MENA region

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Ramadan 2026
MENA
Live Story

Why some Sunni states no longer follow Saudi Arabia on Ramadan?

As Muslims mark Ramadan on different days again, growing methodological and institutional divergence from Saudi Arabia highlights shifting religious authority.

The New Arab Staff
18 February, 2026
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
Unfiltered

Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran's?

TI

Tanya Goudsouzian and Ibrahim al-Marashi

17 February, 2026
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Arab Gulf states
MENA
Live Story

Saudi Arabia approves high-speed rail linking Riyadh to Doha

The New Arab Staff
11 February, 2026
Dubai skyline
Arab world
MENA
Live Story

Most Arab countries score poorly in TI's 2025 corruption ranking

The New Arab Staff
11 February, 2026
Homes flooded in Tunisia
MENA region
MENA
Live Story

Storm Harry unleashes deadly floods and sandstorms across MENA

The New Arab Staff
21 January, 2026
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Society
Live Story

Mawadda: The platform empowering Arab women on sexual health

The New Arab Staff

Shefa'a Qudah

07 January, 2026
Arab Opinion Index
MENA region
MENA
Live Story

Israel, US seen as top threats to Arab security, poll shows

The New Arab Staff
06 January, 2026
Blood-Moon-in-Zakho
MENA region
Offbeat
Live Story

How the winter solstice is marked across the MENA region

The New Arab Staff
21 December, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV
World
Live Story

Pope Leo XIV in Turkey, Lebanon: What's on the agenda and why

The New Arab Staff
27 November, 2025
The ousted Baath regime left the Kadem Station on the Hejaz Railway
MENA region
MENA
Live Story

Jordan, Syria and Turkey plan to restore historic Hejaz railway

The New Arab Staff
09 November, 2025
Qeysariyeh Bazaar Esfahan
MENA region
MENA
Live Story

Which MENA countries are turning their clocks back this weekend?

The New Arab Staff
25 October, 2025
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Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

Lebanon is Burning: Yazan al-Saadi's defiant graphic dispatches

The New Arab Staff

Sarah Khalil

10 September, 2025
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MENA region
Environment
Live Story

From Egypt to Kuwait: how a heatwave is scorching the Arab world

The New Arab Staff
12 August, 2025
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Climate Change
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Lights, camera, climate: MENA filmmakers tackle a burning region

The New Arab Staff

Sarah Khalil

10 July, 2025
Blaise Metreweli - MI6
United Kingdom
World
Live Story

First woman to lead MI6 is a Middle East expert fluent in Arabic

The New Arab Staff
Rabeea Eid
16 June, 2025
Classic Arabic Music
Valentine's Day
Lifestyle
Live Story

How classic Arabic music is capturing the hearts of MENA's youth

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Tharwa Boulifi

13 February, 2025
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MENA region
MENA
Live Story

The key events that shaped the MENA region in 2024

Sarah Khalil
Nadda Osman
26 December, 2024
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

Is support for Hezbollah growing in Lebanon?

The New Arab Staff
17 July, 2024
Water scarcity and drought impact agriculture in central Iraq
Iraq
Environment and Climate
Live Story

Could hydroponics reshape Iraq's agriculture future?

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

16 April, 2024
corruption charges
MENA
Live Story

Arab states score low in TI's Corruption Perceptions Index

The New Arab Staff
30 January, 2024
How harvesting air breathes life into MENA's water crisis
Water Crisis
Environment and Climate
Live Story

Could harvesting air breathe life into MENA's water crisis?

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

19 December, 2023