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Issue: Sunday 26 May 2019

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Top Stories

Libya’s Islamic militants brag about receiving new Turkish weapons
Lamine Ghanmi
Houthi attacks signal new chapter in drone warfare
Alessandro Arduino
Lingering economic woes cast huge uncertainties over Lebanon’s future
Simon
‘Deal of the century’ gets off to rough start
Manuel Langendorf
Iraq caught in US-Iran showdown amid concerns over ‘rogue militias’
Mamoon Alabbasi

Interview

Ahwazi writer Yousef Azizi. (Al Arab)
The Ahwazis’ struggle is also cultural
Mohamed Hemamsi
A different take. Tunisian director Nacer Khemir. (Al Arab)
Tunisian film director Nacer Khemir finds inspiration in heritage
Mokhlis al-Saghir

Economy

A Moroccan farmer checks an olive tree at a field in Meknes (AFP)
Morocco works on ‘digital transformation’ of agriculture
Mohamed Alaoui
Old men work as street cleaners in the Moroccan city of Assilah. (Saad Guerraoui)
Despite drop in poverty, Morocco struggles with social inequalities
Saad Guerraoui
A mechanical engineering student from Helwan University checks a solar-powered vehicle in Cairo. (Reuters)
Unemployment down in Egypt but maintaining trend is a challenge
Amr Emam
Tunisia’s Central Bank Governor Marouane El Abassi speaks during a news conference in Tunis, last February.  (Reuters)
Bad political timing for Tunisia’s economic slump
Lamine Ghanmi

Culture

A view of Citerne Beirut space for performing arts. (Citerne Beirut)
Citerne Beirut injects new life into performing arts
Samar Kadi
Ahwazi writer Yousef Azizi. (Al Arab)
The Ahwazis’ struggle is also cultural
Mohamed Hemamsi
Moroccan actress Lubna Azabal (L), Moroccan film director Maryam Touzani (C) and Moroccan actress Nisrin Erradi pose during a photocall for the film “Adam” at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, May 20.  (AFP)
Moroccan film tackles taboo of unmarried mothers
Fiachra Gibbons

Travel

Hikers in Um Bogma. (Antoine Naggar)
Um Bugma’s mysterious charm on Sinai Trail
Marc Espanol-34622

Society

People at the “Dinner on the Ground” in Istanbul’s Uskudar district. (Thomas Seibert)
Turkey’s Ramadan ‘Dinners on the Ground’ ruffle government feathers
Thomas Seibert
A Jewish pilgrim lights a candle on the second day of the annual pilgrimage to El Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, May 22. (AFP)
Jews flock to Tunisia’s Djerba in another illustration of religious tolerance
Francis Ghiles

News & Analysis

Syria’s position on Iran-US standoff signals change of course
Sami Moubayed
For Egypt, the Africa Cup of Nations is about more than just football
Ahmed Megahid
Turkish involvement in Libya raises regional security concerns in Egypt
Hassan Abdel Zaher

Thoughts

Has ISIS been truly defeated?
An ‘international’ tribunal for ISIS fighters?
Why deradicalisation programmes are needed for the far right
This European country’s deradicalisation plan actually works
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