The week in pictures

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…

Fashion designers showcase their designs during Baghdad Fashion Week

KONYA, TURKEY- A blurry day

CANAKKALE, TURKEY- Whirling dervishes of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University (COMU) Sufi Ensemble perform the Sama during the 102nd anniversary of the Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign at the Canakkale Martyrs’ Memorial in Gallipoli peninsula

EDIRNE, TURKEY- The city’s local favourite cuisine ? Fried liver!

ELAZIG, TURKEY- Kofta Elazığ moved to Anatolia in the seventeenth century, coming from the Arabian Peninsula. Traditionally in Elazığ, the Kofta is prepared on special occasions such as holidays and weddings. The meal comprises of nuts, meat, Bulgar wheat, molasses peppers, tomatoes, onions and water.

TRIPOLI, LIBYA- Libyans wearing traditional clothes attend an event to mark the “National Day of Traditional Dress” at es-Suheda Square

GAZA CITY, GAZA- Noor Jaber works embroidering patterns on wood at her workshop

GAZA CITY, GAZA- A Palestinian artist Mohammed Totah with amputated leg poses for a picture behind a sand sculpture to mark Palestinian Wounded’s Day

Children draw paintings on the wall of University of Sana’a reacting to the ongoing war in the country

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