Inside the dark afterlife of Yemen’s ancient mummies From the towering heights of Hababa, an old historic village northwest of Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a, a man in his fifties...
Palestinian poet and physician Amer Badran explores why solidarity feels elusive everywhere except on the pitch Every World Cup, millions of Arabs rally behind national teams that are not their...
A fragrant flower worn at weddings, sold in city streets, and celebrated in song is becoming another casualty of Yemen’s overlapping crises. Across Yemen, Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac) is more...
How a private institution in Tunis sold students the dream of an internationally recognised degree, then failed to deliver When somebody tells you “university is a scam”, it’s usually a...
Rising cancer rates expose a web of pollution and public health failure in Lebanon In an in-depth report for An-Nahar, journalist Laila Girgis examines the sharp increase in cancer cases...
A battle over the fate of the iconic Théâtre de Beyrouth has laid bare a broken legal system that consistently privileges investor greed over the cultural memory of a city that...
Illegal landfills in eastern Iraq expose residents to toxic smoke and disease as environmental laws go unenforced. Published by Daraj and reported by Tamara Emad, Istabraq Al‑Zubaidi, and Israa Tariq, this investigation...
A deep investigation into the clan networks that bind Kurdistan’s political life In an investigation for Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, journalist Lujain Al-Sultani traces how tribal loyalties continue to shape every layer...
How a rich civic culture was built in Yemen in the 1970s and after, and how that legacy has been dismantled since the Houthi takeover, as archives, institutions, and freedoms...
Palestinian writer and editor Muhammed al-Zaqzouq writes about how the war in Gaza has reshaped the concept of fatherhood for him and his children I have lived through many wars...
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