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Q&A with Rama Chakaki: The nexus of innovation, AI and social impact in the Middle East

Zineb Mekouar highlights social, political divisions in Morocco in debut novel

Q&A with Amos Gitai, from architecture student to celebrated Israeli-French filmmaker

Turkey’s first Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk delves into the psychology of a pandemic

IMA Summer Series of Reading the Middle East with Gilles Kepel: Jean Nouvel

Syrian pilgrims use Bab Al Hawa crossing after two years of closure

IMA Summer Series of Reading the Middle East with Gilles Kepel: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

IMA Summer Series of Reading the Middle East with Gilles Kepel: Alaa Al Aswany

Middle East Minute: Russia, Turkey, Iran leaders meet in Tehran

Farmers in Syria's Idlib confront global wheat shortage

Soundbite: Lahib Higel, Senior Iraq Analyst at International Crisis Group, on the Sinjar agreement

Middle East Minute: Biden expected to travel to Saudi Arabia next month

Soundbite: Al-Monitor Iran columnist Bijan Khajehpour on a potential US-Iran prisoner swap deal

Ancient temple to Greek god Zeus discovered in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula

Middle East Minute: Erdogan threatens new military operation in northeast Syria

Middle East Minute: Finland holds "open and direct" talks with Turkey

Lebanese elections in one word: خرق

Iraqi army launches offensive on Sinjar

The storyteller of Ramadan tours Syria's displaced camps

Middle East Minute: Qatar, Germany agree to long-term energy partnership

Middle East Minute: Israel's PM visits the Kremlin to play mediator between Russia and Ukraine

Al-Monitor's Middle East Minute: Oil prices soar as OPEC+ maintains current production levels

MENA leaders react to Russian invasion of Ukraine

US special forces raid kills head of Islamic State

The Takeaway by Al-Monitor for Feb. 3, 2022

Islamic State prison break in northeast Syria

Snowstorms create deadly conditions for displaced Syrians

Middle East Minute for January 22, 2022

The Takeaway by Al-Monitor for Jan. 15, 2022

Children in Syria collect, dismantle war shells