In the Middle East and North Africa, just 18% of women are formally employed, according to the World Bank. Experts say more ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Five Arab foreign ministers and a senior Palestinian official sent a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opposing plans to displace Palestinians from ...

This is why Sisi is still in power and why the West turned a blind eye to his brutal post-Arab Spring power grab. The West, and particularly the United States, need Sisi as they do King Abdullah.

Mumtaz Shaib is an independent Syrian sculptor born in 1977 and dedicated to artistic work He participated in several local, Arab and international group exhibitions.

One of the most respected and celebrated dance forms, Ballet Day is celebrated on the 7th of February every year. In the 15th century, the ballet was first performed in France and Italy. Ballet ...

Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn ...

A woman has filed civil lawsuits against Neil Gaiman and his ex-wife in the US, accusing the British author of sexually assaulting her. The lawsuits against Gaiman and Amanda Palmer were filed in ...

Much of life as a woman feels out of our control, and thanks to oppressive laws restricting our bodily autonomy and the patriarchal system we exist in, it can feel as though we have little power over ...

The petition sheds light on Alaa Abdel Fattah's mother's condition, who has been on hunger strike for over 120 days.

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

Today Islamic date in South Africa is calculated as per the lunar based calendar which consists of 12 Lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. A Muslim must know about the exact Islamic date today ...

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