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Jordan

Breaking the taboo. A Jordanian psychiatrist talks to a drug-dependent youth at a rehabilitation centre in Amman, January 7. (AFP)

Jordan campaigns to combat drug addiction

Yemen

A vital life line. Qima founder Faris Sheibani (L) speaks with Yemeni farmers in Al Hayma. (Qima Coffee)

Londoners’ cup of coffee helping farmers in war-ravaged Yemen

Karen Dabrowska

Food

A taste of tradition. Dishes prepared by the Soufra team. (Courtesy of Soufra)

‘Soufra,’ an inspiring journey of a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon

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

Mohamed al-Alawi-88326

Iraq

Doctors and patients at a Baghdad hospital. (AFP)

Medical doctors, a disappearing profession in Iraq

Cairo

Symbols of coexistence. A view of a church and a mosque sitting adjacently in Cairo’s Shubra district. (Amr Emam)

Cairo’s Shubra district: An island of religious tolerance

Pope Francis

Consolidating the path. Pope Francis gestures towards worshippers at the Vatican, March 16. (AFP)

Pope Francis’s visit to Morocco constitutes important step in dialogue of civilisations

Mohamed al-Alawi-88326

water scarcity

Secretary General of the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association Khaldon Khashman speaks at the opening of the Fifth Arab Water Week in the Dead Sea. (ACWUA)

Resilient water sectors needed in arid MENA region

Lebanon

A Lebanese man smokes shisha in Sidon. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s tobacco addiction comes with a medical bill