Activism

A veiled Iranian woman holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and waves a country flag as she participates in a ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in southern Tehran, Iran, on February 1, 2026
Protests in Iran
MENA
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Almost 140 foreigners arrested in central Iran over protests

Iranian authorities have arrested 139 foreign nationals during anti-government protests, police said, as Tehran intensifies its nationwide crackdown.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 February, 2026
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Fashion and lifestyle
Lifestyle
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Katharine Hamnett's decades of designs driving social change

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

20 November, 2025
Algerian anti-government protesters take to the streets of the capital Algiers as the "Hirak" pro-democracy movement gathers renewed momentum after a year-long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, on February 26, 2021.
Algeria
MENA
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Algeria jails prominent Hirak activist to five years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 November, 2025
Céline_Semaan
Fashion and lifestyle
Lifestyle
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Inside Slow Factory's revolutionary world with Céline Semaan

The New Arab Staff

Amelia Dhuga

05 November, 2025
"Gen Z" protests continue in Morocco
Morocco Gen Z protests
MENA
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Mourning and shock in Morocco after student killed in rallies

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 October, 2025
Egypt
MENA
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Self-exiled Egyptians denied official documents: HRW

Thaer Mansour
13 March, 2023
Activism
MENA
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Egyptian activist Mamdouh Hamza returns home from self-exile

Thaer Mansour
13 February, 2023
In search of Joyland
Pakistan
Culture
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In search of Joyland: Pakistani cinema at a crossroads

Nilosree Biswas

Nilosree Biswas

06 December, 2022
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt detains family of activist as police prevent protests

Thaer Mansour
12 November, 2022
Egypt
MENA
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Prominent Egyptian activist Ziad El-Elaimy to be released

Thaer Mansour
24 October, 2022
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt on 'high alert' as protests planned for COP27

Thaer Mansour
20 October, 2022
Bella Hadid
Palestine
World
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Bella Hadid says she lost jobs over Palestinian activism

The New Arab Staff
18 August, 2022
Alaa Abd al-Fattah
MENA
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Egypt: Alaa Abdel-Fattah finally visited in prison by mother

Thaer Mansour
01 August, 2022
Alaa Abd el-Fattah
MENA
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Activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah's family seek presidential pardon

Thaer Mansour
07 June, 2022
Japan
World
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Head of Japanese pro-Palestine group released from prison

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 May, 2022
Maysoon Zayid
Palestinian diaspora
Interviews
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Maysoon Zayid: Fighting injustice with a smile on her face

Ouissal Harize

Ouissal Harize

11 February, 2022
Palestinian solidarity
Perspectives

We need to talk about infighting in pro-Palestine activism

dana el kurd

Dana El Kurd

24 January, 2022
Cornel West Beverly Hills CA - Getty
Academia
Voices

US academia is broken. Cornel West's resignation proves it

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Sahar F. Aziz

23 July, 2021
Birmingham Arconic takeover
Gaza
Voices

Connecting the dots from Gaza to Grenfell

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Malia Bouattia

17 June, 2021
Palestinian solidarity protest LA - AFP
Palestinians
Narrated

#FreePalestine: How Palestinian solidarity won the internet

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Ragheb Malli

25 May, 2021
Twitter [Getty]
social media
MENA
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Jailing of Saudi activist linked to 'Twitter infiltration'

The New Arab Staff
11 April, 2021