An expansive cross-border investigation exposes the brutality faced by refugees fleeing Sudan’s war and the impunity that sustains it In a devastating and meticulously reported investigation, ARIJ’s Salma Abdel Aziz...
As Riyadh’s entertainment empire expands under Vision 2030, questions grow about whether Saudi Arabia is fostering real art or merely spectacle in service of the state When Saudi Arabia announced...
In Tunisia, unregulated “miracle” supplements smuggled in from Algeria promise rapid weight changes but leave behind a trail of illness and death In a meticulous investigation for Alqatiba, journalist Sameh Gharsalli...
A filmmaker grapples with how to represent Lebanon’s endless collapse In this sweeping and introspective review, Muhammad Omar Janadi reflects on the layered attempts of three recent Lebanese documentaries to...
Arab women in the diaspora discover new freedoms after fifty, liberated from the cultural constraints of their homelands and empowered to reinvent themselves on their own terms In this article...
Living and dying with lions (and tigers) on the Nile On April 2, Egyptian father Ibrahim Abdel Fattah, dressed in his worn-out jilbab, stood next to a representative of the...
An Iraqi perspective on the newest fad in laser hair removal The beauty industry is enormous and incredibly popular in the Middle East. When I lived in Beirut – writes our Contributing...
Trump’s trade war hits Asian exporters hard but for Egypt’s textile industry, it could be the break they’ve been waiting for. With Egyptian exports facing only a minimal 10% tariff,...
An article looks back on the life of a famous Egyptian cleric in the twists and turns of the country’s recent history. In the late 1970s, Spain was going through...
An exploration of how Cairo’s transformation into a real estate venture is reshaping its urban and social fabric. Cairo embodies a striking dichotomy, where the past and present intertwine in...
On the margins of Tunisia’s largest film festival, a journalist looks at the challenges to an ongoing experiment in the country’s prisons December 2024 in Tunis, Cité de Culture: “The...
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