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Lebanon

A man dressed as Santa Claus rides on a tourist double-decker bus, in Beirut. REUTERS

Shattered Beirut districts liven up for Christmas

tunisia

Rania Gabsi and Lasaad Bousbeia. (Facebook)

‘El Harba’ exposes contradictions in Tunisian society

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Algeria

An Algerian activist holds a placard reading in French, “We dream of a country where women who talk about rape are listened to more than men who talk about the veil” during a rally in the capital Algiers, this month. (AFP)

Violence against women mobilises Algerian actresses

tunisia

Sofiene Chaari (left) and Kaouthar Belhaj in the Tunisian series “Choufli Hall”. (Tunisian TV youtube channel)

TV’s ‘good old days’ allow Tunisians escape from stressful reality

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Lebanon

Anti-government protesters stand in front of soldiers on a highway as they carry placards in Arabic that read “your salary has become $180,” referring to the minimum wage in Lebanon in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Diab warns ending subsidies would lead to ‘social explosion‘

society

Algerian activists rally in the capital Algiers on October 8, to denounce the brutal murder of a 19-year-old woman and those of 38 other women killed this year. (AFP)

Rape, murder of Algerian woman spark calls for death penalty

Morocco

Volunteers disinfect a housing complex to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco. (AP)

COVID-19 could expand poverty in Morocco, experts warn

tunisia

Migrants from Tunisia disembark from Italy’s Guardia Costiera (Coast Guard) boat in the Italian Pelagie Island of Lampedusa on July 30. (AFP)

In Tunisia, not only the unemployed seek illegal emigration

Jordan

Jordanian army soldiers deployed at entrances and exits of main cities to enforce COVID-19 confinement measures. (AFP)

Reintroduced compulsory service in Jordan sparks debate