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American-Jordanian scientist Omar Yaghi holds a press conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, in Brussels on October 8, 2025. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Arab countries claim Nobel Prize winner Omar Yaghi as their own

While Palestinians, Jordanians, and Saudi's have celebrated Omar Yaghi's Nobel Prize win, others have called him out for accepting an Israeli award years ago

The New Arab Staff
09 October, 2025
American-Jordanian scientist Omar Yaghi holds a press conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, in Brussels on October 8, 2025
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Palestinian-American scientist among trio to win chemistry Nobel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 October, 2025
Iranian missiles face off israeli interceptive missiles over Beirut, Lebanon. June 14 2025.
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Weizmann Institute: What is the high-tech facility hit by Iran?

The New Arab Staff
15 June, 2025
Most Phoenicians instead shared genetic similarities with people from Sicily, the Aegean and North Africa [Getty]
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DNA study reveals most Carthaginians not Levantine Phoenicians

The New Arab Staff
24 April, 2025
The animal was spotted by locals in Wadi Yahmib, around 19 miles from the Egypt-Sudan border [Getty]
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Spotted hyena found in Egypt for first time in 5,000 years

The New Arab Staff
23 January, 2025
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The Djinn's Apple: A young girl’s defiance in Abbasid Baghdad

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Sumaiyya Naseem

26 June, 2024
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Pyramids built along long-lost river, scientists discover

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 May, 2024
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From astronaut to refugee: Syria's Muhammed Faris dead at 72

The New Arab Staff
21 April, 2024
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First scientist of Tunisian origin wins Nobel Prize

The New Arab Staff
05 October, 2023
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International Women's Day
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Meet the Arab women smashing stereotypes in STEM

Rodayna Raydan

Rodayna Raydan

07 March, 2023
Dr Hashima Hasan
NASA
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NASA's Dr Hashima Hasan achieves new frontiers for feminism

The New Arab Staff

Mariam Elsayeh Ibrahim

16 December, 2022
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Iraq
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Iraq witnessed a partial solar eclipse for two hours 

Dana Taib Menmy
25 October, 2022
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Long Covid at 12 months persists at 18 months, study shows

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 October, 2022
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Iraq
History
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Does science owe its development to 9th-century Baghdad?

Ufuk Necat Tasci

Ufuk Necat Tasci

13 October, 2022
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NASA will not try new Moon rocket launch attempt in coming days

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 September, 2022
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British scientists launch monkeypox treatment study

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 August, 2022
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Arab conspiracy theories and the distrust of science

Emad Moussa

Emad Moussa

22 August, 2022
A Palestinian flag across window shutter in Tangiers in Morocco.
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Israel, Morocco reach scientific research deal in Rabat

The New Arab Staff
27 May, 2022
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Booster jabs 'could save more lives' among unvaccinated

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2021
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WHO warns of worse pandemics ahead

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 December, 2020
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UAE launches the Arab world's first Mars mission

The New Arab Staff
20 July, 2020