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Items by Jehan Alfarra
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Discover Wadi Rum, Jordan
Known as ‘The Valley of the Moon’, Wadi Rum spans nearly 300 square miles of terrain across the southern Jordanian desert with sweeping red sand dunes! ...
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Discover the Acropolium of Carthage, Tunisia
Today, Carthage is a wealthy suburb of the Tunisian capital Tunis where the ruins of the once-mighty ancient city have attracted tourists for decades....
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Discover Baalbek, Lebanon
One would assume that the largest Roman temple ever built would be in Rome, but it is in fact the Middle East that is home to the biggest Roman temple complex in the world. Perched atop a hill overlooking modern-day Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, Baalbek is one of the ancient...
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Discover Kobe Mosque, Japan
The first mosque to be built in Japan which continues to serve as such today is Kobe Mosque...
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MEMO in conversation with Victoria Brittain
Our interview with British journalist and author Victoria Brittain about her book 'Love and Resistance in the Films of Mai Masri'...
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Discover Dilmun Burial Mounds, Bahrain
The small island nation of Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf is home to one of the world’s largest ancient cemeteries, dating back to the 4,000-year-old Dilmun civilisation....
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Discover the Malwiya Minaret of Samarra, Iraq
The Great Mosque of Samarra with its iconic Malwiya (Arabic for “twisted”) Minaret was constructed in 848–852...
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Remembering Saladin’s liberation of Jerusalem
On 2 October 1187, Ayyubid Sultan Salah Al-Din (known in the West as Saladin) liberated Jerusalem from the Crusaders nearly a century after they captured the holy city from the Fatimid Caliphate...
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Discover Buyuk Han (The Great Inn), Cyprus
On the northern Turkish side of the capital lies one of the oldest Ottoman buildings in Cyprus, and it is well worth a visit....
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Sudan’s devastating floods will happen again and again without international support
Sudan’s struggling economy and healthcare sector, already crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, have been pushed to their limits in recent weeks as devastating floods, the worst in nearly a century, have swept the country. With a record rise of over 17.5 metres of the River Nile’s level triggered by...
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Discover the Old City of Sanaa, Yemen
The Old City of Sanaa is one of the oldest cities in the world. Meaning ‘fortified place’, it remains one of the greatest treasures of Arabia....
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Discover the Meroe Pyramids, Sudan
Did you know that Sudan has more twice as many pyramids than Egypt?...
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Discover Hagia Sophia, Turkey
The majestic church-turned-mosque-turned-museum, and now turned-mosque again, has stood the test of time and war for almost 1,500 years...
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Remembering the handover of ‘one Palestine, complete’
On this day in 1920, the first High Commissioner for Palestine Herbert Samuel, was handed the administration of the country by the British government and signed a receipt saying “one Palestine, complete”...
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Ramadan Under Lockdown
Ramadan 2020, which began on 24 April with the sighting of the crescent moon, has been marked by empty mosques and modest iftars within the confines of family homes....
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The fashion designer taking on Lebanon's garbage crisis
Lebanese fashion designer Roni Helou is making clothes out of sustainable, recycled materials in a bid to tackle the country's waste management crisis....
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Obliterated: Theatregoers’ dreams of seeing Palestinian play in London
UK-based Palestinian writer and director Ahmed Masoud, and English actress Maxine Peake, staged a unique protest...
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Jeremy Hardy’s pro-Palestine activism remembered in London
With a special screening of Jeremy Hardy versus the Israeli Army, a packed hall at London’s Greenwood Theatre paid a fitting tribute on Tuesday to the late Jeremy Hardy, the British comedian who passed away from cancer earlier this year at the age of 57. The star of BBC...
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London Tech Week: ‘Palestine is open for business’
Palestinian entrepreneurs gather at the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce for Palestine Entrepreneurship Day to promote Palestinian startups and help young entrepreneurs meet and network with the UK business community...
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30 Holy Days: Snapping Ramadan in Qatar
As Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, images of dinner tables, food recipes and group iftars and celebrations begin to flood social media. One British documentary photographer thought he would share something different. He wanted to explore what Ramadan is really all about and what...
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Palestinian director: ‘Everyone is a slave in Gaza’
War is a scary time for children who continue to suffer in conflict zones despite the protection provided by international law. In his first short film Paper Boat, Palestinian mathematics graduate turned filmmaker Mahmoud Abu Ghalwa asks whether human beings should have children in such a dangerous environment as...
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The Road to Knesset: The Union of Right-Wing Parties #Israelex2019
Jewish Power, Jewish Home and the National Union support overtly religious-Zionist ideas and believe in the creation of a greater Israel, meaning no Palestinian state....
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The Road to Knesset: Hadash-Ta’al Alliance #Israelex19
Arab-Israeli politicians are striving to serve the interests of Israel’s Palestinian population by lobbying for equality and by calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories...
