Sam Hamad

As the world says goodbye to Pope Francis, The New Arab looks at how his successors fare on issues relating to Muslims and MENA.

With Donald Trump ready to unveil his 'liberation day' wave of tariffs, The New Arab looks what the potential effect will be on MENA countries.

With the leader of Syria's triumphant rebels declaring an end to conscription, The New Arab looks at why this will be a welcome relief to many Syrians.

With Israel continuing its assault on Gaza after the breakdown of the truce agreement, The New Arab looks at what led to the continuation of Israel's brutal assault.

With Israel effectively emptying Gaza's north of people and destroying its civilian infrastructure, The New Arab asks: will Israel do the same in the south?

With disinformation all over social media and Israel using its considerable resources to get its narrative out, The New Arab looks into the form of Israeli propaganda known as 'Hasbara'.

After a week of indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas of Idlib prompted by an attack on a Baathist military academy in Homs by an unknown perpetrator, the Assad regime has called for a ceasefire amid rebel retaliation.

For decades during flare-ups of violence between Israel and Palestine, the media is accused of having a pro-Israel bias. The New Arab breaks down what exactly such a bias might look like and mean in the wake of Hamas' deadly attack across the border.

The killing of protesters was one of the worst single-day massacres in Egyptian and world history, and ten years on a climate of fear and repression persists in Egypt.