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Ali Howaidi is a member of the Preparatory Committee of the International Campaign for Preserving Palestinian Identity which is launching next month. MEMO spoke to him over the telephone...

In principle, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia this week should end with a return to normal relations between its six-member states. That's why the invitation extended by Saudi Arabia's King Salman...

On 1 November 2016, some 25-30 masked men in uniform raided the home of Hemeda Ali Hemeda and arrested his son Kareem. For 42 days, Kareem's family did not...

Kicking off Israeli Apartheid Week, pro-Palestine students at one of the most prestigious universities in London claim they were barred from campus during the Queen's visit. At least ten...

Palestinian activist Issa Amro tells MEMO about his experiences of being arrested by Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and his thoughts on the upcoming court case brought against him by...

Saudi Arabia was one of a number of countries whose head of state failed to attend the extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Istanbul...

Stay tuned for MEMO's coverage of the international reaction

Guests included Lord Paddy Ashdown, Jack Straw and Clare Short

Middle East Monitor is to host an event on the recent political events in Saudi Arabia. The programme will take place on Saturday, 18 November, in Central London. The...

The United Arab Emirates is working to influence the narrative on Islam in the West, leaked emails sent by UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al-Otaiba, have revealed. The...

28 December 2020: Saudi invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to join the GCC Summit in January in what analysts believe is sign that the Gulf crisis may be coming...

04 October 2020: Israeli occupation forces raid Bab Al-Rahma Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and take pictures of the inside 09 September 2020: Israeli occupation authorities install loudspeakers over...

MEMO interviews the director of 'Fire on the Marmara', a documentary film exploring the tragedy of the Mavi Marmara

10 February 2021: Qatar hosts first diplomatic meeting with Saudis since 2017 05 January 2021: Qatar's ruling Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani will attend a Gulf Arab summit...

2006-Present 11 October 2020: Israeli occupation authorities approve the construction of 500 housing units in the illegal Israeli settlement of Tzur Hadassah, which is built on lands belonging to Palestinians from Wadi...

2016- present 12 February 2021: East Sussex Pension Fund divests from Israel's largest private arms manufacturer Elbit Systems after human rights activists lobby it to do so 19 November...

"Before the war, Syria was an 'open' country. We could move around and live. I never travelled internationally but we knew that we could visit neighbouring countries like Lebanon...

Yiftah Curiel recently penned an article where he named Middle East Monitor as one of “two UK websites” upon which “Hamas relies”

With electricity supplies in Gaza restricted to between 2-8 hours a day in most areas, the coast's cool breeze offers a place to escape the stifling summer heat in cramped apartments

Although a coastal city, Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip is known as an agricultural area. Today, with all export opportunities shut down and borders closed, the agricultural...

Middle East Monitor spoke to Soumaya Ghannoushi, columnist and daughter of Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia's Ennahda party leader, about the group's recent decision to separate politics from religion. MEMO: Ennahda's...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that his country is seeking to establish a naval base in Egypt. He stressed how important this is to Russia but denied...