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Doctors Without Borders calls for pressuring Israel to stop attacks on Gaza
Doctors Without Borders (MSF), on Monday, called for pressuring Israel to stop attacks on...
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Israelis face backlash for mocking Palestinian tragedy during air strikes
Israelis face criticism for mocking the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza on TikTok. Israeli TikTok users face widespread condemnation for insensitive content circulating amid relentless air strikes by Israeli forces. More than 15,000 civilians have been killed since October 7 in the Israeli attack on Gaza.
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Cyprus pushes Gaza corridor idea; leader to visit Egypt, Jordan
Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, will visit Egypt and Jordan on Tuesday as part of...
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Telling time like an Ottoman: MEMO in Conversation with Maryam Patton
Did you know that the Ottomans use a number of different calendars to take into account the lives of their diverse communities? But how did this affect its operations? And what role did astrologers and advancements by neighbouring countries play in the Empire?
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MEMO Interviews: Will Brits fighting for Israel be charged with war crimes?
MEMO speaks to British lawyer Ilora Choudhury about the legality of Britons going to fight with the Israeli army in Gaza, and whether they could be implicated in war crimes on their return to the UK. Choudhury, senior counsel at the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, sent a letter to the British Foreign Office requesting information on the numbers of British citizens currently fighting with Israel in Gaza, and whether it plans to issue legal guidance for those travelling to the Middle East to fight, like it did with Ukraine in 2022.
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The Mamluks: Slave Warriors of Medieval Islam
Between the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate and the ascent of the Ottoman Empire, there stood the formidable Mamluk Sultanate. Spanning the 13th to the 16th centuries CE, this regional power ruled over Egypt, Syria and the Hijaz. The transfer of Sunni Muslim political authority from Baghdad to the Ottomans during the Mamluk period is a historically significant yet often overlooked event. Despite the Mamluks’ pivotal role in “saving Islam” from the devastating Mongol invasion that swept across the Middle East, this episode has not always been given the attention it deserves. In The Mamluks: Slave Warriors of Medieval Islam, John Brunton brings our attention to these slave-soldiers who not only preserved the remnants of Islamic civilisation after the incalculable […]
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Ajnihat jaj mashwiyeh (grilled chicken wings)
Growing up in the US, I definitely love myself a good chicken wing. Although fried wings smothered ...
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