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Turkey

Members of the Assyrian Christian community arrive to attend a Sunday mass at the More Benham Kirklar Church in Mardin, south-eastern Turkey. (AFP)

Turkish Assyrians worry about declining community, fragile heritage

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi woman sells jewellery at a retail store in Riyadh. (AFP)

Saudi women frustrated by pandemic in quest for financial independence

Egypt

Men, one of them wearing a protective face mask, ride a motorbike, in Cairo, amidst concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease. (REUTERS)

Egyptians reusing, sharing masks to avoid fines

Algeria

An Algerian housewife prepares a meal inside her kitchen in Algiers. (AFP)

Austerity policies could trigger social explosion in Algeria

society

A boy sells balloons for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, in Sidon, southern Lebanon. (REUTERS)

Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr amid COVID-19 confinement

Muslims

Palestinians perform Friday prayers on the street outside of the closed-down Al-Qazazin mosque in the old town of the West Bank city of Hebron. (AFP)

Muslims expecting subdued Eid al-Fitr holiday amid lockdown restrictions

Middle East

A discarded mask lies in a Beirut street, an image captured as part of a photographic project, titled "Invaders in Beirut", in Lebanon. (Reuters)

Protective masks become at times a health hazard in the Middle East

Lebanon

Packs of multiple seeds and technical brochures are distributed under the food security initiative (LNE)

Crisis pushes Lebanese to seek food security

pandemic

In the face of pandemic, a blossoming of Arab creative initiatives

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