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Issue: Sunday 17 Nov 2019

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Top Stories

Lebanese abroad look for ways to get involved in protest movement
Justin Salhani
Erdogan attempts tenuous balancing act between US, Russia
Thomas Seibert
With deadlock continuing, Lebanon’s crisis is set for the long haul
Samar Kadi
Tunisia’s new political order likely to test Ennahda’s governing mettle
Lamine Ghanmi
Iran-backed militias accused of violently quashing Iraq's protest
Azhar Al-Rubaie

Interview

Elie Abouaoun, director of the MENA programme at the US Institute of Peace. (Twitter)
Can the UN mediate the Iraq and Lebanon crises?
Lamine Ghanmi
Christian Chesnot, investigative journalist at French radio channel France Inter. (Courtesy of Christian Chesnot)
Former hostage Christian Chesnot sheds light on Qatar's influence networks, old and new
Majed Nehme

Economy

A general view of an Algerian oil installation on the outskirts of In Amenas. (AFP)
Algeria enacts controversial oil law to draw foreign investors
Lamine Ghanmi
A Tunisian policeman checks tickets of British tourists leaving the country at the Enfidha International airport on June 27, 2015. (AFP)
Turkish management of Tunisia's Enfidha Airport stirs controversy
Riadh Bouazza
A dealer counts Moroccan dirhams at a currency exchange in Casablanca. (Reuters)
Morocco mulls flexible currency exchange system
Mohamed Alaoui

Culture

Three silver and brass overlaid steel rams, Qajar, Iran, second half of 19th century. (Christie's Images Ltd, 2019)
London’s auctions give insight into Islamic art
Zainab Mehdi
A painting by Libyan artist Abdelgader Badr. (Courtesy of Abdelgader Badr)
Abdelgader Badr, a Libyan artist with a sense of ‘power of things’
Khulud al-Fallah
Sherin Guirguis’s large earring (L) in the main hall of Beet al-Qadi. (Saeed Shahat)
Exhibition takes modern art to Cairo’s Fatimid quarter
Hassan Abdel Zaher
“We Love Life” by Bahia Shehab. (Charlene Rodrigues)
Video works inspired by Arab revolts premiere in London's Aga Khan Centre
Karen Dabrowska

Travel

Adventurer Alice Morrison posing with a camel. (Instagram)
Scottish adventurer to embark on thrilling, perilous Sahara expedition
Saad Guerraoui

Society

Egyptians gather at a cafe in the city of Ismailia to watch a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations football match, last June. (AFP)
Egypt dents Qatar's African-sports monopoly in ongoing media war
Ahmed Megahid
A visitor takes pictures of posters of Hollywood movie stars during a screening at the King Abdullah Financial District Theatre in Riyadh. (AP)
Kingdom's reform drive irks hard-line conservatives
Mohammed Alkhereiji

News & Analysis

UAE establishes defence conglomerate to boost position as global innovation player
Sabahat Khan
Ghannouchi loyalist is picked as prime minister-designate
AW staff
Government infighting provokes Kuwaiti cabinet shakeup
AW staff
Israel broadens showdown with Islamic Jihad to include Hamas
AW staff
How Iraq’s oil revenues evaporate
Samya Kullab
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