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Egypt

A scene from the Grand Night ballet show aired on the Egyptian Ministry of Culture Youtube channel. (Ahmed Megahid)

Egypt cultural production goes online to circumvent virus constraints

tunisia

People walk at the Kasbah souk in the old town of Tunis, March 10. (AFP)

‘Rebels of quarantine’ frustrate Tunisian authorities

Imen Boudali-58358

society

Lawmakers of the Egyptian Salafist Nour Party attend a special session of parliament to vote on new constitutional amendments, in the capital Cairo on April 16, 2019. (AFP)

Egyptian Salafists in uproar over bill restricting polygamy, underage marriages

Hassan Abdel Zaher

Lebanon

A Lebanese Red Cross ambulance leaves the emergency building of the government-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital, where most Lebanese coronavirus cases are treated, in Beirut, March 11. (AP)

Lebanon hospitals facing Coronavirus amid medical shortages

society

Entrepreneur and former British diplomat Angela Solomon. (Courtesy of Angela Solomon)

Designing quality childcare business in MENA

Khadija Hamouchi

tunisia

A scene from the theatre workshop for children at the headquarters of L’Art Rue. (L’Art Rue)

Tunisian children find therapy in music

maghreb

The first Moroccan female fishing cooperative go out to sea in a fishing boat, in the village of Belyounech, north Morocco. (AP)

Moroccan fisherwomen venture into man’s realm

Amira El-Masaiti-49000

society

A sentence in Arabic reads, "To all Egyptian women, be strong together against violence", with other messages of support, on a board during the first Egyptian womens' race, to raise awareness about violence against women, in Cairo, Egypt, November 30, 2018. (REUTERS)

Gender bias in the workplace is a daily struggle for women

Khadija Hamouchi

Lebanon

Women’s rights activists during an anti-government protest in Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese women to press for equal personal status rights on International Women’s Day