Ali Abbas Ahmadi is a multimedia freelance journalist based in Beirut. He covers migration, human rights, and Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, and previously worked at the BBC and The New Arab.
Analysis: There are few more divisive figures in Pakistan than General Pervez Musharraf. Seizing power in a bloodless coup, Musharraf's admirers credit his liberalising agenda, while his detractors accuse him of 'selling off' the country to the US.
Turkish fact-checkers and officials have warned that false claims made online about the devastating earthquakes could harm rescue efforts and prey on peoples' fears.
At least 2,300 people have been killed in Turkey and Syria as a result of Monday's massive earthquakes, which have damaged thousands of structures across the two countries.
Statues memorialising individuals that brutally colonised and subjugated India stand tall in Britain even as India celebrates 74 years since it became a Republic.
Respondents were almost evenly divided over whether the Arab Spring pro-democracy demonstrations of the early 2010s have a hopeful or a negative future, according the 2022 Arab Opinion Index.
Iran has been accused of meddling in Iraqi political affairs for years and holding sway over a government that is perceived to care little about its citizens.
The love for the Argentine football team runs deep in India and Bangladesh, writes Ali Abbas Ahmadi, where fans have been obsessed with the sky-blue-and-whites for decades.
