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Egypt

Egypt’s national team goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, also known as Al-Sad Al-Aaly, arrives for a training session, on June 11. (AFP)

For Egypt’s new breed of footballers, everything’s in a nickname

Mahmud el-Shafey

Eid

Pastry shop at Derb Sultan district in Casablanca. (Saad Guerraoui)

Centuries-old traditions prevail as Moroccans celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Eid

Egyptians look up as balloons are released from the roof of a mosque on Eid al-Fitr. (AFP)

In Arab world, Eid al-Fitr comes with a mix of economic and political concerns

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi Arabian woman prepares for a training session at the Bikers Skills Institute, on the outskirts of Riyadh, on June 3. (AFP)

Saudi women rev up motorbikes as end to driving ban nears

UAE

Beyond exploration. Emirati visitors take photos at a temporary space museum in Abu Dhabi. (AP)

UAE champions MENA region space exploration

Saudi Arabia

First Saudi women get driving licences

Syria

Syrian actors check a mobile phone on set during the filming of a television series in the mountains of Damascus’s eastern Yafour area. (AFP)

Syria’s television industry staggers through another Ramadan

Ramadan

Abu Nassar Hinnawi restaurant in the Israeli city of Jaffa. (Kaja Bouman)

For Arab-Israelis, nothing is different in Ramadan

Ramadan

Iraqi men buy food in an open air market in Mosul, on May 2. (AFP)

Ramadan spirit revived in post-ISIS Mosul