2022 ‘worst year in terms of number of Palestinians killed by Israel’: government
A man rides his horse next to the 2023 sand sculpture on the beach in Gaza City during the last sunset of Dec. 31, 2022, as Palestinians bid farewell to […]
An overview of Middle East politics in 2022
Dec 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Across Middle East there are numerous complicated situations that have characterised this post-covid year. One of the most important is the worsening internal situation in Iran. Since 2003, the year of the fall of Saddam Hussein, the country has been a […]
Palestinian tragedies, hope and little wins
RAMZY BAROUD December 30, 2022 Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 wreaked much of the same havoc in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it […]
2022 Year in Review: A time of triumph and turmoil for the Middle East and North Africa
Short Url Updated 10 sec ago ARAB NEWS December 31, 2022 RIYADH: Like much of the world, 2022 in the Middle East and North Africa felt like the year when things […]
Gloomy 2023
Dec 28,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The New Year is certain to be dominated by destructive policies adopted in 2022 by global, regional, national and local authorities. On […]
DJ Khaled, Mike Tyson visit Mecca for Umrah pilgrimage
Offbeat 2 min read The New Arab Staff 12 December, 2022 DJ Khaled shared a teary-eyed video of himself and former boxer Mike Tyson praying at the Grand Mosque of […]
Israel’s idea of ‘co-existence’ is colonisation
In Brief Hadar Cohen 23 Dec, 2022 Reflecting on her time in Akka, a supposedly ‘mixed city’ where both Israeli Jews and Palestinians live, Hadar Cohen writes that any notion […]
Benjamin Netanyahu’s new Israeli government will make West Bank expansion a priority
MIDDLE EAST December 29, 20224:05 AM ET THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, speaks to his supporters after first exit poll […]
Israelis Must Resist the Fascist Plans to Thin Out Arabs in the Galilee
Opinion | Dec 26, 2022 While you, my democratic Arab and Jewish brothers and sisters, were engaged in the battle to repulse the fascist wave, while you were trying to rouse […]
Nothing in Islam prohibits exchanging Christmas greetings, says head of Muslim World League
Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa speaks during an interview with the “Fii Al-Afaaq” program aired on MBC 1. (Screengrab/@hiaahsanshow)Next Short Url Updated 26 December 2022 ARAB NEWS December 26, 2022 DUBAI: […]
Occupied Bethlehem has little to celebrate
CHRIS DOYLE December 26, 2022 Short Url Once again, a huge segment of the world is singing and reading about Bethlehem, that little town that sits silently in the holy […]
Smoking, obesity linked to 40% of cancer cases in Jordan — health official
By Rayya Al Muheisen – Dec 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Smoking accounts for 80 per cent of lung cancer cases and related deaths in Jordan, according to the King Hussein Cancer Foundation […]
The benefits of intermittent fasting the right way
By William Park 11th January 2022 Source: BBC Intermittent fasting offers the tantalising promise that changing mealtimes, and not the meals, can be good for you. But what are the […]
5 main global risks for 2023
BY KEREM ALKIN DEC 26, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Considering the international credible researches, we see five main risks that will pose a threat to the world in the upcoming […]
Partnership to transform holy cities into financial hubs of Islamic world
Master plan for the Rua Al-Madinah project being developed in the holy city. (Supplied) ARAB NEWS December 25, 2022 RIYADH: Three commerce chambers are partnering to transform Makkah and Madinah […]
When will the peace of Christmas come home?
Dec 24,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Hanna Hanania BETHLEHEM — As mayor of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, I have the privilege of lighting the Christmas tree in Manger Square […]
Foreign aid groups halt work after Taliban ban on female staff
By Natasha Preskey & Neggeen Sadid BBC News Five top non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have suspended work in Afghanistan after women were banned from working for them by the Taliban. Care […]
The Holy Quran on Freedom of Conscience
From one point of view the universe created by God Almighty is divided into two portions. A large portion does that which it is commanded by God Almighty to do, […]
Christians in Saudi Arabia get their Christmas fix in era of religious tolerance
NADA HAMEED RAHAF JAMBI December 24, 2022 JEDDAH/RIYADH: Christmas shopping in Saudi Arabia is unrecognizable compared to just a few short years ago, reflecting both the growing culture of religious tolerance […]
MWL highlights great Islamic and international interaction with the Charter of Makkah
The charter was welcomed and highly valued by non-Muslim religious figures. (Supplied) SPA December 23, 2022 RIYADH: The Muslim World League has highlighted the great Islamic and international interaction with […]