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MENA

A professor in pharmaceutical sciences performs an in vitro test at a laboratory in the Lebanese American University (LAU) branch near Byblos. (AFP)

Reason why Arab minds search for greener pastures in the West

MENA

Iraqi schoolgirls attend an English class at a school in western Mosul. (AFP)

Lost in translation

Oussama Romdhani

Turkey

A 2016 file picture shows demonstrators shouting slogans during a protest against the arrest of prominent journalists in central Istanbul. (Reuters)

Erdogan’s face-off with the ‘enemies of the people’

Lebanon

Bernard Hage’s “Martini at Momo’s.” (Courtesy of Bernard Hage)

New generation of cartoonists confront new challenges

Khadija Hamouchi

Palestinian

More than what’s on a plate. A Palestinian man makes falafel, a traditional dish consisting of fried chickpeas, on a street in Nablus. (AFP)

Israel’s appropriation of Palestinian food

Palestinian

Israeli forces stand guard in front of a mural at the main entrance of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. (AFP)

Israel’s cultural war with Palestinians scathes Israeli liberals

Mamoon Alabbasi

Egypt

Parallel schools. Children recite verses from the Quran at a religious centre in Cairo. (Reuters)

Religious child centres in Egypt breed extremism

Egypt

Hopes and challenges. A view of the dome of the Church of the Virgin Mary on the northern outskirts of Cairo. (AFP)

Egypt’s Christians ambivalent about church licensing law

Arab world

A need for change. Students arrive at the Manouba Faculty of Arts, Letters, and Humanities outside Tunis. (AFP)

Arab educators weigh new university classification system