In Morocco, hundreds of activists protested Monday hiking prices, poverty, and repression of human rights. In more than fifteen cities, protesters took to the streets chanting, “freedom, dignity, social equality” as they raised slogans denouncing the r…
Potential Hamas-Fatah reconciliation divides Gazans
Residents in the besieged coastal enclave of the Gaza Strip are divided over the sustainability of the upcoming reconciliation agreement between the Hamas and Fatah movements. Last Thursday, 13 October, 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hama…
Turkish troops deploy in Syrian town to halt inter-rebel fighting
Turkish troops deployed on Tuesday in an area in northwestern Syria to try to halt fighting between rival rebel factions opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and rebel forces said. Turkish tanks and armoured vehicles took up positions…
US officials not invited to Saudi”s ‘Davos in the Desert’
US government officials have not been invited to a Saudi investment conference planned for later this month, its organiser told AFP onMonday, saying he did not want the gathering “to become a political platform”. The decision not to invite American off…
HTS pull from military convoy after protests in Syria
Rival opposition militias in northwest Syria made amendments on Sunday to a preliminary ceasefire agreement, which sparked widespread protests across rebel territories. Hardline Islamist extremist group Hayaat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) backtracked on its pl…
Islamophobia and the liberation of living in the margins
From the moment we enter the world, we start to develop a sense of self. We learn who we are in our most nascent stages by distinguishing ourselves from others – the baby learns its own parameters by discovering they are distinct from their mothers. Th…
Tear gas used against Tunisia anti-government protesters
Tunisian security forces continued attacks on anti-government protesters for the third day in a row in the capital Tunis on Sunday evening. Tear gas was used to disperse protesters in Tunis, reported The New Arab’s Arabic sister service, Al-Araby Al-Ja…
OPEC+ members unanimously support oil production cut
OPEC+ members announced their support for a steep cut in oil production following the United States’ accusation against Saudi Arabia of coercing other nations to back the move. The decision entailed that starting in November, production will be cut to …
Egypt did not support 10 Nubians jailed in KSA: source
A total of 10 Nubian Egyptians sentenced earlier last week to up to 18 years in prison by a Saudi court over terrorism-related charges had never received any form of legal representation or support by the Egyptian government during what rights groups d…
Women in Iran: Heroes subverting the hyper-masculine order
Written on the tombstone of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian whose death sparked nationwide protests against the mandatory hijab and the rule of the Islamic Republic, are the prescient words “You will not die, your name will be a symbol.” Mahsa’s f…