO – She … More

Belly Dance, Egypt, Foreigners, Traditional

Iraq faces economic shock after currency devaluation

As politicians debate austerity proposals, ordinary Iraqis fear for the future News of Iraq’s currency devaluation spread quickly last week … More

Currency, Devaluation, Iraq, Poverty, Protest

Two climbers killed, two injured in Iran during heavy snowfall

TEHRAN: Two climbers were killed and two others injured on Friday (Dec 25) on a mountain outside Iran’s capital Tehran … More

Avalanche, Iran, Kolakchal, Snowfall

Pharmacist accidentally injected with 4 COVID vaccine doses

Uday Azizi says he’s feeling fine after receiving quadruple dose in error, will still likely need to get follow-up injection … More

Coronavirus, Covid19, Israel, Maccabi Healthcare, Pfizer, Vaccine

In Egypt, pandemic inspires passion for oud

While he waits for his lesson at an Egyptian music school, Maissara Mohammed plays his oud, its soothing tones dissolving … More

Classical Arabic Music, Egypt, Oud

EXPLAINER: Iran, despite sanctions, has routes to vaccines

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) : Although Iran faces crushing U.S. sanctions, there are still ways for Tehran to obtain … More

Covid19, Iran, Sanctions, Vaccine

Yemen’s president, separatists announce new power-sharing government

The new government followed two weeks of separation of forces and redeployment of troops in the south. The Saudi-led coalition … More

Coalition, Government, Power Sharing, Yemen

Hospital fire kills 9 COVID-19 patients at ICU in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) : A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey … More

Covid19, Fire, Hospital, Turkey

A decade on, the broken dreams of the Arab Spring

“The revolution showed me that everything is possible,” said Ameni Ghimaji, remembering the heady days of the Tunisian protests that … More

Arab Spring, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia

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