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Yemen's Epic Coffee Revival: From War to Hipster New York Cafes

Jul 8, 2018

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: AINA KHAN Brooklyn, United States - Five years ago, Mokhtar Alkhanshali was a grassroots activist with a law(...)

Berlin's First Arabic-Language Public Library Aims to Redefine Refugee Integration

Jul 7, 2018

At first glance, Baynatna — “between us” in Arabic — looks like just a few hundred books, artfully arranged in(...)

Arab Democracy Depends on Normalizing Islamist Parties

Jul 7, 2018

SOURCE: BROOKINGS.EDU BY: SHADI HAMID Editor's Note:Democracy would simply be inconceivable without Islamist participation, writes Shadi Hamid. That, by itself, should give(...)

The Rise of Iraq's Young Secularists

Jul 7, 2018

SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: ALICE SU MOSUL, Iraq—Rayyan Hadidi was 18 years old when he lost his faith. It was(...)

Writing Again, After Fleeing Syria

Jul 7, 2018

SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER BY: SALLY MCGRANE On a summer day, in the lakeside villa that houses Berlin’s prestigious Literary(...)

How MENA Countries Performed At The 2018 FIFA World Cup

Jul 6, 2018

SOURCE: FORBES MIDDLE EAST BY: FREDERIC PAQUAY The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia was a historical moment for the(...)

The Tunisian Art Festival Responding to Life after the Jasmine Revolution

Jul 6, 2018

SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: MELISSA GRONLUND Last weekend in Tunis, artists and visitors spilled out of an abandoned Ottoman-era(...)

Amnesty Launches Campaign to Fight Discrimination against Arab Israelis

Jul 6, 2018

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: TAMARA ZIEVE Amnesty International Israel launched a new website on Wednesday calling for an end(...)

Iraq Bans Farming because They’re Running out of Water

Jul 6, 2018

SOURCE: NEW YORK POST MISHKHAB, Iraq — Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the(...)

U.S. Senator Warns against further Turkish Incursions in Syria

Jul 6, 2018

SOURCE: REUTERS BY: AHMED ABOULENEIN Lindsey Graham, a Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Reuters on a(...)

Rising Oil Cuts Gulf Arab Energy Borrowings to 2014 Level

Jul 5, 2018

SOURCE: BLOOMBERG BY: MOHAMMED SERGIE Gulf Arab energy companies retreated from debt markets in the first half of 2018 after(...)

In an Israeli Town, Two Arab Women Compete to Make Electoral History

Jul 5, 2018

One is a former beauty pageant contestant, the other a traditional, hijab-wearing mother of six. Haaretz visits Kafr Qara to(...)