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Will the Islamic Republic ever get a female president?

Iran's social media was buzzing in January when, Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of Iran’s former President Rafsanjani gave a controversial interview, striking a chord with many Iranians.

Mourid Barghouti: Leading Palestinian poet dies aged 77

Leading Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti has died at the age of 77. Born four years before the state of Israel was created in a village near Ramallah, Barghouti spent much of his life in one form or other of exile – which he recounted in the memoir "I Saw Ramallah", described by fellow Palestinian writer Edward Said as one of the finest accounts of Palestinian displacement.

A treasure chest of Oriental pulp fiction

The Middle East has long been a source of fascination for artists and writers, especially in the West. The Bidoun Organisation has created a travelling exhibition that brings together some 1,000 posters, cartoons, catalogues and curiosities that show how distorted the cliches of the Orient were, even post-1945.

Coronavirus: Egyptian 12-year-old teaches neighbours during school closure

Icons of Egypt's 2011 revolution: where are they now?

Human Rights Watch: Israel committing "apartheid" against Palestinians

Young 'Black Lives Matter' demonstrators: "Enough is enough"

UAE author Ahmed Mansoor made honorary member of PEN

Germany's PEN has appointed blogger, poet and human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates since March 2017, as an honorary member and is demanding his unconditional and immediate release. Mansoor is one of the few independent voices to have publicly denounced human rights violations in the country.