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Article
January 27, 2023
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Anjuman Rahman
Before this digital age of social media texts and direct messages, it was commonplace to receive heartfelt handwritten letters from a pen pal, a postcard from overseas or annual...
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Lacking food and fuel, Afghan people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance amid freezing weather that has caused dozens of deaths.
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CIA Chief, William Burns, has made an unannounced visit to the Palestinian Territories and Tel Aviv, coinciding with the escalation of tensions between the two sides, Anadolu News Agency...
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Canada has appointed its first Special Representative to combat Islamophobia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports. Amira Elghawaby is a former journalist, a founding member...
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Members of a bipartisan delegation of seven US Senators who visited the four signatory countries of the 2020 Abraham Accords, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Morocco and...
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US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank from Sunday to Tuesday to discuss heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians as well...
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Article
January 26, 2023
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Nasim Ahmed
I watched the recent discussion between Thomas Friedman and Peter Beinart with great interest. Friedman, a New York Times columnist and arguably the journalist who has most shaped the...
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The Middle East embraces a major energy sector transition towards a decentralised, decarbonised and digitalised future with regional nations looking to improve energy security by reducing fossil fuel dependency,...
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Blog
January 26, 2023
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Ramona Wadi
US senators from the Democratic Party are claiming there is no contradiction between the Abraham Accords and the two-state compromise over Palestine-Israel. If we consider the two-state diplomacy to...
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The United States announced on Wednesday it would provide $72 million as cash stipends to Lebanon's security forces through a bespoke United Nations program after a currency meltdown slashed...
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The head of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema (Islamic scholars), Abdul-Razzaq Qassoum, has criticised those who only condemn manifestations of Islamophobia and attacks on religious sanctities, such as...
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The Lebanese lira has fallen to a record low against the US dollar, it has been reported. The currency has lost more than 95 per cent of its value...
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The United States has asked Israel to send American arms stored in the country since 1973 to Ukraine as part of the war effort against Russia, US and Israeli...
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Article
January 26, 2023
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Eman Abusidu
The keffiyeh is a traditional scarf in the Arab world. The distinctive black and white Palestinian version has become one of the most iconic symbols of the struggle and...
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An Iranian chess player who defected to Spain after she competed without a hijab and was warned not to return to her country met with Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, in...
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January 26, 2023
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Dr Mustafa Fetouri
The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) arrived unannounced in Tripoli on 12 January for a brief visit that lasted just a few hours. In the first...
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January 25, 2023
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Muhammad Hussein
It is the unfortunate – or fortunate, depending on one's propensity to autocracy – nature of every decentralised system in this modern age to become centralised under the scope...
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Guyana is in talks with Qatar, UAE, Britain and India to explore offshore oil and gas blocks in conjunction with a bidding round this year, President Irfaan Ali said...
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January 25, 2023
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Reuters
Swedish and Finnish hopes of quickly joining NATO have run into an obstacle in the form of objections by Turkiye, which holds veto powers over accession to the military...
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Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and visiting Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on Wednesday discussed bilateral relations and agreed to boost trade, Anadolu News Agency reports. Addressing a press...
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US Assistant Secretary of State Michele Sison has expressed Washington's support for a "political solution" in Western Sahara. Sison made her comment after meeting Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra...
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Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made a surprise trip to Jordan on Tuesday for talks with King Abdullah, who the Royal Court said underlined the need for Israel to...
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An Israeli group is collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans for Jewish extremists convicted of terrorism, committing hate and racist crimes against Palestinians and Israeli citizens. A joint investigation by...
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The seventh "Kindness Train" that departed from Ankara with the coordination of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) reached Afghanistan's Herat province on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. According...
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Turkish and Japanese floating energy unit has secured financing from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and MUFG Bank, Ltd., to finance a floating storage and regasification unit...
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The US Treasury said, on Tuesday, it was placing sanctions on Lebanese money exchanger, Hassan Moukalled, and his business for alleged financial ties to blacklisted group Hezbollah, Reuters reports....
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January 24, 2023
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Anadolu Agency
Demand on candles has grown due to severe power shortage in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and other areas under the Assad regime's control amid a fuel crisis that disrupted...
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A Shariah-compliant fintech start-up has launched a physical branch in Britain, targeting the country's 3.9 million Muslim population. The "halal investing platform," Wahed inaugurated its first branch on London's...
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Egypt plans to manufacture the first warplane in its history in cooperation with South Korea. Egypt seeks to produce an armed version of Korea's T-50. Egypt is working on...
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Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, will arrive in New Delhi today where he will be a Chief Guest at India's 74th Republic Day celebrations, following an invitation extended to...
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met CIA Director William Burns in Cairo on Monday to discuss security cooperation between the two countries and ways to strengthen it. According to...
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Article
As we approach the 12th anniversary of Egypt's 25 January 2011 Revolution, the conditions in the country are much worse than they were back then. Today, the Egyptian people...