Middle East Near You

A self-proclaimed “humanitarian” and women’s rights activist from Jordan was caught recently taunting domestic workers at a recruitment agency on Snapchat. Ola Al-Fares, an award-winning journalist, lined up six...

Protesters took to Twitter and to the streets to condemn this year’s AIPAC conference.

A campaign launched by high profile social media personalities has raised over $1 million in less than 24 hours to fund sending aid over to famine-stricken Somalia. Look at...

Halima’s frail body looked away from the camera. She is from the Sool region in Somalia and is living through the country’s famine. “I had 45 goats before the...

Dozens of high profile Twitter accounts were subject to cyber-attacks that included swastikas and threats amid a diplomatic spat between Turkey and some western European countries. Last week, Turkish...

The European Court of Justice has today been criticised for defying the body autonomy of women by allowing employers to ban the headscarf on the grounds that employers are...

Eating disorders have for long haunted the lives of girls and women all over the world. The thought of a girl as young as 11 scrutinising herself and starving...

In the lead up to International Women’s Day, Arab and Muslim women took to Twitter to combat misogynistic attributes of their communities in a hashtag #DearSister, started by Egyptian-American journalist Mona...

'My grandchildren are scattered all over the world, some of whom have never lived in an Arab country. But they are proud Palestinians and I make sure I teach them how to write poetry in Arabic so they can continue to advocate for the Palestinian cause...'

No matter where the Palestinian youth have been raised, they always identify with their Palestinian heritage, that was evident from the thousands who turned out to attend the first...

The battle to regain Palestinian rights and lands will continue as long as the Palestinian youth in the diaspora remain, Turkish writer Ismail Yasa tells MEMO. Speaking at the...

When writing her book, Medea Benjamin did so with the attempt of “giving readers a basic understanding of how the kingdom holds on to power internally...

Israeli settlements  were a widely discussed topic throughout 2016, but more so during the latter part of the year. When US President Donald Trump was running his presidential campaign,...

“Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has a horrifying history of hiding women and children within militant operating areas and terrorist camps”, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in...

With war, destruction and hunger plaguing Yemen for nearly two years, an event has been held to raise awareness of the humanitarian situation in the country. Organised by a...

War, famine and instability have plagued post-Arab Spring Yemen. After Ali Abdullah Saleh, who ruled Yemen with an iron fist for decades, stepped down as president, hope blossomed slightly...

Almost a year after democratic elections were held in Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power through a bloody coup that immediately killed at least a thousand people. Since...

Over the past few weeks, the Yemeni national army and local resistance forces have made strategic advances in the central province of Taiz. They were successful during the first...

One of the first viral videos to come out of the Middle East and North Africa region this year was from Saudi Arabia. It was a song sung in...

At the start of the Saudi-led Yemen intervention in March 2015, the UAE and Djibouti fell out after an Emirati aircraft landed at Ambouli International Airport. Officials in Djibouti...

The death of King Abdullah in January 2015 gave way to the undeniable rise in power and authority of Saudi Arabia throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)...

In a few months’ time it will be two years since the Saudi-led coalition began its operation in Yemen. The war continues with the Saudi-led coalition reiterating its aim...

“Occupied” by Joss Sheldon is a three-part fiction that takes place in a colony setting. Inspired by the real life political situations of Palestine, the Kurdish question and Tibet,...

To those familiar with Arab culture, it is no secret that the topic of disability remains a taboo. When speaking about disability in the Arab world, generally, the topic...

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) has released a report highlighting the human cost of landmines last year. The ICBL-CMC is a global network of various...

Women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been a long standing issue of debate. According to the latest global gender-gap report by the World...

Western foreign policy towards the Gulf States has been much debated recently. Over the last few months of the Obama administration, American foreign policy has moved considerably further away...

If fighting in Yemen continues, in four months’ time it would be two years since Saudi Arabia began its operation in its southern neighbour. After months of negotiations and...

“I Remember My Name” is an anthology of poems about Palestine. The editor, Vacy Vlazana, has collected poetry from three writers from the Palestinian diaspora whose roots are in...

“I am Palestinian. My blood is Palestine and Fatah walks through my veins,” said the first woman to organise a paramilitary operation in Israel at the start of her...

In light of the recent developments in the Yemen conflict, many are beginning to question Oman’s position and its relationship with Iran and Saudi Arabia. There has been speculation...

The Yemeni coastal province of Al-Hudaydah is well known for its rich history and famous port that has seen many wars throughout its lifetime. It is unique in the...