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Lebanese abroad look for ways to get involved in protest movement

Erdogan attempts tenuous balancing act between US, Russia

With deadlock continuing, Lebanon’s crisis is set for the long haul

Tunisia’s new political order likely to test Ennahda’s governing mettle

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?

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

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

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

A dealer counts Moroccan dirhams at a currency exchange in Casablanca. (Reuters)

Morocco mulls flexible currency exchange system

Mohamed al-Alawi

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

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

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

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

Ghannouchi loyalist is picked as prime minister-designate

Government infighting provokes Kuwaiti cabinet shakeup

Israel broadens showdown with Islamic Jihad to include Hamas

How Iraq’s oil revenues evaporate

Opinion

Seeking a new approach to Gulf security

Iran-backed crackdown has only emboldened Iraqi demonstrators

Iraqi youth want their country back

Israel has changed and so has Jordan

Khairallah Khairallah

Environmental awareness in the Arab world

Conquering fears and bigotry in Spain

Vox reinvents history to claim ‘Reconquista’ of Spain

Back against the wall, Erdogan battles to win time

Daughter of former Iranian president sounds alarm

Past shame cannot change the labelling of Israeli settlements products

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Confusion marks US role in north-eastern Syria

Gregory Aftandilian

Ghannouchi’s short-term victory could spell long-term trouble