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Rights group: Mideast governments target LGBTQ people online

A rights group says in a new report that security agencies and government officials across several countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been using social media platforms and mobile dating apps to crack down on LGBTQ people

The Independent UK

World Bank: Gulf Economies Are Becoming More Open

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries should follow the lead of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Gulf states in economic reforms, said World Bank Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj. Belhaj explained that Gulf countries worked on deep and structural reforms by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Orientalism: Edward Said's groundbreaking book explained

Whether you’re conscious of it or not, you likely have a vivid mental image of what the Middle East looks and sounds like. You might envision a sparse landscape, the air warped by heat and yellowed with flurries of sand. You might hear the plucking of an oud, or a…

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Fears for Remains of Jerusalem’s Lost Mughrabi Quarter

At Jerusalem's Western Wall plaza, a recent excavation has alarmed some heritage specialists who fear the traces of a centuries-old Arab neighbourhood razed by Israel may disappear. There are no signs on the expansive plaza to recall the history of the Mughrabi neighbourhood, or Moroccan quarter, which was demolished by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New Zealand keyring could be vital in identifying human bones found next to railway

Anthropological exams identified that the man could be from the UK, Europe, Indian Subcontinent, North Africa, or Middle East

The Independent UK

Saudi-US Partnership to Build Vertical Farms in MENA Region

The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced a joint venture agreement with AeroFarms, a US-based commercial market leader in vertical farming, to establish a company in Riyadh to build and operate indoor vertical farms in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The agreement seeks to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy's Eni signs $8 billion Libya gas deal as PM Meloni visits Tripoli

Italian energy company Eni and Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) signed an $8 billion gas production deal on Saturday aimed at boosting energy supplies to Europe despite the insecurity and political chaos in the North African country.

Reuters

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US Census could get MENA category after new recommendations

US government panel recommends adding box on Census to count people from the Middle East and North Africa region.

Al Jazeera

Wikipedia Middle East editors ban shows risks for creators

BEIRUT: Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of "infiltrating" and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in "conflict of interest editing" in the Middle East and North Africa.

Bangkok Post

Italy plays on historic heartstrings with Algeria to boost critical energy ties

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hailed Algeria as Rome’s “most stable, strategic and long-standing” partner in North Africa as she wrapped up a two-day visit on Monday aimed at securing Italy’s energy supplies and promoting her plan for a “non-predatory” approach to investment on the continent.

France 24

Faces of condemned as Iranian freedom protesters face execution or death under regime

Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Bambos Charalambous gave just a snapshot of the estimated 18,000 arrested since the Mahsa Amini protests began last September

Daily Mirror

'Dangerous' Tunisian droughts threaten food security

Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country's battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses.

Reuters

Riyadh to Host First Gathering of Energy Economies in the Middle East

Preparations are underway in Riyadh to host the Energy Economics Conference, which is being organized by the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa region. Under the slogan, “Pathways to a Clean, Stable and Sustainable Energy Future”, the conference will…

Asharq Al-Awsat

America's Loose Ends in the Middle East

They say the U.S. is pivoting to other conflicts, but the Pentagon hasn't exactly left the Middle East and North Africa behind.

Reason

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Asharq Al-Awsat

US Renews Commitment to Support Iraq Stability

The United States has renewed its commitment to support Iraq’s stability ahead of the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, which will kick off its activities in Jordan’s capital Amman on Tuesday. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s media office said in a statement on Sunday that the PM…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WFP to Double Efforts to Secure Syrians’ Needs

World Food Program (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Corinne Fleischer revealed on Thursday the program’s plans to double efforts to secure the Syrians' needs. Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad discussed with Fleischer, and the accompanying delegation, developments related to food security in the…

The Independent UK

Aid groups dock 2 rescue vessels with 500 migrants in Italy

Two European aid groups have docked their rescue vessels in Italian ports and some 500 would-be refugees have disembarked, even as the Italian government insists it isn't backing down on its hard line against migrant smuggling operations from North Africa

France 24

Tunis Fashion Week: A sartorial melting pot on a salt lake

A seven-hour drive southwest of the Tunisian capital lies Chott el-Djerid, north Africa's largest salt lake and the setting for the thirteenth edition of Tunis Fashion Week. The youngest designer participating, 18-year-old Haroun Ghanmi, celebrates the Tunisian techno scene, while fellow designer Yousra Sen creates one-of-a-kind pieces. Everyone here knows…

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Plans for Morocco-Devon energy link via 'world's longest' undersea cable put to public

Renewable energy firm Xlinks is proposing to supply the UK’s electricity grid with solar and wind power from the North African country

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Bank Officials: Cooperation in the Region Targets Development, Climate Protection

World Bank officials stressed that climate challenges in the Middle East included water scarcity, food shortage, and energy security, noting that the Saudi Green Initiative was an example to follow in order to address these threats. Asharq Al-Awsat interviewed Paul Noumba Um, the Regional Director of the World Bank’s Infrastructure…

The Conversation

80 years ago, Nazi Germany occupied Tunisia – but North Africans' experiences of World War II often go unheard

Eighty years ago, in November 1942, the Nazis occupied Tunisia. For the next six months, Tunisian Jews and Muslims were subjected to the Third Reich’s reign of terror, as well as its antisemitic and racist legislation. Residents lived in fear – “under the Nazi boot,” as Tunisian Jewish lawyer Paul…

Al Jazeera

‘Preserving oases’: The fight for water by Morocco farmers

As in the rest of North Africa, global warming is already showing its effects and severely affecting agriculture.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia to Host MENA’s Largest Cybersecurity Event

Saudi Arabia will host the international Black Hat event in mid-November, the largest cybersecurity event in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), bringing together the most important cybersecurity experts worldwide. The event is organized in cooperation between the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming, and Drones (SAFCSP) and Informa…

France 24

Allies’ successful first invasion but a ‘botched’ job: Operation Torch, 80 years on

On November 8, 1942, the Western Allies launched Operation Torch, landing in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to open up a second front in World War II. Torch was a paradoxical operation: The Allies won in just over a week, but losses were relatively high as the operation provided harsh lessons…

Belfast Live

Tunisian woman on bringing a little bit of home to Moira restaurant

Sabeh opened Carthago a year ago as a way to share authentic North African food

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