Disability in MENA

Blind_man
AI in MENA
Society
Live Story

Visually impaired Arabs turn to AI for empowerment and equality

Across the MENA region, blind and visually impaired individuals are embracing AI as a gateway to independence, even as they navigate persistent barriers

Shimaa Elyoussef
03 November, 2025
Gaza disabled women
Gaza genocide
Society
Live Story

Stripped of dignity: Gaza's disabled women in crammed shelters

Warda Al Shanti

Warda Al Shanti

12 August, 2025
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Gaza genocide
Society
Live Story

Disabilities under siege: The Gazans facing a double crisis

The New Arab Staff

Yanar Alkayat

02 July, 2025
Continuous Israeli airstrikes have forced Gaza's disabled to flee their homes on crutches and wheelchairs, without medication or access [Getty Images]
Gaza
MENA
Live Story

Israeli forces bomb prosthetic limbs hospital in north Gaza

Nadda Osman
Sally Ibrahim
22 May, 2025
Fatma_Mahrous
sports
Interviews
Live Story

How Fatma Mahrous became Egypt’s Paralympic weightlifting star

The New Arab Staff

Fatma Elzahraa Badwy

01 January, 2025
Palestinian_disabilities
Gaza War
Society
Live Story

Smile of Hope: The new camp giving urgent aid to disabled Gazans

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Alessandra Bajec

16 September, 2024
Gaza Sunbirds
Paralympics
Society
Live Story

Meet Gaza Sunbirds, Palestine's first ever para-cycling team

The New Arab Staff

Shahla Omar

30 August, 2024
northwest Syria
Society
Live Story

Syria's disabilities: Stories of resilience amid hardship

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

17 May, 2024
Gaza War
MENA
Live Story

Gaza mourns deaf activist Hashem Ghazal killed by Israel

The New Arab Staff
14 May, 2024
Yitzhak Rabin's doctrine of "break their bones" has become "shoot to maim", writes Burak Elmeli [photo credit: Getty Images]
Gaza War
Perspectives

Rabin's 'break their bones' doctrine haunts Gaza's disabled

Burak Elmali

Burak Elmali

15 April, 2024
Trapped and traumatised, Gaza's disabled face death sentence
Gaza War
Society
Live Story

Trapped and traumatised, Gaza's disabled face death sentence

Rodayna Raydan

Rodayna Raydan

30 November, 2023
Oh, Salaam!: Fighting for love after the Lebanese Civil War
Lebanon Civil War
Book Club
Live Story

Oh, Salaam!: Fighting for love after the Lebanese Civil War

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Aisha Yusuff

29 November, 2023
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Gaza
Society
Live Story

Disabled Gazans paralysed by crippling effects of blockade

Mahmoud Mushtaha

Mahmoud Mushtaha

05 September, 2023
Qatar for All
Qatar
Society
Live Story

Qatar for All: Creating a more accessible, inclusive country

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Sami Rahman

16 February, 2023
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

New Tunisia electoral law 'excludes disabled people': NGO

The New Arab Staff
30 October, 2022
The ABCD of providing help to disabled Palestinian children
Palestine
Society
Live Story

The ABCD of providing help to disabled Palestinian children

The New Arab Staff

Shatha Khalil

14 September, 2022
Northern Iraq's rehabilitation centre gives new lease of life to disabled [Alessandra Bajec]
Iraq
Society
Live Story

Erbil's rehabilitation centre gives hope to Iraq's disabled

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Alessandra Bajec

16 June, 2022
Lebanon elections 2022
MENA
Live Story

Monitors report violations on disabled voters in Lebanon

William Christou
15 May, 2022
Demonstration [Hussein Beydoun/Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]
Lebanon elections 2022
Society
Live Story

Lebanon: Disabled citizens demand right to vote with dignity

Rita El Jammal

Rita El Jammal

12 May, 2022
Qatar
MENA
Live Story

Qatar opens specialised hospital for prosthetics in Gaza

Sally Ibrahim
28 March, 2022
A man helps a disabled tourists to ride an electric cart, during his trip to Jordan's famed ancient city of Petra, some 230km (143 miles) south of the capital Amman, on October 27, 2021.
Jordan
Society
Live Story

Jordanian initiative helps disabled citizens secure rights

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William Christou

22 February, 2022