Disability in MENA

Daily Life In Gaza, Palestine

Israel

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Gaza amputees tell TNA of life after devastating limb loss

Around 980 children in Gaza have had amputations since the start of Israel's assault, while prosthetics and medical care remain restricted.

Nadda O.

Sally Ibrahim

10 September, 2026

Demonstration [Hussein Beydoun/Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]

Lebanon elections 2022

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Lebanon: Disabled citizens demand right to vote with dignity

Rita El Jammal

12 May, 2022

Qatar

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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

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Jordanian initiative helps disabled citizens secure rights

William Christou

22 February, 2022

Maysoon Zayid

Palestinian diaspora

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Maysoon Zayid: Fighting injustice with a smile on her face

Ouissal Harize

11 February, 2022

The Heartbeat of Iran [Ig Publishing]

The New Arab Book Club

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The Heartbeat of Iran: Human beings, rather than warheads

Sahar Esfandiari

09 February, 2022

Disability series blog

Disability in MENA

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Shifting obsolete notions of disability in the Arab world

Raya al-Jadir

20 January, 2022

A whiteboard in Dr Anita Toutikian's art therapy room, the red cranes of Beirut's port seen through the window, where the explosion of August 2020 took place

Lebanon

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The fragile state of children's mental health in Lebanon

Rosabel Crean

18 January, 2022

Migrants stay in the transport and logistics centre near the Bruzgi border point on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region on November 19, 2021

Kurds

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Kurdish boy amputee granted asylum in Belarus after pleas

Nazli Tarzi

21 December, 2021

Gazan speech therapist hopes to give voice to the voiceless

Gaza

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The Gazan speech therapist giving Syrian refugees a voice

Heba Salim

16 December, 2021

Iraq children

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Iraq's autistic community perseveres despite neglect

Nazli Tarzi

16 December, 2021

Disability

Lebanon

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In Lebanon, disabled voters struggle to reach the polls

William Christou

03 December, 2021

Swings are unused and left in the dark at 1 2 3 Autism School as the school prepares to close. (TNA)

Lebanon

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‘There’s no plan B’: Lebanon’s only autism school to close

William Christou

03 September, 2021

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How Gaza's disabled suffer the most during Israeli assaults

Amjad Yaghi

11 August, 2021

Faduma Farah: British-Somali mother, designer and pioneer of wheelchair-friendly fashion

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British-Somali designer fashions a wheelchair-friendly style

Anu Shukla

08 June, 2021

visually impaired hijabi boxer

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Sannah Hussain: Disabled Muslim boxer fights against discrimination

Raya al-Jadir

05 July, 2019

The New Arab Book Club

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Notes on the Flesh: Love, identity, and disability

Ilham Essalih

23 January, 2019