BEIRUT, Lebanon -News of a young Ethiopian woman who died a few weeks ago while trying to escape from a seventh-floor balcony east of Beirut prompted outrage across social media, including this …
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon -Since the outbreak of the war in Syria in 2011, Lebanon has absorbed more than one million Syrian refugees, registered with the UN’s refugee agency, making it the country …
A draft new law targeting non-governmental organisations’ funding would be the latest blow to Egypt’s beleaguered civil society and a further erosion of civil liberties Egypt’s beleaguered civil society is facing new …
Albeit irregular and small in size, labour actions have not stopped in Egypt facing economic slowdown, rising prices and low wages. In spite of Al-Sisi regime’s persistent crackdown on all kinds of …
Poet Dareen Tatour joins hundreds of Palestinians arrested over the past year because of their social media posts. The simple act of expressing resistance to the Occupation is enough for Israel to …
HEBRON, Palestinian Territories- More cases of Palestinian prisoners becoming fathers via sperm smuggling have come out since the first successful artificial insemination of its kind was reported in 2012. Just over a month …
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories- Israel’s recent offensive in Gaza triggered an unprecedented boycott of Israeli products across the West Bank, as many Palestinians opted for local equivalents in response to the Israeli military …
TRIPOLI, Lebanon- Father Arabius knows his city well. He serves St. Michael’s Orthodox Church in Ebbe, a district of Lebanon’s second city, Tripoli. Ebbe is bordered by two rival neighborhoods where a …
CAIRO, Egypt -Nearly two weeks ago I ran into a throng of doctors gathered outside a Cairo courthouse. Members of the non-partisan group Doctors Without Rights and the Doctors Syndicate, as well …
RAFAH, Gaza- Following Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, which ended Israel’s “Operation Pillar of Defense” last 21st November, Gaza’s tunnels are operating again. In the meantime, according to a security source, Egyptian security services …
