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Morocco

A question of rights. A man holds a banner at a demonstration outside a court in solidarity with detained journalist Hajar Raissouni, in Rabat, September 9. (AP)

Moroccan journalist’s trial for illegal abortion sparks heated debate about individual rights

Saudi Arabia

A cry for freedom. Saudi human resources professional Mashael al-Jaloud, 33, walks past women wearing niqab at a commercial area in Riyadh.(AFP)

Saudi women scrap traditional abaya in bold bid for more freedom

Iran

Waiting for change. An Iranian woman watches a football game with her friend at a cafe in Tehran. (Reuters)

Banned from stadiums, Iran’s female football fans watch from a distance hoping FIFA can help

Jordan

Young Syrian refugees enjoy a session of UNICEF’s “My Music” initiative. (UNICEF)

Music initiative soothes the soul of traumatised child refugees

Egypt

Cement barriers reinforce the sea wall near the Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria. (AP)

Alexandria battles climate change

Hassan Abdel Zaher

Iraq

A Yazidi woman and mother of three children fathered by an ISIS fighter talks to reporters at a makeshift house on the outskirts of the north-western Iraqi town of Baadre, June 25. (AFP)

Yazidi mothers of ISIS children face impossible choices

Iran

A man with a mission. Veteran media executive and debutant memoirist Mohammad Sarafraz.(Courtesy of Mohammad Sarafraz)

Blame Khamenei: Memoirs of a media executive

Egypt

Egyptian doctors make a test during a campaign that aims to test 50 million people to detect and treat hepatitis C patients in Cairo. (Reuters)

Anti-hepatitis campaign tackles health crisis in Egypt

Hassan Abdel Zaher

Iraq

An Iraqi man carries his sick child during a demonstration outside a children’s hospital in Basra to demand the delivery of medical supplies for cancer patients. (AFP)

Basra cancer patients decry poor health-care conditions

Azhar Al-Rubaie