• A Palestinian waiter, dressed as Santa Claus, takes an order at "Maldive Gaza" cafe on a beach in Gaza City. Reuters
    A Palestinian waiter, dressed as Santa Claus, takes an order at "Maldive Gaza" cafe on a beach in Gaza City. Reuters
  • Jordanian artist and architect Saleh Mansour poses with his cityscape sketch on a mask to encourage people to wear them in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
    Jordanian artist and architect Saleh Mansour poses with his cityscape sketch on a mask to encourage people to wear them in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
  • Annie Orfalian, 45, plays with dogs at her dog shelter in Damascus, Syria. Reuters
    Annie Orfalian, 45, plays with dogs at her dog shelter in Damascus, Syria. Reuters
  • A woman wearing a face mask walks at Ledra main shipping street in front of a graffiti in the medieval core of capital Nicosia, Cyprus. AP Photo
    A woman wearing a face mask walks at Ledra main shipping street in front of a graffiti in the medieval core of capital Nicosia, Cyprus. AP Photo
  • Palestinian Christian jeweller Melad Al-Amash displays a piece of gold Jewellery reading 'Merry Christmas' at his store in Gaza City. Reuters
    Palestinian Christian jeweller Melad Al-Amash displays a piece of gold Jewellery reading 'Merry Christmas' at his store in Gaza City. Reuters
  • People visiting Iraq International Book Fair in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    People visiting Iraq International Book Fair in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • Newly arrived Ethiopian refugees who fled Ethiopia's Tigray conflict rest at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan. AFP
    Newly arrived Ethiopian refugees who fled Ethiopia's Tigray conflict rest at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan. AFP
  • Ammar Mouwfaq, 70, stands inside his soap shop in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. Mouwfaq inherited the business in 1955 and for decades his family have imported olive soap from Aleppo, Syria, a trade that has dated back hundreds of years. That came to a stop when ISIS took control of the area in 2014. AP photo
    Ammar Mouwfaq, 70, stands inside his soap shop in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. Mouwfaq inherited the business in 1955 and for decades his family have imported olive soap from Aleppo, Syria, a trade that has dated back hundreds of years. That came to a stop when ISIS took control of the area in 2014. AP photo
  • A groom with a prosthetic leg and crutches attends with others a mass wedding for thousands of couples including the poor, handicapped, and wounded, in Yemen's capital Sanaa. AFP
    A groom with a prosthetic leg and crutches attends with others a mass wedding for thousands of couples including the poor, handicapped, and wounded, in Yemen's capital Sanaa. AFP
  • A slogan is painted on a barrier in front of towering grain silos gutted in the massive August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
    A slogan is painted on a barrier in front of towering grain silos gutted in the massive August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for December 10, 2020

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December 10, 2020

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Key findings of Jenkins report
  • Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
  • Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
  • Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
  • Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
Milestones on the road to union

1970

October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar. 

December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.

1971

March 1:  Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.

July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.

July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.

August 6:  The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.

August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.

September 3: Qatar becomes independent.

November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.

November 29:  At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.

November 30: Despite  a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa. 

November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties

December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.

December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.

December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.

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