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September 5, 2016

Turkish aid helps Gazans buy Eid clothes

Families who are in need in Gaza City were given vouchers worth 200-250 shekels ($53-66) to spend at an Eid clothing project as part of Turkish aid distribution projects...

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September 5, 2016

Sisi calls on G20 to help restore ‘looted’ funds

More needs to be done to help retrieve Egypt’s “looted” assets, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi told leaders at the G20 economic summit in China. He stressed the importance of...

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September 5, 2016

3m Saudi girls without national ID cards

More than three million girls in Saudi Arabia do not have national ID cards even though they have reached the age of 15, the Ministerial Agency of Civil Affairs...

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September 5, 2016

‘Mother of the Martyr’ Egyptian sculpture highlights sexual harassment

Orders have been given to change an 8.5 metre concrete sculpture in Egypt after suggestions that it conveys an image of the sexual harassment of women. The sculpture, which...

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September 5, 2016

Houthis close Yemen TV channel and abduct its director

Armed Houthi fighters raised Yemen’s Al-Saeedah TV channel yesterday morning in the capital Sana’a. Local sources have told MEMO that the channel’s office as broken into and violently raided....

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September 5, 2016

US-Russian Syria peace talks fail, again

The US and Russia have once again failed to reach a deal on a ceasefire in Syria during a meeting at the G20 summit in China. US Secretary of...

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September 5, 2016

Arab cinema fights censorship at home and hate crime in the West

In June, Oscar-winning screenwriter David Franzoni announced his upcoming biography of the 13-century Persian poet Rumi, a production he believes will counter the negative portrayal of Muslims put forward...

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September 5, 2016

Assad imposes another siege on Aleppo

Aleppo is again under siege after Syrian government forces recaptured the city yesterday with the support of Russian airstrikes. Syria’s second largest city has been a major battle ground...

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September 5, 2016

UN: ‘26m guns in the hands of 6m Libyans’

“Twenty-six million guns in the hands of six million Libyans,” an investigation into arms supply to Libyan militia groups has shown. United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)...

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September 5, 2016

Israeli minister in London to discuss anti-BDS fight with British officials

The Israeli minister charged with combating the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign is in London this week, amidst warnings in the Israeli press about some of the...

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