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A boy sells balloons for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, in Sidon, southern Lebanon. (REUTERS)

Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr amid COVID-19 confinement

Muslims

Palestinians perform Friday prayers on the street outside of the closed-down Al-Qazazin mosque in the old town of the West Bank city of Hebron. (AFP)

Muslims expecting subdued Eid al-Fitr holiday amid lockdown restrictions

Middle East

A discarded mask lies in a Beirut street, an image captured as part of a photographic project, titled "Invaders in Beirut", in Lebanon. (Reuters)

Protective masks become at times a health hazard in the Middle East

Lebanon

Packs of multiple seeds and technical brochures are distributed under the food security initiative (LNE)

Crisis pushes Lebanese to seek food security

pandemic

In the face of pandemic, a blossoming of Arab creative initiatives

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Lebanon

A woman takes care of an old man at Beit Jdoudna foto courtesy Yara Bou Aoun in Beit Mery in Mount Lebanon. (Yara Bou Aoun)

Lebanese lend seniors a helping hand amid economic crisis

Ramadan

A few Muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque. (AFP)

Muslims to celebrate Ramadan under the shadow of the pandemic

Arab region

Children continue their school curriculum online via a computer screen at their home in Kuwait City, March 23. (AFP)

Out of school, Arab pupils turn to internet and TV

Egypt

Christian Orthodox Egyptians wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic attend a Bright Saturday service at a church in the capital Cairo, April 18. (AFP)

Low-key Easter celebrations in Cairo, Jerusalem amid pandemic concerns