animal rights

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Gaza genocide
Society
Live Story

Animal-assisted therapy brings healing to Gaza's children

A Palestinian therapist is using rescued animals to help Gaza's displaced children heal from war trauma and find moments of joy amid ongoing destruction

Sally Ibrahim
03 August, 2026
A Palestinian man is training a dog to guard his home after a surge in attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinian homes, including arson, property destruction, and livestock theft on 16 May 2026
Occupied West Bank
MENA
Live Story

Palestinian-owned dog survives after Israeli settler beating

The New Arab Staff
17 May, 2026
Gabonese Whales in Point Denise Peninsula - Loango and Pongara
animal rights
Environment
Live Story

Middle East conflicts a danger for whales off S.Africa: study

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 May, 2026
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Egypt
Impact

TNA report prompts Egypt to ban New Valley tourist bird hunting

Jonathan Cole
05 September, 2025
Visitors enjoy their time at the Giza Zoo, founded in 1891 by Khedive Ismail, in Giza, Egypt on 15 January 2023. [Getty]
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Outrage as Africa's oldest zoo in Egypt culls scores of big cats

Saleh Salem
27 August, 2025
Beauty parlour for pets in Turkey's Izmir (Getty)
Gaza famine
MENA
Live Story

Israeli-made famine starving animal companions alongside humans

Sally Ibrahim
18 August, 2025
Stray white dog on the sandy beach of Palawan,Palawan,Mimaropa,Phili
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

Morocco's new feeding ban for stray animals triggers outage

Basma El Atti
13 August, 2025
A worker leads a dog into the veterinary center in El-Arjat, 20 kms west of the Moroccan capital Rabat, on July 23, 2025 (Photo by ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

World Cup host Morocco under pressure to save stray dogs

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 August, 2025
Khan Yunis
Gaza War
World
Live Story

Gaza donkeys flown to France while civilians left to starve

The New Arab Staff
07 August, 2025
Palestinians, who fled from the Israeli army's attacks and took refuge in Deir Al Balah, look for food in the garbage dumps due to Israeli embargo imposed on the region in Deir Al Balah, Gaza
animal rights
MENA
Live Story

Stray animals seen eating Palestinian corpses in northern Gaza 

Sally Ibrahim
24 December, 2024
Aid group Life for Relief and Development distributed furs from Peta UK in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Society
Live Story

Force fur good: Turning regret into warmth in Afghanistan

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Nick McAlpin

10 August, 2023
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

Morocco protesters demand end to 'massacre' of strays

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 June, 2023
Libya
MENA
Live Story

Libyan sisters freed after 'witchcraft' hate campaign

Austin Cooper
04 April, 2023
Afghan
World
Live Story

Briton can evacuate 200 dogs and cats from Kabul, UK rules

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 August, 2021
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Afghanistan
Society
Live Story

Crucial animal welfare projects under threat in Afghanistan

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Charlie Faulkner

23 July, 2021
Vegan food
suhoor
Society
Live Story

Celebrating Ramadan vegan style

Nick McAlpin.jpg

Nick McAlpin

27 April, 2021
Murat Ozdemir - Twitter
Turkish
MENA
Live Story

Fowl behaviour: Turkish TV personality jailed for torturing parrot

The New Arab
18 December, 2018
dogs getty
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egypt denies exporting stray cats and dogs following backlash

The New Arab
26 November, 2018
Indonesia tiger skin animals AFP
dogs
Society
Live Story

Video of dogs butchered at Indonesian market sparks outrage

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

24 January, 2018
Dogs Lebanon AnimalsLebanon
social media.
Narrated

Stray dog poisoning video sparks outcry in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

31 December, 2017
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Palestine
Narrated

Middle East turmoil? Veganism can solve it, says PETA

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

10 September, 2017