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water scarcity

Secretary General of the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association Khaldon Khashman speaks at the opening of the Fifth Arab Water Week in the Dead Sea. (ACWUA)

Resilient water sectors needed in arid MENA region

Lebanon

A Lebanese man smokes shisha in Sidon. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s tobacco addiction comes with a medical bill

smoking

Palestinian vendors sell cigarettes at a shop in Gaza City. (AFP)

The costly failure to cut smoking in the Arab world

Oussama Romdhani

African migrants

African migrants sit next to Holot open detention in Israel's southern Negev desert last year. (AFP)

Eritrean migrant in Israel wins $278,000 on scratch ticket

Iraq

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Yazidi activist Nadia Murad gestures while talking to people during her visit to Sinjar, Iraq December 14, 2018. (Reuters)

Women should take part in 'peace negotiations': Iraqi ex-ambassador

International Women's Day

Young Iraqi women browse titles on display at a book festival in the northern city of Mosul, last September. (AFP)

Protecting women’s rights in Iraq affects the whole population

Egypt

Demographic challenge. An elevated view of al-Attaba district on the edge of downtown Cairo.(AFP)

Egypt’s population predicament

Lebanon

The entrance to the venue of the"Keep Walking Lebanon" competition. (Keep Walking Lebanon)

Lebanese students celebrate country's resilience in artform

Jordan

Bridal gowns and engagement dresses on display in a small shop in northern Jordan. (AP)

Woman lawmaker takes on child marriage in Jordan