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Issue: 166 | Sun, July 22, 2018

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Iraq protests rattle politicians but fail to bring any big change

Mamoon Alabbasi

Leaked messages point to big Qatari ransom payouts to terrorist groups

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Turkey seen as reintroducing state of emergency through ‘back door’

Iran’s expansionist designs meet US intrigue

Tunisia engages in diplomatic push to end Libyan crisis

Against conflicted alliances, Russia maintains its diplomatic balancing act

Simon Speakman Cordall

Opinion

Editorial

Mandela

A child sticks a poster of former South African President Nelson Mandela on the chalkboard in Durban, on July 18. (AFP)

Mandela’s message

Iran

A group of protesters chant slogans at the old grand bazaar in Tehran, last June. (AP)

Tehran’s rearguard battles against youth

Society

Haitham El-Zobaidi, the publisher of The Arab Weekly, speaks during the Asilah symposium on religious thought and its relation to terrorism. (Saad Guerraoui)

Forum experts say terrorism can be fought through education, better use of technology

Gulf

Beyond politics. Muslim worshippers gather at the Grand Mosque in Islam’s holiest city of Mecca, on June 14. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia pushes for haj season void of politics

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Iraq

An Iraqi man holds up a gas lamp as he takes part in a demonstration against hikes in fuel prices in Najaf, on July 13. (AFP)

Iraq protests rattle politicians but fail to bring any big change

Mamoon Alabbasi

Egypt

Increasing role. A file picture shows Egyptian Army officers walking in front of a huge screen during the opening ceremony of a waterway at the Suez Canal in Ismailia. (AFP)

In Sisi’s Egypt, army plays major role across society

Syria

A picture taken on July 20, 2018 in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shows an Israeli jeep patrolling on the border between Israel and Syria. (AFP)

Controversial move in US Congress to push for recognition of Israeli control of the Golan

Turkey

A Turkish soldier stands guard in front of the Aliaga Prison and Courthouse complex in Izmir, on July 18. (Reuters)

Turkey seen as reintroducing state of emergency through ‘back door’

Debate

A Chinese commercial drone is seen during a news conference in Shanghai, last May. (Reuters)

Chinese commercial drones bring new uncertainties to old conflicts

Alessandro Arduino

East|West

Mohamed Benaissa, secretary-general of the Asilah Forum Foundation and a former Moroccan foreign minister, speaks at the opening of the “Post-globalisation: What Perspectives?” symposium. (Asilah Forum Foundation)

Experts debate globalisation at Asilah Moussem

Libya

Growing frustration. UN Special Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame gives a news conference in Farnesina palace in Rome, on July 9. (AFP)

Salame expresses pessimism about Libya’s election prospects

Egypt

Ambitious plans. An Egyptian labourer walks at construction site. (AFP)

Sinai’s development gains momentum with greater involvement by Arab countries

Lebanon

Control of the Bekaa. A campaign poster for Jamil al-Sayyed at Dahr al-Baidar area in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, on April 25. (AFP)

Growing tension in Lebanon’s Bekaa fuels conflict within Shia bloc

Palestine

A man walks past a mural with writing in Arabic that reads: “My country, you gave us love and light which revealed paths for the lost” in the Israeli Arab city of Umm al-Fahm. (Reuters)

Palestinians ‘angry but not surprised’ by Israeli nation-state law

Mamoon Alabbasi

Society

A computer-generated image shows architect Santiago Calatrava’s design for the UAE Pavilion for Dubai World Expo 2020. (WAM)

UAE tops Smart City rankings in the Middle East

N.P. Krishna Kumar

Culture

Cover of poet Leila Chatti’s “Tunsiya/Amrikiya.”

‘Tunsiya/Amrikiya,’ an anthology by poet Leila Chatti

Dunia El-Zobaidi

Economy

Different models of cotton clutch bags. (IDYR)

Arab start-ups upcycle to reclaim waste — and the future

Khadija Hamouchi

Travel

A group of adventurers battle raging waters at Wadi Mujib. (Wild Jordan)

Jordan’s Wadi Mujib crossing offers gratifying experience for thrill-seekers

Culture

Miniature statues of postal workers on display at the Postal Museum in Cairo. (Postal Museum)

In Cairo’s Postal Museum, a long history told on small stamps

Muhamad Abdul Hadi

Society

An announcement for the TV programme “Sawt Al Mamlaka” (The Voice of the Kingdom) on Al Mamlaka TV. (Al Mamlaka TV)

More media choice promised by Jordan’s new Al Mamlaka TV channel