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Libya

Members of Libyan motorcycle clubs take part in a bike ride in the eastern city of Benghazi, on April 27, 2021. (AFP)

Benghazi bikers showcase Libya’s shift to ‘normality’

haj

Muslims, keeping a safe social distance, perform Umrah at the Grand Mosque, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS

Saudi Arabia may bar overseas haj pilgrims for second year

Ramadan

Worshippers attend socially distanced Friday Prayers at the Baitul Futuh Mosque of the Ahmadiyya Community in south west London on January 22, 2021. AFP

British Muslims urged to have COVID jab during Ramadan

Libya

Palm wicker products made by Tawergha residents who returned to the city after fleeing in the aftermath of the toppling of Gadhafi. (AFP)

Libya’s Tawergha residents bring back craft as they return home

Jews

Staff work on the production line of Kosher poultry meat in a Kosher slaughterhouse in Csengele, Hungary on January 15, 2021. (AP)

Jews, Muslims contest European ritual slaughter restrictions

Libya

A teacher checks the temperature of a student before entering a class after some schools reopened amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Misrata, Libya. (REUTERS)

Pandemic, conflict disrupt Libyan children’s education

society

Algerian activists rally in the capital Algiers on October 8, to denounce the brutal murder of a 19-year-old woman and those of 38 other women killed this year. (AFP)

Rape, murder of Algerian woman spark calls for death penalty

Eid

Men buy sheep at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Tunis, Tunisia. (AFP)

Sacrificial rites of Eid al-Adha hindered by pandemic, purchasing power

UN

Volunteers wearing face masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic distribute food aid at the central market in Tunis. (AFP)

UN commission calls for inter-Arab solidarity in face of pandemic