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tunisia

Passengers at Tunis Carthage airport, last March. (AFP)

Tunisia to reopen borders with eye on expats, tourists

Saudi Arabia

A man and a woman walk at a Dubai shopping centre after the Emirati authorities eased some of the restrictions put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus. (AFP)

Life gradually returns to normal in Saudi Arabia, UAE

tunisia

Medical doctors inspect the facilities of a hotel in the Tunisian city of Mahdia. (AFP)

Rebuilding tourism in MENA after pandemic requires new tack

Iraq

An Iraqi customer pays with Iraqi dinar banknotes in the capital Baghdad. (AFP)

Iraqi government breathes a sigh of relief as it secures pay of salaries

Moroccan

Slaoui

Moroccan scientist heads Trump’s team to develop a coronavirus vaccine

Mohamed al-Alawi

Qatar

Workers wearing protective masks walk by on a street in Qatar’s capital Doha. (AFP)

Migrant workers stage protest in Qatar over harsh conditions, unpaid wages

UAE

Amer Sherif (L), head of Dubai’s COVID-19 Command and Control Centre (left) and Tom Loney, epidemiology expert, attend a meeting on post-coronavirus plans in Dubai on May 21. (AFP)

UAE takes first steps towards transition from pandemic

Suez Canal

Container ship sails through the Suez Canal. (REUTERS)

Suez Canal suffers double blow from pandemic, collapse of oil prices

tunisia

An empty cafe overlooking the sea in the village of Sidi Bou Said, some 20 kilometres northeast of Tunis, usually a major attraction to tourists but deserted amid the pandemic. (AFP)

Tunisian tourism sector hopes for partial return of activity soon