Stories about Middle East & North Africa

First Turkish astronaut travels into space

  20 January 2024

At a time when the country is battling the cost of living crisis, high inflation, and depreciating national currency some questioned the government's decision to send Gezeravci into space.

Will Lebanon be dragged into a comprehensive war?

  17 January 2024

As tensions escalate between Hezbollah and Israel, the MENA region is on the brink of a significant and potentially devastating war with profound implications for Lebanon and its neighbouring countries.

Do you condemn?

  27 December 2023

The question "Do you condemn?" serves to delegitimize the Palestinian struggle for rights and justice, deflecting attention from the root causes of the conflict by encouraging blanket condemnations.

Religious minorities in Iran face cultural violence

  14 December 2023

Over the last 45 years, the Islamic Republic has weaponized textbooks, religious debates, movies, city walls, and even cemeteries to impose cultural violence, particularly over religious minorities, but it faced resistance.

Barefoot exodus in Gaza

The Bridge  7 December 2023

What's the ideal shoe for escaping death? From a child unable to fix a broken shoe, fearing being targeted, to a baby with blistered feet, and parents forgetting shoes while carrying their children.

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