A Palestinian footballer who has suffered continuous backlash since speaking out against Israeli aggression at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound last year has quit the Israeli national football team. Moanes Dabbur, who is from Nazareth and plays for German B…
Malika Moustadraf’s ‘Something Strange, Like Hunger’
This posthumous collection of fourteen translated short stories by feminist Moroccan author Malika Moustadraf immediately captures the reader’s attention with intense descriptions and imparted thoughts. Stepping into a world that is both familiar and a…
Monkeypox emergency could last months, experts say
Scientists advising the World Health Organization (WHO) on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks, raising concerns that it will take several months for the outbreak to peak. WHO Europe has…
Amnesty: Taliban crackdown on rights is ‘suffocating’ women
The lives of Afghan women and girls are being destroyed by a “suffocating” crackdown by the Taliban since they took power nearly a year ago, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. After they captured the capital, Kabul, in August 20…
WhatsApp founder donates $2 million to AIPAC
The founder of the popular messenger service WhatsApp Jan Koum has recently made a $2 million donation to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), its largest donation to date. The California-based billionaire, who normally leads a recluse…
Morocco’s parliament approves 15 days paid paternity leave
Morocco’s House of Representatives approved on Monday an increase of paternity leave for Moroccan male employees, from three paid days off to fifteen. According to the new bill, every Moroccan male employee who has had a newborn or is in the custody of…
Tunisia set for a new constitution giving Saied more power
A new Tunisian constitution giving far more power to President Kais Saied passed in a referendum with a 30.5 percent turnout, the electoral commission said on Tuesday, tightening his grip in what critics fear is a march to a new era of autocracy. The c…
Lebanon MPs make minor amendments to banking secrecy law
Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday passed long-awaited amendments to a banking secrecy law, according to a Reuters witness, in the first step towards reforms required by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, the amendments were watered down from…
Shireen Abu Akleh’s family meets Blinken to ‘demand justice’
The family of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday to demand justice for the killing of the Al Jazeera reporter during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank. US State Department…
High-level talks with Egypt could take place, Erdogan says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday there is no reason for high-level talks with Ankara’s estranged rival Egypt not to take place, as its efforts to mend ties with Cairo remain stagnant. “Talks on the lower levels are continuing. It is not …