Arab Spring

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Interviews
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Emel Mathlouthi on pushing feminism to the forefront of music

The New Arab Meets: Tunisian singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi as she celebrates the first anniversary of her feminist album MRA and reflects on her music

Yousra Samir Imran
02 May, 2025
To understand al-Sharaa's Syria, listen to echoes of Arab Spring
Arab Spring
Voices

To understand al-Sharaa's Syria, listen to echoes of Arab Spring

Amr Salahi

Amr Salahi

11 April, 2025
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Egypt
In-depth
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Erasing the revolutionary identity of Egypt's Tahrir Square

Shaimaa Elhadidy
23 January, 2025
After Qaradawi case, no Arab league state is safe for dissidents
Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Perspectives

After Qaradawi case, no Arab League state is safe for dissidents

Inès Osman

Inès Osman

21 January, 2025
The Assad dynasty has failed the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Their fall is an opportunity to rebuild commitment to the cause
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

How the 1973 war with Israel began the Assads' war on Syrians

Jad Baghdadi

Jad Baghdadi

30 December, 2024
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Alaa Abdel Fattah
MENA
Live Story

Alaa Abdel Fattah's mother passes 80 days of hunger strike in UK

Rabeea Eid
19 December, 2024
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Book Club
Book Club
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Salt Journals: Tunisia’s political imprisonment, told by women

Saliha Haddad

Saliha Haddad

18 December, 2024
Syria wakes up from its Assadist nightmare. But what comes next?
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

Why do some Leftists support the brutality of the Syrian regime?

Sari-Hanafi

Sari Hanafi

17 December, 2024
Ayat Mneina
Libya
Interviews
Live Story

Activist Ayat Mneina on the past, present and future of Libya

Anam Alam

Anam Alam

11 December, 2024
Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime was a psychopathic terror state
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

Bashar al-Assad's terror state is gone: Syria can breathe again

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Karim Safieddine

10 December, 2024
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Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Road trips, secrets, and unity in Women Who Blow on Knots play

The New Arab Staff

Lydia Doye

21 November, 2024
Kais Saied
Tunisia
In-depth
Live Story

The slow death of Tunisia's revolution for democracy

Basma El Atti
15 October, 2024
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Tunisia
In-depth
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Apathy and disengagement mark Tunisia's presidential election

Meriem Mohamed 
03 October, 2024
The Fall of Bangladesh's Iron Lady
Bangladesh
Unfiltered

The fall of Bangladesh's iron lady

M. Niaz Asadullah

M. Niaz Asadullah

12 August, 2024
An Arab Spring in Bangladesh?
Bangladesh
Perspectives

An Arab Spring in Bangladesh?

M. Niaz Asadullah

M. Niaz Asadullah

26 July, 2024
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The New Arab Book Club
Book Club
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Huddud's House: The post-Arab Spring novel on the Syrian war

Saliha Haddad

Saliha Haddad

17 July, 2024
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WikiLeaks
MENA
Live Story

Julian Assange: The leaks that shook the Middle East

The New Arab Staff
25 June, 2024
Asmaa al-Assad's 'desert rose' facade masks her husband's sins
Asma al-Assad
Unfiltered

Here's why I can't sympathise with Asma al-Assad's cancer stunts

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Loubna Mrie

24 June, 2024
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The New Arab Book Club
Book Club
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Loved Egyptian Night: The aftermath of the Arab Spring unveiled

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Marc Martorell Junyent

29 May, 2024
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Bahrain
Analysis
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What's behind Bahrain's largest prisoner amnesty in years?

Giorgio Cafiero
17 April, 2024
Approximately 50% of Jordan's population is of Palestinian descent [Getty Images]
Gaza War
Perspectives

Can Gaza trigger a 'Palestinian Spring' in the Arab world?

Sania

Sania Mahyou

10 April, 2024