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In news surprising no one – especially the people of Lebanon – the Lebanese parliament has once again failed to appoint a president, preventing the country from forming a new government as it enters its fourth year of economic crisis.

This was the 12th attempt in which Lebanese politicians sought to elect a new president. Lebanon has been without a president for almost eight months, after Michel Aoun’s term ended in October.

A graduation speech from two weeks ago that was approved beforehand at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law is now facing backlash, over what some critics are calling “hate speech” due to criticism of Israel.

Fatima Mousa Mohammed, a Yemeni American, took to the stage in her graduation ceremony to present a speech in which she criticised systems of oppression – including against Palestinians – and extolled the virtues of free speech in resisting these systems.

The first Sudanese film to be selected to feature at the Cannes Film Festival has stolen the spotlight – and for good reason.
 

"We need to move. We are not safe here."

Josephus, from Sierra Leone, is one of over 100 migrants from Sub-Saharan African countries in a refugee camp outside the IOM offices in Tunis, asking for help from UN bodies to be evacuated from Tunisia.

Josephus spoke to The New Arab last week about the racist attacks he and other Black migrants have experienced in Tunisia, including torture, confiscation of private property, arbitrary detention, and imprisonment by authorities, as well as frequent harassment and assault by Tunisian civilians.