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Syria

A pregnant Syrian woman carries her child at a compound housing Syrian refugees in Sidon in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)

Syrian refugees are not going home anytime soon

Jordan

Jordanian soldiers watch computer screens. (AP)

Jordan sounds the alarm over rising online crimes

TV

Iraqi Ahmad al-Basheer, host of the “Basheer Show,” watches a video of his TV show on a computer screen in Amman. (AFP)

Can Arab satellite TV catch up with social media?

IT

A worshipper reads from a prayer on his smartphone at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Archangels in Cairo. (AFP)

The dangerous cocktail of smartphones and Facebook

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Morocco

In for a change. Former director of the Centre for Women’s Studies and Research in Islam Asma Lamrabet. (AFP)

Debate on equal inheritance heats up in Morocco

Jordan

For better or worse. A Jordanian couple greet their guests at their wedding party at a hotel in downtown Amman. (Reuters)

Jordan introduces free pre-marriage counselling to lower divorce rates

UAE

Spreading happiness. The signing of a cooperation protocol between Alif Yaa Saada, Egyptian NGO Arab Achievers and Egyptian training company Skyline. (Alif Yaa Saada)

Emirati initiative brings happiness expertise to Egypt

Iraq

A new approach to life. A patient at the theatre clinic expresses himself through acting and playing the oud. (Oumayma Omar)

Drama therapy used to help victims of trauma in Baghdad

Arab world

A box of Viagra, typically used to treat erectile dysfunction, on display at a pharmacy. (Reuters)

Twenty years on, Viagra sheds light on male attitudes in the Arab world

Stephen Quillen