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  • Saudi Arabia
Changing times. Visitors attend an invitation-only screening at the King Abdullah Financial District Theatre in Riyadh on April 18. (AP)
Saudi Arabia ushers in new era of movie entertainment
Samar Kadi
  • Turkey
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, on April 18. (Reuters)
Erdogan calls snap elections for June 24
  • Iraq
Zevulun Hareli, 90, who moved from Iraq to Israel in 1949, points at photos on display at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Centre in Or Yehuda, Israel, on April 16. (Reuters)
Jews of Iraq hold on to memories of their former home
  • Syria
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May making a statement in the House of Commons in central London on April 16, 2018. (AFP)
UK role in Syria air strikes ignites debate on war powers
Mahmud el-Shafey
  • Iran
An image grab of Iranian environmentalist Kaveh Madani during a public talk. (YouTube)
Kaveh Madani, Iran’s expat eco-warrior who was on too many fronts
Gareth Smyth
  • News & Analysis
Containers are loaded onto a DP World-run cargo ship at the Port of Berbera in Berbera in Somaliland, last April. (AP)
UAE ends military training programme in Somalia
AW staff

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Issue: 152 | Sun, April 15, 2018
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Top Stories

Saudi crown prince ends first foreign tour in France, Spain
Mohammed Alkhereiji
Western strikes mark further escalation in Syrian conflict
Simon Speakman Cordall
Doha’s row with Arab neighbours unchanged after US-Qatar meeting
Thomas Seibert
Right-wing populism in Europe puts Muslim communities on edge
Justin Salhani
US, allies launch strikes in Syria after gas attack
Ed Blanche
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Opinion

Iraq agriculture projects attract Saudi investments
Salam Sarhan
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards get new political commissar but may resist civilian control
Ali Alfoneh
After Paris donor conference, let the show begin
Rami Rayees
The Egypt-Saudi-Emirati alliance is grounded in reality
Hany Ghoraba
Shadow of Guernica hovering over today’s Syria
Claude Salhani
Palestine- Israel two-state solution is off the rails
Kamel Hawwash
The blood of Syria’s Douma is not that of the Russian Duma
Hamed al-Kilani
The children of Douma © Yaser Ahmed for The Arab Weekly
Cartoon by Yaser Ahmed

Editorial

  • Europe
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, on April 8. (Reuters)
Central Europe and the Arab world after Orban’s win
Editorial
  • MENA
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill, on April 11. (AP)
The danger of hate speech on social media
Editorial
  • Economy
An airplane comes in for a landing above an Exxon sign at a gas station in the Chicago suburb of Norridge, Illinois, US. (Reuters)
Exxon faces setback in Iraq as talks reach impasse
  • Economy
Expanding market share. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih (C) speaks to the media as he leaves after a meeting in New Delhi, last February. (Reuters)
Aramco to help build India’s biggest refinery
AW staff
  • Society
Spreading happiness. The signing of a cooperation protocol between Alif Yaa Saada, Egyptian NGO Arab Achievers and Egyptian training company Skyline. (Alif Yaa Saada)
Emirati initiative brings happiness expertise to Egypt
Ahmed Megahid
  • Syria
The US supersonic B-1B Lancers (AFP)
Aircraft and missiles used in the strikes
AW staff
  • Society
A new approach to life. A patient at the theatre clinic expresses himself through acting and playing the oud. (Oumayma Omar)
Drama therapy used to help victims of trauma in Baghdad
Oumayma Omar
  • Iraq
An Iraqi security forces member holds a position near Salaheddine province in the western desert bordering Syria, last November. (AFP)
Iraq points to Syrian border threat as ISIS steps up attacks
Mamoon Alabbasi
  • Syria
Palpable desperation. Syrian children walk along a destroyed street in Raqqa. (AFP)
Syrians in Raqqa afraid, angry, frustrated as they rebuild
  • Society
For better or worse. A Jordanian couple greet their guests at their wedding party at a hotel in downtown Amman. (Reuters)
Jordan introduces free pre-marriage counselling to lower divorce rates
Roufan Nahhas
  • Iraq
Workers clean the street in Mosul, on January 10. (Reuters)
After the war is won, ‘we shall not return’ to Mosul
Nazli Tarzi
  • Palestine
International outcry. Protesters take part in a demonstration in central London in support of Palestianians in Gaza, on April 7. (AFP)
Israel struggling to justify shootings near Gaza border
Mamoon Alabbasi
  • Turkey
War politics. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin review an honour guard in Moscow. (AFP)
Turkey tries balancing act in Syria but ends up picking sides between US, Russia
Thomas Seibert
  • Egypt
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri attends talks in Khartoum, on April 5. (AFP)
Few options for Egypt after deadlocked Nile dam talks
Ahmed Megahid
  • Culture
Reflecting on culture. Artwork representing Iraq at the “Perpetual Identities” exhibition at Saleh Barakat Gallery in Beirut. (Saleh Barakat Gallery)
When war objects become icons of identity, history and peace
Samar Kadi
  • Society
In for a change. Former director of the Centre for Women’s Studies and Research in Islam Asma Lamrabet. (AFP)
Debate on equal inheritance heats up in Morocco
Saad Guerraoui
  • Culture
Crucial message. Egyptian poet Shirin Adawi recites a poem at the closing ceremony of the Tunis Poetry Festival. (Tunis Poetry Festival)
Tunis poetry festival aims to revive all forms of a deeply rooted art
Roua Khlifi
  • Travel
The waterfall known as Shaghour Hammana in Mount Lebanon. (Hammana Municipality)
Lebanon’s ‘Lamartine Valley,’ a source of poetic inspiration
Samar Kadi
  • Culture
Globally diverse. A visitor checks artwork at the Art Dubai Contemporary section. (Photo Solutions)
Art Dubai 2018 reaffirms role as top venue for dialogue and partnerships
N.P. Krishna Kumar
  • Egypt
Growing sector. An Egyptian man talks on his mobile phone in front of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology headquarters in Cairo. (Reuters)
Egypt draws up ambitious plan for booming IT sector
Amr Emam
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