• In this picture taken with a slow shutter speed, vehicles pass in front of the landmark Kingdom Tower, at left, as it projects a green light marking Saudi 89th National Day celebrations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AP Photo
    In this picture taken with a slow shutter speed, vehicles pass in front of the landmark Kingdom Tower, at left, as it projects a green light marking Saudi 89th National Day celebrations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AP Photo
  • Demonstrators run away from tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Demonstrators run away from tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • British tourists walk outside the Orange Beach hotel in in Tunisia's coastal town of Hammamet. AFP
    British tourists walk outside the Orange Beach hotel in in Tunisia's coastal town of Hammamet. AFP
  • Zilan Serwud, the 22-year-old owner of the Zee Burger food truck, poses for a picture with a burger in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
    Zilan Serwud, the 22-year-old owner of the Zee Burger food truck, poses for a picture with a burger in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
  • A Palestinian boy looks through a window in Deir al-Balah refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A Palestinian boy looks through a window in Deir al-Balah refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • A cat looks on as a Palestinian fisherman pulls a net on a beach in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
    A cat looks on as a Palestinian fisherman pulls a net on a beach in the northern Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • Women train at a fitness centre in the Raniya district of Kurdistan. AFP
    Women train at a fitness centre in the Raniya district of Kurdistan. AFP
  • Egyptian actress Bushra Rozza, Moroccan Mais Moghrabi, and Amina Maghrabi arrive on the red carpet during the 3rd edition of the Elgouna Film Festival at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Elgouna. AFP
    Egyptian actress Bushra Rozza, Moroccan Mais Moghrabi, and Amina Maghrabi arrive on the red carpet during the 3rd edition of the Elgouna Film Festival at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Elgouna. AFP
  • Diman Fatah, the 59-year-old owner of Arbil's first female-run plant nursery, carries out her duties in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
    Diman Fatah, the 59-year-old owner of Arbil's first female-run plant nursery, carries out her duties in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP

The Middle East framed - regional photography for September 23, 2019

We bring you the best pictures from the Middle East and North Africa

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September 23, 2019

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Trump v Khan

2016: Feud begins after Khan criticised Trump’s proposed Muslim travel ban to US

2017: Trump criticises Khan’s ‘no reason to be alarmed’ response to London Bridge terror attacks

2019: Trump calls Khan a “stone cold loser” before first state visit

2019: Trump tweets about “Khan’s Londonistan”, calling him “a national disgrace”

2022:  Khan’s office attributes rise in Islamophobic abuse against the major to hostility stoked during Trump’s presidency

July 2025 During a golfing trip to Scotland, Trump calls Khan “a nasty person”

Sept 2025 Trump blames Khan for London’s “stabbings and the dirt and the filth”.

Dec 2025 Trump suggests migrants got Khan elected, calls him a “horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor”

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Normcore explained

Something of a fashion anomaly, normcore is essentially a celebration of the unremarkable. The term was first popularised by an article in New York magazine in 2014 and has been dubbed “ugly”, “bland’ and "anti-style" by fashion writers. It’s hallmarks are comfort, a lack of pretentiousness and neutrality – it is a trend for those who would rather not stand out from the crowd. For the most part, the style is unisex, favouring loose silhouettes, thrift-shop threads, baseball caps and boyish trainers. It is important to note that normcore is not synonymous with cheapness or low quality; there are high-fashion brands, including Parisian label Vetements, that specialise in this style. Embraced by fashion-forward street-style stars around the globe, it’s uptake in the UAE has been relatively slow.

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