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UAE

This handout photo released by the Vatican Media, shows Pope Francis (L) boarding his plane on February 5, 2019. (AFP)

Pope Francis’s visit to the UAE

Iraq

Friends and relatives of Alaa Mashdhub light candles at his assassination site in Karbala, February 5. (AP)

Iraqi intellectuals alone in the face of assassinations

UAE

Pope Francis (L) greets Egypt’s al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb as they arrive at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, February 4. (Vatican Media)

Pope’s visit to the UAE a watershed event

Iran

A woman holds a placard during a demonstration to mark a previous anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran. (Reuters)

40 years ago, Shariat-Madari warned me against Khomeini’s intent

Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) reacts as he arrives with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) to hold a joint press conference following a meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on February 5, 2019. (AFP)

Nothing new under the Aegean sun

Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the Palestinian Peace and Freedom Forum in Ramallah, February 6. (AFP)

A Palestinian dialogue of the deaf

Cult

A file picture shows Tunisian Salafists shouting slogans as they gather in front of a courthouse in Tunis. (AFP)

Cult-like ‘Quranic school’ exposed in Tunisia

Lebanon

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (C) heads a meeting to discuss the ministerial statement at the governmental palace in Beirut, February 6. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s bet on ministerial statement to delay the inevitable

The Blood of the Mamluks

A scene from the Tunisian series “Chouerreb” which investigates the life of Ali Chouerreb, a notorious Tunisian criminal. (Courtesy of Lotfi Abdelli)

Glorifying criminals deeply rooted in Arab popular culture