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      The mummy of Ramesses II, son of Seti I, on display at the Cairo Museum in April 2006. The mummy was discovered with the other royal mummies in the Deir el Bahari hiding place. Getty Images
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      Seven of Egypt's most famous mummies and their incredible histories

      Egypt is planning a royal procession of 22 mummies of pharaonic kings and queens to travel on Saturday from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum to a new home

      EgyptApril 05, 2021
      A photo released by Yemen’s Houthis shows a display in Sanaa, the rebel-held capital. EPA
      Yemen says Iranian weapons pose risk to international shipping

      Information Minister Muammar Al Eryani sounds warning after rebels display an array of weapons

      GulfMarch 15, 2021
      The Syrian port of Tartus is of considerable importance to Russia.
      Tartus: why Russia will never leave Syria’s side

      Analysts say only Moscow can compel Syrians to end their country’s 10-year conflict, in doing so protecting Russia’s regional interests

      MENAMarch 14, 2021
      A Swiss guard stands during the Ash Wednesday mass at the St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, February 17, 2021. Vatican Media via Reuters
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      The 'world's smallest army' protecting the Pope in Iraq

      The Swiss Guards are trained in the latest combat methods despite their traditional appearance

      IraqMarch 01, 2021
      Algerians rally in the capital Algiers on February 22, 2021, marking the second anniversary of the country's anti-government Hirak protest movement. AFP
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      Algerian activists dismiss president's decisions as 'smoke and mirrors'

      Algerian president dissolved parliament last week and announced a limited government reshuffle three days later

      MENAFebruary 22, 2021
      Kuwait holds a special parliament session to discuss measures taken by the government of limit the spread of Covid-19. AFP
      Kuwait to support entrepreneurs as Covid cases rise

      The country received its fourth batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Monday

      GulfFebruary 16, 2021
      Saudi Arabia's environment ministry teams are in the field across nine regions to treat swarms of locusts and their voracious threat to crops. AFP
      Locusts swarm over large parts of Saudi Arabia

      The kingdom's environment ministry battles locust swarms with pest control treatments

      Saudi ArabiaFebruary 16, 2021
      Umma party deputy head Mariam al-Mahdi talks with an AFP journalist on January 3, 2016 in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. AFP
      Daughter of deposed prime minister, who is Sudan’s new foreign minister?

      Dr Al Mahdi has a long history of fighting to get Sudan back on the path towards democracy after her father was overthrown in 1989

      MENAFebruary 11, 2021
      (FILES) In this file photo taken on December 23, 2020 Medical staff stand ready at the Kuwait vaccination center for COVID-19 at the International Fairgrounds in Kuwait City. Sports stadiums, cathedrals and theme parks the world over have been rapidly repurposed as temporary vaccination centres in a global drive to administer the life-saving jabs. / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
      Kuwait imposes entry ban as Covid-19 cases increase

      Government imposes new restrictions after rising infection rate and discovery of travellers showing fake PCR test certificates

      MENAFebruary 08, 2021
      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a coronavirus vaccination centre in the northern Arab city of Nazareth, Israel. AP, file
      Trial of Benjamin Netanyahu explained: Why is the Israeli prime minister on trial?

      The Israeli Prime Minister is back in court on Monday to enter a plea to charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust

      MENAFebruary 08, 2021
      Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune delivers a speech on December 13, 2020, in this still from a video published on his personal Twitter account. AFP
      Tebboune’s health raises concerns about his ability to rule Algeria

      The Algerian President’s absence is reminiscent of predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s health crisis

      WorldJanuary 27, 2021
      Dr Lamees Ibrahim has dedicated herself to bringing the country of her birth to the diaspora: 'Iraq is very important to me. It is in my blood. It is in my genes. It is my history,' she says. Courtesy of The Mosaic Rooms
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      If memory serves: Lamees Ibrahim's quest to dish up the Iraq of her past

      In our continuing series on inspiring life stories across continents, we learn what made her leave a career in medical science for a 'cuisine lab called the kitchen'

      Arab ShowcaseJanuary 26, 2021
      Gala El Hadidi, above in 'Dorina e Nibbio', has been singing as long as she can remember, and believes that her passion for opera was pre-ordained in the womb. Courtesy Gala El Hadidi
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      From cradle to octave: the music heard in utero that made Gala El Hadidi destiny's child

      In our series of inspiring life stories across continents, the mezzo-soprano known as the 'Egyptian Carmen' reveals how a star was born

      Arab ShowcaseJanuary 26, 2021
      Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda party, speaks during parliamentary election campaign in the capital Tunis, on October 3, 2019. EPA
      Fate of Tunisia’s Ghannouchi in balance as party debates his position

      The head of the Ennahda Movement has served his parties maximum number of terms but some want the bylaws changed to allow him to stay on

      WorldDecember 30, 2020
      Egypt's donated ten automated production lines, at the Nile Valley Complex for bread production, Courtesy of Sddan's Ministry of Industry and Trade
      Let them eat bread: Sudan’s wheat struggle sums up revolution’s opportunities and drawbacks

      A transitional government and civil society navigating life in Sudan through the prism of bread two years on

      AfricaDecember 18, 2020
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