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September 12, 2024

New York City museum fires 3 employees for wearing keffiyehs

New York City’s Noguchi Museum said yesterday it fired three employees after they violated its updated dress code by wearing keffiyehs, Reuters reports. Last month, the art museum –...

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September 12, 2024

2 Saudi geoparks nominated for UNESCO Global Geoparks Network

The Coordinating Council for UNESCO’s Global Geoparks Council has nominated two Saudi sites, North Riyadh Geopark and Salma Geopark, for inclusion in the organisation’s prestigious Global Geoparks Network. The...

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September 12, 2024

Libya in light of Egypt-Turkiye rapprochement

With the arrival of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Ankara, on 4 September, for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the long feud between the two regional powers...

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September 11, 2024

Putin demands escort of Russia fighter jets for visit to Turkiye, causing further potential delays

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is reportedly demanding an escort of fighter jets for an upcoming visit to Turkiye, seeming to explain the postponement of several official visits due to...

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September 11, 2024

Belgium sends over 500 tents to Gaza

Belgium, on Wednesday, said it is sending more than 500 tents to Gaza, which has been reeling under an Israeli offensive since last October, Anadolu Agency reports. “Belgium sent...

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September 11, 2024

Family of Turkish-American activist criticises Biden, Harris for not speaking to them directly

The family of Turkish American activist, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by Israel last week, criticised the Biden-Harris administration on Wednesday for the lack of communication and reiterated...

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September 11, 2024

Biden administration grants Egypt $1.3bn in military aid despite rights requirements

The Biden administration, on Wednesday, notified the US Congress that it will provide Egypt with $1.3 billion in military aid, a State Department spokesperson said, the first time since...

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September 11, 2024

Israel claims to offer Hamas leader Sinwar safe passage out of Gaza in return for hostage release

Israel is reportedly offering Hamas’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, safe passage out of the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of all Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian Resistance...

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September 11, 2024

Gendering The Hadith Tradition: Recentring the Authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers

‘The positions of Aisha have been tragically dulled through the canonization process, but not entirely obscured from the historical record,’ writes Sofia Rehman in her new book Gendering The...

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September 11, 2024

A year on, Libya flood survivors grieve for their dead

The flood that crashed through the Libyan town of Derna a year ago killed Hassan Kassar’s four children and left him homeless in a wrecked city, where reconstruction has been...

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