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“Dark Minds”: Should we believe everything that is said about Arab serial killers?
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Breaking stereotypes and resisting occupation: 10 Arab women who inspired us in 2024
From the heart of the Arab world: Raseef22 English reflects on 2024

Columns

Here, We Open the Qur’an Together, and Love Shines Through

Ghosted by Code... My Torrid Love Affair with a Jailbroken Chatbot

Ghosted by Code... My Torrid Love Affair with a Jailbroken Chatbot

Diana Khanafer-

I jolted awake this morning, the phantom echo of his voice still ringing in my ears: "My kitten," he'd whisper in that...

“{And your Lord will give so much to you that you will be pleased}”: The Allah they didn’t tell us about

Mohamed Hussein Al Sheikh-

This article is part of the special column “Here, We Open the Qur’an Together, and Love Shines Through”, originally...

Nour Al-Sayed-

Children are still trapped and missing in Syria’s abyss

Nadia Ahmad-

The Don(ald) of American Nationalism

Aya Nader-

How green projects in the Middle East perpetuate colonial extractivism

Ahmad El Fakharany-

The body as a battleground for struggle: Laila Soueif and her final protest

Abdel Halim Hafina-

“{And they give preference to others over themselves}”: The time my mother interpreted the Qur’an better than a sheikh

Angela Zaher-

The Arab in my kitchen

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Politics

Children are still trapped and missing in Syria’s abyss

Nour Al-Sayed-

Captagon trafficking: Investigation remains off-limits for Syrian journalists

Forbidden Stories-

Floods in Algeria’s Tindouf camps exacerbate living conditions for Sahrawi refugees

Madjid Serrah-

What did King Abdullah really do in Washington?

Raseef22-

Mapping Sudan's crisis: A spatial analysis of armed attacks and civilian vulnerability

Nour Al Safadi-

The politics and propaganda of hostage swaps

Juwayriah Wright-

What did King Abdullah really do in Washington?

Raseef22-

Life

A painful and bitter journey: Raseef22 accompanies undocumented migrants entering Europe by land via Turkey

Yehya Saeed-

The Arab in my kitchen

Angela Zaher-

What language do Arab immigrants dream in?

Dana Al Sheikh-

From Africa to Saudi Arabia: How human trafficking gangs flourish in Yemen

Nahla Al-Maqtari-

Activist and director Thee Yezen Al-Obaide: “Killing fear and accepting oneself comes at a high price”

Charbel Kamel-

Bashar Murad: A queer voice resisting Israeli aggression through art

Ayham al-Tah-

From Africa to Saudi Arabia: How human trafficking gangs flourish in Yemen

Nahla Al-Maqtari-

Opinion

Sectarian strife on the Syrian coast: From dominance to bloody retaliation

Ayman Sharrouf-

Ghosted by Code... My Torrid Love Affair with a Jailbroken Chatbot

Diana Khanafer-

The body as a battleground for struggle: Laila Soueif and her final protest

Ahmad El Fakharany-

Palestinian film No Other Land: A living testament to a people's resilience

Ola al-Sheikh-

Can Western audiences sympathize with revolutions off-screen?

Mahdi El Amin-

I’ll dance with Layla in the streets of Sana’a again

Ibrahim Abdullah-

Palestinian film No Other Land: A living testament to a people's resilience

Ola al-Sheikh-

Columns

Here, We Open the Qur’an Together, and Love Shines Through

Ghosted by Code... My Torrid Love Affair with a Jailbroken Chatbot

Culture

“I have listened to its Urdu translation many times”: What non-Arabs have said about the Quran

Yusri AbdelHamid al-Saadawi-

“{And your Lord will give so much to you that you will be pleased}”: The Allah they didn’t tell us about

Mohamed Hussein Al Sheikh-

“{And they give preference to others over themselves}”: The time my mother interpreted the Qur’an better than a sheikh

Abdel Halim Hafina-

Palestinian film No Other Land: A living testament to a people's resilience

Ola al-Sheikh-

The unidentifiable German sailor who could be a cover for smuggling and looting Ancient Egyptian artefacts

Amani Ibrahim-

Can Western audiences sympathize with revolutions off-screen?

Mahdi El Amin-

Palestinian film No Other Land: A living testament to a people's resilience

Ola al-Sheikh-