Muslim nations announce start of Ramadan in shadow of Gaza war
In Saudi Arabia, the start of the holy month had been cast into doubt after some of the kingdom's observatories...
Morocco law reform offers hope for women’s rights
Rabat, Morocco - Two decades after a landmark but limited revision of Morocco's family law marked a breakthrough for women, activists...
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MAKTABA celebrates winners of ‘Little Writer in the Big Book’ contest
Launched in 2011, the competition has attracted more than 2,000 entries during the past eight years
GISEC 2021 Update: Experts discuss hacker threats to working from home
Disabling of firewalls, reuse of passwords, installation of over-simple passwords biggest mistakes when working from home Companies need to...
Expats leave Oman in droves as country struggles to contain unemployment
Some 200,000 expats leave Oman as country wrestles with rising unemployment The Coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices last year...
Midday work ban in UAE to last till Sept 15 from Jun 15
An employer will have to pay for any time exceeding the 8-hour shift Violators to pay a fine of $1361...
Sharjah concludes campaign to update landowners’ data
Landowners yet to update their property data can approach Real Estate Registration Department
UAE, Uzbekistan sign agreement to implement humanitarian projects
Completion of work on a women and children's hospital in the Uzbek city Nukus part of the...
Abu Dhabi Book Fair to digitize Arabic prose in audiobooks
One of the notable works covered by the series includes the Muqaddimah of Ibn Khaldun
A Saudi mom can now vouch for her child to open a bank account
Before this decision, a married mother had to bring her husband or obtain court's consent to open an account for...
Iraqi oil city of Basra facing a surge in cancer cases
2000 cases of cancer registered annually in recent years, according to the country's Southern Environment Department Director general of the...
WISEUp: Taking a literary route, to counter extremism
In late 2016, Daisy Khan, a New York-based global-peace activist, grew increasingly alarmed by the surge in violent extremism worldwide...
Muslim nations announce start of Ramadan in shadow of Gaza war
In Saudi Arabia, the start of the holy month had been cast into doubt after some of the kingdom's observatories...
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Festive spirit in Bethlehem after dull pandemic years
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Sharjah Consultative Council reviews districts and villages department’s work
SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC), in its seventh session, held as part of the fourth regular session...
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Festive spirit in Bethlehem after dull pandemic years
With a giant evergreen tree, colorful balloons in the streets and selfies in the Church of the Nativity, Christmas tourism...
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Tanzanian aircraft with 49 people on board plunges into a lake
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania— A domestic passenger plane plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania early on Sunday due to bad weather...
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Mahsa Amini death exposes rival faces of Tehran
For the past week since the 22-year-old's death, protesters have taken to the streets each evening in various parts of...
- For the past week since the 22-year-old's death, protesters have taken to the streets each evening in various parts of the capital
- According to images spread on social media, women demonstrators have even taken off their headscarves and burned them in protest
Death toll mounts in Iran protests as online services cut
Amini, 22, died last week after her arrest by the Islamic republic's feared morality police for allegedly wearing a hijab...
- Protesters have been heard shouting "death to the dictator" and "woman, life, freedom" in video footage shared widely online
- The US Treasury placed the morality police on its sanctions blacklist, holding it responsible for Amini's death
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The ‘majestic’ Singapore orchid named in honor of Queen Elizabeth
After Queen Elizabeth II's death last week, the city-state's Botanic Gardens loaned a towering sprig of Dendrobium Elizabeth to the...
- After Queen Elizabeth II's death last week, the city-state's Botanic Gardens loaned a towering sprig of Dendrobium Elizabeth to the British high commissioner's residence
- The orchid hybrid, with twisted Dresden-yellow petals and a uranium-green lip, was named in honor of the queen when she visited Singapore in 1972