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hajj

Travellers arriving for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, mask-clad and seated distantly from one another due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, ride on a bus transporting them from the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport. (AFP)

Pandemic casts shadow on hajj, Eid al-Adha

tunisia

A file picture shows rescued illegal migrants at the port in the Tunisian town of Zarzis, some 50 kilometres west of the Libyan border. (AFP)

Illegal migration across shores: Tunisians, Italians face different quandaries

Hammamet

‘Hammamet Nights 2020’, the next best thing to the real event

Iran

People wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus walk in a metro station, in Tehran. (AP)

Tehran fears ‘revolt over poverty’ as sanctions, pandemic take toll

media

A file picture of a Moroccan man looking at newspapers. (AFP)

Testing days for Morocco’s print media amid pandemic

Egypt

Tourists rid a cart in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza after reopening for tourist visits, in Cairo, Egypt, July 1. (REUTERS)

Egypt welcomes tourists back to pyramids as flights resume

tunisia

Passengers wearing face masks as a preventive measure arrive at Tunis-Carthage airport. (DPA)

Thin hopes for Tunisia’s tourism recovery despite border reopening, EU signal

culture

Lebanese director Carol Mansour uses her phone to film pigeons flying in the centre of the capital Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese film director looks at Beirut differently since pandemic

UAE

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during his visit the Fish Farm in Jebel Ali, Dubai. June 23. (WAM)

Dubai launches digital platform to tackle food security