PA leader Rami Hamdallah: Terrorists are prisoners of freedom
Top PA leader Rami Hamdallah on Wednesday described terrorists who are serving time in Israeli prisons for attacks on Israel as “prisoners of freedom”. Hamdallah’s…
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Date of Kurdistan independence referendum TBA in 2017
The semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq will carry out a referendum on whether to secede from Baghdad in the near future, after Kurdistan’s two major…
Saudi Arabian police beats to death Pakistanis transgender – Photo
Police have been accused of killing 26-year-old Meeno and Amna, 35, after raiding a house party in Saudi Arabia and arresting 35 transgender people. Saudi…
Message of Palestinian demonstrators to Trump – Video
Dozens of Palestinians have staged a protest in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron against US President Donald Trump who has voiced strong support…
Marine Le Pen: No woman should have to cover her head for fear of offending religious values
FRANCE’S FAR-RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL candidate Marine Le Pen refused to don a headscarf for a meeting with Lebanon’s top Sunni Muslim cleric this week. Le Pen…
Vegan Saudi Prince wants the Middle East to go green – Photos
You wouldn’t expect the son of a Saudi billionaire to be a vegan. You wouldn’t expect him to be passionately involved in animal rights and…
Jordan’s royal family: King Abdullah II, his siblings, Queen Rania and their children
King Abdullah II of Jordan is not your typical Arab ruler. Named after his great-grandfather, King Abdullah (also known as the founder of modern Jordan), he is…
Egypt: Male belly dancers break taboos
At a wedding party in one of Cairo’s hotels, a young man was encouraged to belly dance for the guests. His dancing astonished some of…
Feminism in Egypt
Like our Greek cousins across the Mediterranean, Egyptians take outsized pride in their contributions to shaping human civilisation, partly as an antidote to our contemporary…
Russia intends to rename Syria
A draft Syrian constitution prepared by Russia suggests that the word “Arab” will be removed from the official name of the Syrian Arab Republic, currently…