The New Arab Staff

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Egypt handed whistleblower Dr Omnia Sweidan a suspended jail sentence, but her viral post exposed a disturbing reality inside the country's maternity wards

06 July, 2026

Among the most common threats listed are "hostile graffiti", "attempted arson", "abuse and intimidation" at the entrances to mosques and more.

19 June, 2026

According to local estimates, about 950 wives are stranded in Gaza, including mothers of around 1,500 children.

18 June, 2026

According to the sources, Hamas representatives delivered the revised text, with its 15 clauses, to the mediators to present it to the US and Israel.

15 June, 2026

A study finds 85% of displaced people in Lebanon live outside official shelters, bearing housing and survival costs themselves.

12 June, 2026

"We now control 60% of the Gaza Strip, and my instructions are to move towards controlling 70%," Israel's Channel 12 quoted Netanyahu as saying.

29 May, 2026

The Sudan Doctors Network also warned that the continuation of attacks on villages and residential areas contributes to worsening the humanitarian crisis.

29 May, 2026

Former Qatari energy minister Abdullah al-Attiyah dies in London, aged 74, after decades shaping the gas industry.  

28 May, 2026

In Gaza's displacement camps, access to water has become a daily struggle measured in litres, queues, and exhaustion

19 May, 2026

A nationwide internet blackout in Iran, imposed during the US-Israel war, has left millions of citizens struggling to communicate, work and access information

11 May, 2026