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A political battle is in full swing in Iraqi Kurdistan after Islamic parties claimed NGOs are corrupting the Kurdish youth through gender-based programmes. The division points towards a mistrust of Western-backed funders within the Islamic community.
Despite the city's liberation in 2017, the battle to preserve the majesty of Mosul nonetheless remains. One Mosul resident has taken this responsibility upon himself by restoring an old historic house that now acts as a reminder of the city's glory.
A two-part BBC documentary on the Nakba has bucked the trend of mainstream British media to give unprecedented coverage of the Palestinian plight. °®Âþµº sat down with Sarah Agha, the programme's co-host, to explain the show's significance.
Home to the world's first skyscrapers, the ancient Yemeni city of Shibam has weathered the storm of time for nearly half a millennia. But a combination of climate change and the Yemeni Civil War could now threaten to bring the city to the ground.
Book Club: The largest land-based empire of all time, the Mongols conquered territory indiscriminately, including the Arab and Muslim civilisations of the Near East. But how did the two worlds interact, and did they end up learning from each other?
This year, the ancient festival of Nowruz which is widely celebrated in Iran and elsewhere, overlaps with the start of Ramadan, impacting some of the traditional customs of the holiday as many are obliged to reconcile the two major events.
Film review: In her debut feature, young Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Negin Ahmadi follows an all-female militia fighting in Syrian Kurdistan.
To commemorate International Women's Day, °®Âþµº sat down with a number of Arab women working in science – from industry-leading experts to stars of the future – to find out more about their journeys, motivations and challenges along the way.
The only European fair dedicated to modern and contemporary art from MENA, MENART Fair provides a window into this rich, cultural landscape too often underrepresented in the West. More than 200 works of art, from Morocco to Iran, were on show.
Book Club: Over ten years have passed since the Arab Spring breathed life into ideas of popular reform. Little seems to have changed. Jamie Allinson's book 'The Age of Counter-Revolution' diagnoses how and why states were able to fight back.