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November 1, 2021

Iraq: Sadr calls for national majority government

Iraqi Shia powerful leader Muqtada Al-Sadr today called for the formation of a “national majority” government which also includes the opposition. “I see that the first thing that should...

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November 1, 2021

Israel High Court rules to evict Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah to build ‘public’ park

Palestinians are to be evicted from their property after the Israeli High Court of Justice yesterday ruled to expropriate land for what it calls public needs. The judgement authorised...

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November 1, 2021

Amnesty calls on Egypt to stop trials by emergency courts

Amnesty International has called on Egypt to stop using emergency courts to detain human rights advocates where “proceedings are inherently unfair.” The watchdog’s comments come as three prominent human...

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November 1, 2021

Lebanon PM urges ministers to ‘put patriotic sense above all else’

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has urged Information Minister George Kordahi to “put his patriotic sense above all else” to defuse a crisis with Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported the Beirut-based Al...

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November 1, 2021

Saudi gets its first female firearms trainer

Mona Al-Khurais has loved guns ever since as a young girl her father took her on hunting trips in Saudi Arabia and taught her how to shoot. Five years...

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November 1, 2021

Dictatorship in Egypt is more dangerous than carbon emissions

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi a couple of weeks ago regarding the latter’s invitation to attend the 26th Climate Change Conference being held in Glasgow...

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November 1, 2021

Sanaa’s park exercises help people cope with stress of war

After dawn prayers Hatim Ali Hadi dons his tracksuit and heads to a park in the Yemeni capital Sanaa for group exercise sessions which help take people’s minds off...

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November 1, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Palestinian state is precondition for normalisation with Israel

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Sunday that the creation of a Palestinian state is the Kingdom’s precondition for normalisation of ties with Israel. Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud...

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November 1, 2021

Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said

If there was one figure central to postcolonial studies and the intellectual force behind the Palestinian meeting with Western academia, it was undoubtedly the late Edward W Said. Although...

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November 1, 2021

Saudi deposits $3bn into Egypt central bank to help fight coronavirus

Saudi Arabia has deposited $3 billion into Egypt’s central bank as part of efforts to help the North African country confront the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the...

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