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Iran Sanctions

An Iranian woman works on her cell phone while spending an afternoon on steps outside of a shopping mall in northern Tehran, July 2. (AP)

Iranians manage to surf the web despite tide of censorship

Egypt

A foggy future. An Egyptian man reads a newspaper in the Zamalek district in Cairo.(AP)

Drop in sales, rising costs give tough times to Egypt’s newspaper industry

Yemen

Saving lives. A Yemeni child receives a vaccination at Aljomhori hospital in Yemen.(KSRelief)

KSRelief, UNICEF push mission to vaccinate 1.14 million Yemeni children

Lebanon

Harsh measures. A Lebanese customs officer shows a confiscated block of hashish in Beirut.(AFP)

NGO seeking to decriminalise drug use in Lebanon

Algeria

Algeria supporters with the country's national flag celebrate after Algeria won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) semi-final football match against Nigeria, on the Champs-Elysee avenue in Paris, July 14. (AFP)

Algerian football fans touch off national identity debate in France

Lebanon

A woman goes through clothes at the Emergency Room boutique in Mar Mikhael in Beirut. (Emergency Room)

Lebanese fashion designer with an eye on sustainable alternatives

tunisia

Foreign students attend class at the Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages in Tunis, Tunisia. (Khaoula ben Amara)

Tunisia’s Bourguiba school gears up for summer session

Stephen Quillen

Gulf

A vendor reads a newspaper as he sells melons and watermelons in a market in Riyadh. (Reuters)

Distribution of print newspapers halted in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Muslim pilgrims arrive at King Abdulaziz International Airport prior to the annual haj in the holy city of Mecca, July 7. (AFP)

Thousands of pilgrims start arriving in Saudi Arabia for haj