Tag: Middle East

Egypt court backs niqab ban on Cairo University staff

 The ban on the niqab has often sparked fierce debate on religious freedoms The ban was introduced in 2015 by a previous head of Cairo University, two years after the...

How Turkey and Saudi Arabia became frenemies – and why the Khashoggi case could change that

The Oct. 2 disappearance of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal...

Bangladesh: Oppressed and tortured abroad, women workers find no respite at home

Laboni (pseudonym), one of those workers who faced inhuman...

Why are Bangladeshi women returning from Saudi Arabia?

The poverty stricken women, mostly from rural areas in...

The crisis of the state in the Arab region and the rise of the Islamic State

Islamic radical groups, such as the Islamic State, seem...

Two-Faced Trump: Peace in Korea, World War in the Middle East

Trump believes he can simultaneously capture a Nobel Peace...

An Emerging Russia-Turkey-Iran Alliance Could Reshape the Middle East

The unusual triple alliance coming out of Syria could...

Being ‘black’ in North Africa and the Middle East

Former slaves and their descendants in North Africa and...

From bad to worse? 5 things 2018 will bring to the Middle East

It’s always dangerous to make predictions about the Middle...

Palestinian officials say, Trump ‘destroyed’ the two-state solution

President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital...

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