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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
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
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
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
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
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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