EU must prioritize safety in Mediterranean amid refugee deaths: UN
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA JUL 03, 2023 – 9:51 AM GMT+3 A Sea-Watch 3 crew member on a lifeboat approaches an inflatable boat with 120 people on board in the central […]
France tells rioters to go home
bbc.com Related Topics By Katya Adler Europe editor “Could you just go home?” It was a weary-sounding question, directed by a middle-aged French woman at a gang of youths pushing […]
From East to West, Muslims worldwide celebrate Qurban Bayram
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL JUN 28, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Muslim worshippers gather at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem to perform Eid al-Adha morning prayers, June 28, 2023. (AFP Photo) […]
EU accused of whitewashing Tunisian regime in bid to stem migration
Bloc is set to give country £860m despite rapid erosion of democracy since President Kais Saied took power in 2021 Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Mon 26 Jun 2023 The children of […]
Fragrance-free toiletries and lots of snacks: The ultimate packing list for the Hajj pilgrimage
AfricanewsFollow Story by Rebecca Ann Hughes • Yesterday 2:15 PM Pilgrims walk for hours and wait in huge crowds in the searing heat around holy sites and the surrounding desert.© ekrem osmanoglu If […]
Time is right for Morocco-Spain railway tunnel to become reality
ZAID M. BELBAGI June 20, 2023 Tariq ibn Ziyad, having landed in Spain and sent the Umayyad navy back to Tangier, told his troops: “Where will you flee? Behind you […]
Grief-stricken Pakistani town mourns sons lost in Greek shipwreck
Pakistan Poverty drove young men from small Kashmir town to board ill-fated fishing trawler, say families Shah Meer Baloch in KhuirattaMon 19 Jun 2023 18.02 BST The last time Mohammed Yousaf […]
‘Evil people smugglers’ are easy to blame for migrant boat tragedies. Here’s the truth
OpinionRefugees Diane Taylor With a disaster off Greece in the headlines, governments are keen to repeat a convenient myth rather than face scrutiny themselves Mon 19 Jun 2023 The Greek […]
World Refugee Day: Syrian, Palestinian refugees need understanding, not platitudes
RAMZY BAROUD June 19, 2023 Fadi, a Syrian teenager with curly hair and an acne-covered face, miraculously survived one of the greatest migrant boat disasters in the modern history of […]
Endless Mediterranean deaths guaranteed unless broken system is fixed
CHRIS DOYLE June 20, 2023 It is that time of year again, when wealthy Northern Europeans dust off their swimsuits and descend on the warm, sun-drenched beaches of the continent’s […]
Refugees should be seen as an opportunity, not a burden
DR. MAJID RAFIZADEH June 18, 2023 This year’s Refugee Week, which aims to celebrate and honor refugees across the world, runs from June 19-25. World Refugee Day also takes place […]
‘I want answers’: hope gives way to fury in Greece as hunt for survivors ends
Greece As families mourn, questions have mounted over inconsistencies in the coastguard’s account of events Helena Smith in Kalamata Sat 17 Jun 2023 At a little after 8am on Friday, Fadi, […]
Egypt-Israel border attack is a symptom of enduring Camp David betrayal
Voices Sam Hamad 08 Jun, 2023 As the Sisi regime rushes to console Israel after the recent border shooting, Sam Hamad argues that the 1979 Camp David normalisation deal wasn’t […]
Contempt and humiliation is what best describes how Moroccans feel towards Israel-Morocco relations
In Brief Ali Anouzla 16 Jun, 2023 News of the imminent return of scandal-ridden ex-chief of the Israeli liaison office in Rabat should meet a decisive response from Moroccan authorities […]
Greece boat disaster: ‘People are waiting for any piece of good news’
bbc.com Related Topics By Lina Shaikhouni, Fernando Duarte & Kawoon Khamoosh BBC World Service Shaheen Sheikh Ali knew something bad had happened when he saw frantic activity in a family […]
Did Gaddafi Plan to Introduce an African Currency Backed By Gold Reserves? Maybe, but There’s Little Evidence for This [analysis]
Story by Africa Check Johannesburg Keegan Leech • Wednesday Over the years we’ve frequently seen the claim that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had plans to introduce an international currency. But as […]
“Ornament of the World” and the Jews of Spain
HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities Jane S. Gerber Published on December 17, 2019 The Arab invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 inaugurated a new era […]
Why Moroccan Scholar Ibn Battuta May Be the Greatest Explorer of all Time
In the 14th century, the Moroccan wanderer Ibn Battuta spent nearly 30 years traveling some 75,000 miles across Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia. BY: EVAN ANDREWS UPDATED: AUGUST 22, […]
Tunisia gains one billion euros from illegal migrants
EU offers Tunisia over 1 billion euros to boost economy, reduce migrant flows EU to offer 150m euros in immediate support in bid to ‘strengthen our relationship’ By AFP – Jun 11,2023 […]
The Islamic Golden Age
What was the Islamic Golden Age? The Islamic Golden Age was a period in which Muslim rulers established one of the largest empires in history. It is dated from Mid-7th century […]