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The Arab Weekly
Issue: Sunday 29 Mar 2020
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Top Stories
Lockdowns do not come easy but Arab governments have few options
Lamine Ghanmi
Saudi-led G20 summit marks global turning point in tackling pandemic fallout
Sabahat Khan
Egypt’s terror fight not over after killing ISIS emir
Ahmed Megahid
After oil price crash, Russia looks for OPEC deal
Mohammed Alkhereiji
Economy
Coronavirus epidemic delivers tough blow to Lebanon’s dying economy
COVID-19 comes with a high cost to Egyptian economy
Amr Emam
Saudi, UAE roll out stimulus packages to blunt economic fallout from coronavirus
Jareer Elass
Epidemic only compounds Lebanon's socio-economic woes
Rami Rayess
Culture
My days of COVID-19 quarantine in Tunis
Roua Khlifi
Egypt cultural production goes online to circumvent virus constraints
Ahmed Megahid
COVID-19 empties Iraq’s protest squares as government imposes lockdown, travel bans
Oumayma Omar
Travel
UAE museums offer virtual voyages in history and civilisation of Arabian Peninsula
AW staff
Society
My days of COVID-19 quarantine in Tunis
Roua Khlifi
Egypt cultural production goes online to circumvent virus constraints
Ahmed Megahid
COVID-19 empties Iraq’s protest squares as government imposes lockdown, travel bans
Oumayma Omar
News & Analysis
Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone as foreign militaries pull out troops
Tunisia’s leaders jostle for power amid coronavirus crisis
Lamine Ghanmi
Iraqi PM-designate struggles to form government amid daunting challenges
AW staff
Israel’s Gantz elected speaker, to seek unity government with Netanyahu
AW staff
Heavy sentences affirmed in ex-Algerian PM cases
Egypt’s Salafists exploit mosques shutdown to expand influence
Ahmad Hafez
Moroccans reject Salafists’ ‘irresponsible’ attempt at assailing closure of mosques
Saad Guerraoui
Failure of GNA attack near Tunisian border marks a major setback for Fayez al-Sarraj
Michel Cousins
Gulf countries struggle to adjust in trying times
Caline Malek
Radicalisation threatens Syria’s children of war
Simon Speakman Cordall
Hezbollah faces scrutiny over release of SLA commander
Simon Speakman Cordall
As coronavirus cases spike, IRGC pretends all is well
James Snell
Hundreds of Iranians die ingesting methanol based on false notions about fighting virus
Nasser Karimi
The pandemic exposes false hopes and laxness in Ankara’s response
Yavuz Baydar