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  • People walking through an indoor market.
    Bushra Khalfan's "Dilshad"

    Three generations of Omani history

    Bushra Khalfan's award-winning "Dilshad" traces the story of one family through 20th-century Oman, shedding light on the untold stories of marginalised women and their fight for agency.

  • People pray in the Great Mosque and bow towards the Kaaba
    Muslim month of pilgrimage

    Hajj – a vision of interfaith solidarity

    When Muslims turn to the Kaaba as a common centre point, they are reminded of their sacred bond with the entire human race and their special relationship with the other Abrahamic religions

  • A smiling Muslim woman wearing a hijab sits and looks at her laptop
    Saudi Arabia

    Women drive the Kingdom's thriving startup scene

    A flourishing entrepreneurial scene is transforming the Saudi business world. Startups contribute to the nation's branding efforts and aim to tackle unemployment, as the Gulf state aims to move away from its dependence on oil

  • Author Sherman Jackson
    Reform Islam

    Transcending the secular-sacred divide

    Sherman Jackson's "The Islamic Secular" makes a compelling case for an alternative understanding of 'secular', which is neither outside religion nor a rival to it

  • Artwork at Desert X AlUla 2024
    Desert X AlUla 2024

    "The desert is demanding new ways of seeing"

    Over the past three years, there has been a shift in perception around the Saudi Arabian art scene, and at this year's DesertX, artists benefitted from freer expression

  • Hussam Qais Taha with a water buffalo
    Climate change in Iraq

    When the water buffalo die

    Iraq is one of the nations hardest hit by climate change. But the 'land between the two rivers' isn't just drying out, it's also battling groundwater contamination as a result of oil production

  • Saudi students in Cairo: women's rights activist Aisha al-Mana sits on the right of the picture, wearing sunglasses
    Women's rights in Saudi Arabia

    Aisha al-Mana – the first woman to drive a car in Riyadh

    When people talk about feminism in the Middle East, they usually mean women in Cairo, Beirut or Damascus. Saudi-Arabia, on the other hand, rarely gets a mention. Local activist Aisha al-Mana proved a trailblazer for women in the region

  • View of an old tower and city walls against the background of a blue sky and distant hills
    Bahla: 'City of djinns'

    Magical myths haunt ancient Omani oasis

    Deep in Oman's parched interior, the ancient oasis town of Bahla abounds with myths of camel-eating, fire-mouthed hyenas and men turning into donkeys – a reputation for magic and mystery that persists to this day

  • Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah seen on a screen addressing a crowd of supporters
    Regional perspectives on the Gaza war

    The Middle East conflict is back

    In recent years the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had gradually become uncoupled from the other lines of conflict in the Middle East. This "encapsulation of the Middle East conflict" may be off the table for now, but it does nothing to change the parameters of the larger regional struggle for dominance

  • President Xi Jinping and PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas (left) in Beijing in June 2023
    War in the Middle East

    What's China's stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict?

    Beijing is seeking to mediate in the war between Israel and Hamas. China has condemned both parties' violence. Despite this, public hostility towards Israel prevails

  • The United States, European Union, Russia and China want to help end Israel's conflict with Hamas. However, Middle Eastern states are the ones who will need to step up for humanitarian and diplomatic reasons
    Hamas-Israel conflict

    Which nation could mediate over Gaza?

    The United States, European Union, Russia and China want to help end Israel's conflict with Hamas. However, writes Cathrin Schaer, Middle Eastern states are the ones who will need to step up for humanitarian and diplomatic reasons

  • MENA Art Gallery: a haven for works by Arab artists.
    Middle Eastern and North African art in Europe

    MENA Art Gallery – haven for Arab art

    The MENA Art Gallery in downtown Berlin is the brainchild of Italian researcher Enrico De Angelis and Syrian visual artist Zena El Abdalla. One transliteration of the colloquial Arabic for 'port' is 'mena', reflecting the intention to provide a haven for works by Arab artists, as Rama Jarmakani reports

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