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Tunis

Visitors look at books at the 35th International Book Fair in Tunis, April 7. (Tunis International Book Fair)

Tunis International Book Fair highlights principles of individual rights, equality

UAE

A driverless vehicle at Masdar City, on the eastern outskirts of Abu Dhabi. (AFP)

‘Artificial intelligence’ becoming buzz phrase in Arab world

Morocco

A 2017 file picture shows state-employed medical professionals demonstrating outside the health ministry,in Rabat. (AP)

Heated debate in Morocco over brain drain

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Iraq

Doctors and patients at a Baghdad hospital. (AFP)

Medical doctors, a disappearing profession in Iraq

UAE

Flamingos are seen at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. (Dubai Municipality)

UAE basks in limelight with nine wetlands on Ramsar list

society

Turkish singer Sila (C) sits with her lawyer Rezan Epozde (L) waiting to go into the court room in Istanbul on March 7, 2019. (AFP)

Turkish pop star's case highlights violence against women

Lebanon

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

Lebanese students celebrate country's resilience in artform

Lebanon

Lebanon’s Interior Minister Raya El Hassan at the Interior Ministry in Beirut, February 6. (AP)

Heated debate on civil marriage re-emerges in Lebanon

Turkey

Turkish journalist Busra Cebeci without the headscarf. (Courtesy of Busra Cebeci)

Shedding the headscarf, Turkish women tell of pressures and new solidarity