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Algeria

Celebrating identity. Algerian Berber women prepare couscous as they mark the Yennayer New Year in the village of Ait el-Kecem, south of Tizi-Ouzou, east of Algiers. (AFP)

Celebration of Amazigh new year reflects Algeria’s diversity but also stark contradictions

Morocco

A house on the outskirts of Marrakech. (AFP)

Marrakech a magnet of foreign investment in real estate

Tantora Festival

A view of the facade of the mirrored-wall Maraya Theatre in Al-Ula, a UNESCO World Heritage site in north-western Saudi Arabia.(AFP)

Tantora Festival showcases world cultures, Saudi heritage

Sheikh Ahmad Hawili

Sheikh Ahmad Hawili (L) and soprano Ghada Shbeir. (Beirut Chants Festival)

Beirut Christmas carolling comes with a revolutionary twist

tunisia

A Palestinian farmer checks the palm tree fruit to make sure it is disease-free. (Culture & Arts Association, Palestine)

Date palm heritage in Arab World celebrated by UNESCO

London

Artist Lena Naassana, Saeida Rouass, Hannah Khalil and Nour Hage. (Dr Johnson’s House)

London exhibition explores Britain, Middle East ties

Karen Dabrowska

Lebanon

A young Lebanese protester looks at graffiti on the walls of the headquarters of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in central Beirut.(AFP)

‘Revolutionary art’ adorns the walls of rebellious Beirut

Scotland

Adventurer Alice Morrison posing with a camel. (Instagram)

Scottish adventurer to embark on thrilling, perilous Sahara expedition

Iraq

Activists work on a mural in the Old City of Mosul. (Oumayma Omar)

‘Art Revolution’; brings colour and hope to Iraq’s Mosul