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Society

For the love of speed. Rana Almimoni, a Saudi motor racing enthusiast, poses on a track on the southern outskirts of Riyadh. (AFP)

After end of driving ban, Saudi women taste thrill of speed

Anuj Chopra-26874

UAE

Saifeldden Hatim, one of the developers of BraillEye. (The Arab Weekly)

UAE University students develop ground-breaking reading hardware device for the visually impaired

UAE

News conference with Ahmed al-Mihairi, secretary-general of the Supreme Legislation Committee (C) and Younus al-Nasser, CEO of the Dubai Data Establishment (C-R). (Smart Dubai)

Dubai’s comprehensive data policies setting the foundation for a Smart City

MENA

This file photo taken on May 10, 2012 shows a view of and Apple iPhone displaying the Facebook app's splash screen in front of the login page. (AFP)

The saga of Facebook Arabic on the iPhone

Khadija Hamouchi

Lebanon

Don’t you wish! A Lebanese young man, carrying the national flag, reads a graffiti on concrete blast walls on the road leading to the governmental palace in Beirut. (AFP)

Lacking opportunities, Lebanese youth are growing disillusioned and desperate

Egypt

Out of need. An Egyptian street vendor sells traditional hats in Old Cairo. (Reuters)

Young, middle-class Egyptians compete with street vendors

Shirin Al-Daydamouni

Egypt

For a peaceful coexistence. Minarets of a mosque and a cross above a church in the El-Marg district of Cairo. (Reuters)

Egypt plans new museum to promote religious tolerance

haj

Unforgettable experience. Muslim pilgrims arrive at Jeddah airport prior to the start of the annual haj in Mecca. (AFP)

Jeddah shines as Saudi Arabia’s main gate for haj pilgrims

Lebanon

At critical levels. Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai in southern Beirut, on July 19. (AFP)

Sea pollution in Lebanon approaching dangerous levels