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Why can't Lebanese women pass citizenship to their children?

Lebanese women married to foreign men still cannot pass citizenship to their children, creating barriers to healthcare, education, work and secure residency

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Zahra Joya’s The Vanishing Girl Of Kabul is a warning from exile

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05 August, 2026
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UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules

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12 June, 2026
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Iraq elections
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Iraq’s women MPs hold more seats but little sway

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Iman Kareem Jassim Al-Maliki

12 December, 2025
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Culture
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Flana: A film tracing the vanishing names of Iraqi women

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

04 December, 2025
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Iraq
Society
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Iraqis press for anti-domestic violence law

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Alessandra Bajec

07 March, 2023
Iran
Iran
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WHM 2023: Iran's women have not yet been defeated

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Kourosh Ziabari

02 March, 2023
Afghanistan
World
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Three foreign NGOs partially resume aid in Afghanistan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
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Et tu, 2022? Taking stock 12 months on

Hugo Goodridge
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The New Arab Voice
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Hugo Goodridge
02 December, 2022
Iran
Protests in Iran
Perspectives

Iranian women refuse to be the symbol of a repressive state

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Katy Shahandeh

06 October, 2022
Freedom
Palestine
Perspectives

Cultural resistance in Palestine through the eyes of women

Zoe Lafferty

Zoe Lafferty

17 August, 2022
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Tunisia
Voices

The failures of state feminism in Tunisia

Jyhene Kebsi

Jyhene Kebsi

12 August, 2022
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The New Arab Voice
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Lessons in Equality

Rosie McCabe
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Keep the Muslim world out of America's Roe vs Wade debates

Diana Alghoul

Diana Alghoul

05 May, 2022
Turkey
World
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Hundreds protest threat to close Turkish rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 April, 2022
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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U.S. urges Saudis to review cases of 'prisoners of conscience'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 March, 2022
Iran
World
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'Horrific' Iran honour killing sparks GBV protection calls

The New Arab Staff
10 February, 2022
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Afghanistan
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UN demands Taliban provide info on two more missing women activists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 February, 2022
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World
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UN 'outraged' over raid, arrest of Sudanese rights activist

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2022
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Afghanistan
MENA
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Taliban fighters pepper spray women protesters

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2022