healthcare

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Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Society
Live Story

Mawadda: The platform empowering Arab women on sexual health

In a culture where sex is often shrouded in shame, Mawadda is a platform that opens doors for Arab women to embrace their sexual health with confidence

Shefa'a Qudah
07 January, 2026
Blind_man
AI in MENA
Society
Live Story

Visually impaired Arabs turn to AI for empowerment and equality

The New Arab Staff

Shimaa Elyoussef

03 November, 2025
The protests have taken Morocco by surprise [Getty]
Morocco Gen Z protests
MENA
Live Story

What do we know about Morocco's GenZ 212 protests?

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 October, 2025
Moroccan security forces detain a protester during a youth-led demonstration for social justice and better public services, outside the parliament building in Rabat on September 27, 2025.(Photo by ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

World Cup vs. health: What does Gen Z want in Morocco protests?

Basma El Atti
30 September, 2025
Sandstorm in Yemen
Yemen
Environment and Climate
Live Story

Sandstorms in Yemen worsen health risks for pregnant women

The New Arab Staff

Salman Alrubaie

17 February, 2025
Lebanon
Health
Live Story

Lebanon hospitals 'could soon close all Covid wards'

The New Arab Staff
22 September, 2022
Joe Biden
World
Live Story

Joe Biden signs major climate change, health care law

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 August, 2022
The deaths of the infants in the hospital fire shocked Senegal [Getty]
Senegal
World
Live Story

Senegal buries 11 babies after hospital fire

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 May, 2022
Abortion rights demonstrators gathered in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand protection of Roe v. Wade. (Brooke Anderson/The New Arab)
abortion
World
Live Story

Rallies across the US to protect women’s abortion access

Brooke Anderson
15 May, 2022
Egypt
Health
Live Story

Egypt probes Cairo hospital as woman alleges medical neglect

The New Arab Staff
05 May, 2022
turkey hospital - getty
Turkey
Health
Live Story

Turkish health workers strike for better pay, conditions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 February, 2022
Covid-19
MENA
Live Story

Lebanon greets New Year with new wave of Covid

William Christou
31 December, 2021
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria: Raqqa hospital faces closure after EU pulls funding

The New Arab Staff
25 November, 2021
Two boys face a series of small, mostly wooden structures in a remote Palestinian community
Palestine
In-depth
Live Story

Palestinians plagued by medical inequality under occupation

Nick McAlpin
22 November, 2021
Iran
Society
Live Story

Commercial surrogacy in Iran: A growing phenomenon

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)

20 October, 2021
Green Gold: Gaza natural products
Gaza
Society
Live Story

New project in Gaza employs women to make health products

The New Arab Staff

Alaa Helou

16 August, 2021
People place fake coffins in front of the fire-ravaged coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital, during a protest in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, on July 15, 2021. [Getty]
The Iraq Report
Iraq Report
Inside MENA
Live Story

The Iraq Report: Deadly Nasiriyah blaze reignites fury

The New Arab Staff
16 July, 2021
Palestine
MENA
Live Story

Israel removes Palestinian activists' healthcare access

The New Arab Staff
27 May, 2021
India COVID-19 crisis
Vaccine
Society
Live Story

India caught in catastrophe: Covid-19 tsunami causes healthcare collapse

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Tahir Hussain Sofi

07 May, 2021
Baghdad hospital fire - Getty
Iraq
Perspectives

What Baghdad hospital fire reveals about Iraq's health system

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Benjamin Isakhan

29 April, 2021
Biden [AFP}
Women's Rights
MENA
Live Story

HRW urges Biden to protect rights in Afghanistan

The New Arab Staff
18 April, 2021