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Sliman_Mansour
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Art
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Sliman Mansour obituary: The legacy of a Palestinian art pioneer

Sliman Mansour spent his life painting Palestine. We pay tribute to the pioneering artist by looking back at the work, life and legacy he leaves behind

Zainab Mehdi
26 August, 2026
Walid_Khalidi
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Society
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Obituary: The life and work of historian Walid Khalidi

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

11 March, 2026
Yanar_Iraq
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Society
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Yanar Mohammed: Remembering Iraq's advocate for women's rights

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

03 March, 2026
Bahram_Beyzai
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Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Bahram Beyzai: A legacy in Iran's film, theatre, and literature

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

07 January, 2026
Hanna_K_Film
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Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Mohammad Bakri: A tribute to the titan of Palestinian cinema

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

05 January, 2026
US Defense Secretary-designate Dick Cheney appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 14, 1989
United States
World
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Dick Cheney, architect of US-led 'War on Terror', dies at 84

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 November, 2025
Ziad_Rahbani
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Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Ziad Rahbani: A tribute to Lebanon’s musical and satirical icon

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

29 July, 2025
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World
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HRW's Joe Stork, pioneer in Western Middle East studies, dies

The New Arab Staff
25 October, 2024
Mona Saudi at work in Beirut
Beirut
MENA
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Jordanian sculptor Mona Saudi dies aged 76

The New Arab Staff
18 February, 2022
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MENA
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Veteran Egyptian journalist Wael El-Ebrashy dies aged 59

Thaer Mansour
10 January, 2022
Colin Powel dies
Covid-19
MENA
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US army general Colin Powell dies of Covid-19 complications

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 October, 2021
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royal family
MENA
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Bahrain's long-serving prime minister dies at age 84

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 November, 2020
Court Justice Ginsburg
United States
MENA
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US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at 87

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 September, 2020
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MENA
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Hosni Mubarak: The godfather of Egypt’s corrupt police state

Amr Salahi
25 February, 2020
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Sultan
MENA
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Oman's Sultan Qaboos: Moderation and modernisation amid regional upheaval

The New Arab
11 January, 2020
Essebsi
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia's President Essebsi: controversy, changing allegiances and reforms

The New Arab
25 July, 2019
Sadiq Jalal al Azm -- twitter
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Society
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Prominent Syrian philosopher Sadiq Jalal al-Azm dies

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

13 December, 2016
Ahmad Chalabi
Obituary
MENA
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Iraq's Ahmad Chalabi, key lobbyist behind 2003 invasion, dies

The New Arab & agencies
03 November, 2015
Nimat Habashneh (al-Araby al-Jadeed)
Women's Rights
Narrated

Habashneh: A tireless campaigner and an example to all

The New Arab Staff

Dana Mar'ie

15 February, 2015