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On a recent afternoon, Lebanese cryptocurrency trader Mario Awad was sorting out the details of a $2 million deal with a high-profile customer – complete with a hotel stay...
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Just months ago, Cameroonian migrant Wilfred Christopher had a home and stable job as a pastry chef in Abu Dhabi. Now, the 26-year-old fears for his life after authorities...
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After driving for days on the rough roads of southern Yemen, Radwan Hizam finally reached the idyllic spot where he hoped his bees could feed from flowering Sidr trees...
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At least $250 million in UN humanitarian aid intended for refugees and poor communities in Lebanon has been lost to banks selling the local currency at highly unfavourable rates,...
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Audio chatroom app Clubhouse is on the rise in the Arab world, providing a rare platform for open debate on taboo subjects from so-called honour killings in Egypt to...
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![A Lebanese walks past a branch of a bank in Beirut's Ashrafieh district on August 20, 2021 [ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1234777214-scaled-e1632221794738.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
On a recent afternoon, Lebanese cryptocurrency trader Mario Awad was sorting out the details of a $2 million deal with a high-profile customer – complete with a hotel stay...![An abandoned migrant labourer sits on a rooftop in a squallid makeshift camp in Sharjah, the Emirate next to Dubai. [Brent Stirton/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-474801720.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Just months ago, Cameroonian migrant Wilfred Christopher had a home and stable job as a pastry chef in Abu Dhabi. Now, the 26-year-old fears for his life after authorities...![Bees are seen on a honeycomb at an apiary in Yemen's northern Hajjah province on 10 November 2019. [ESSA AHMED/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1183618049.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
After driving for days on the rough roads of southern Yemen, Radwan Hizam finally reached the idyllic spot where he hoped his bees could feed from flowering Sidr trees...![Syrian kids are seen in a refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon on 3 January 2021 [Mahmut Geldi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210105_2_46195575_61268952.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
At least $250 million in UN humanitarian aid intended for refugees and poor communities in Lebanon has been lost to banks selling the local currency at highly unfavourable rates,...![An illustration photo taken on January 25, 2021 shows the application Clubhouse on a smartphone [ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1230783470-scaled-e1617802498808.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Audio chatroom app Clubhouse is on the rise in the Arab world, providing a rare platform for open debate on taboo subjects from so-called honour killings in Egypt to...