Arab women

Rita MAlek
Interview
Interviews
Live Story

Rita Malek: From piano prodigy to Arab music trailblazer

The New Arab Meets: Rita Malek, the rising musician blending Arabic roots with Western sounds. She shares more about her journey, identity and passion for music

Anam Alam
22 August, 2025
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Interview
Film, TV & Music
Interviews
Live Story

Meet Nayomi: The Iraqi musician redefining women in rap

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

15 August, 2025
Woman_on_phone
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Society
Live Story

From taboo to revelation: Arab women find sexual freedom online

Youssra el-Sharkawy

Youssra el-Sharkawy

14 August, 2025
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Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Finding motherhood in Hala Alyan's I'll Tell You When I'm Home

Noshin Bokth

Noshin Bokth

30 April, 2025
Jordan woman
Jordan
Society
Live Story

New women-led scheme in Jordan tackles workplace discrimination

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

02 April, 2025
AWAN: The festival that brings Britains Arab women artists together
International Women's Day
Art
Culture
Live Story

AWAN: Bringing Arab women artists together under one roof

Rodayna Raydan

Rodayna Raydan

08 March, 2023
Arab women in science
International Women's Day
Society
Live Story

Meet the Arab women smashing stereotypes in STEM

Rodayna Raydan

Rodayna Raydan

07 March, 2023
Domestic violence Kuwait
Kuwait
Society
Live Story

Thoubha: The domestic violence fighter app of Kuwait

Vittoria

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19 January, 2023
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poverty
MENA
Live Story

Gaza holds art exhibition to support impoverished women

Sally Ibrahim
18 January, 2023
Women in Lebanon strive for accountability and justice
Beirut
Society
Live Story

Women in Lebanon strive for accountability and justice

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Alessandra Bajec

21 December, 2022
From the civil war to the Hirak movement: Archiving women's struggles in Algeria
Algeria
Society
Live Story

Archiving women's struggles in Algeria

Pierluigi Bizzini

Pierluigi Bizzini

20 December, 2022
Hakawatis
theatre
Culture
Live Story

Hakawatis: Reclaiming the Arabian Nights

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Sarah Shaffi

15 December, 2022
Algeria femicides
Algeria
Perspectives

Femicides still go unpunished in Algeria

Ali Boukhlef

Ali Boukhlef

01 December, 2022
Baghdad
MENA
Live Story

Iraqi female furniture-maker carves up stereotypes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 November, 2022
Riham Isaac's Another Lover's Discourse
Palestinian culture
Culture
Live Story

Riham Isaac seduces the stage with Another Lover's Discourse

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Sami Rahman

27 October, 2022
Dana Al Fardan
The New Arab meets
Interviews
Live Story

The New Arab Meets: Qatari composer Dana Al Fardan

Ouissal Harize

Ouissal Harize

21 October, 2022
Australia
World
Live Story

Australia: Greek-Egyptian woman becomes Supreme Court judge

The New Arab Staff
27 September, 2022
Strong Female Character by Hanna Flint
Arab film
Book Club
Live Story

Strong Female Character: The changing face of cinema for WOC

Shahed Ezaydi

Shahed Ezaydi

21 September, 2022
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Azhar's Imam appoints female advisor for first time in Egypt

Thaer Mansour
21 September, 2022
Women's rights and nationality laws [Getty Images]
MENA
Society
Live Story

MENA's nationality laws continue to deny women equal rights

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Tasnim Nazeer

08 September, 2022
Women in Translation Month
The New Arab Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Ten must-read books to celebrate Women in Translation Month

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Yousra Samir Imran

24 August, 2022