New film fights ISIS’s ideology through comedy

Few Arab films tackle the Islamic State (ISIS) but El-Armouty Fi Ard El-Nar (El-Armouty in the Line of Fire), a recently released Egypti...

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UNRWA celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities

On 4 December, the UNRWA disability programme in Gaza, a part of the UNRWA Relief and Social Services Programme (RSSP) in cooperation wi...

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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

  Decrease in the Construction Cost Index for Residential Buildings The Construction Cost Index for Residential buildings reached 102....

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UAE Contributes US$ 15 Million in Support of UNRWA Education in Gaza

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) today announced a new US$ 15 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pales...

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The sheikh forgot that the greatest of the Arab seductress singers is Muslim

A Kuwaiti film producer, Tareq Baddar, has published an article criticizing Muslim preachers for inciting against Jews in their sermons ...

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Killing fish seller in the city of Al Hoceima in northern Morocco

The gruesome death of a fish seller in Morocco has prompted angry protests across the country. Video footage being shared on social me...

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Philippine President to Obama: I will not visit your country, O son of"Whore"

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said his country was not severing ties with the United States but shifting its foreign policy in a ...

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See how the Arabs first debate between Trump and Clinton

Varied reactions among Arab viewers who watched the first debate to Mr. Donald Trump and Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Many Arabs perceive Clint...

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Kadyrov holds a banquet at the Presidential Palace in honor of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar

The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and President of the Muslim Council of Elders Prof. Ahmed el-Tayeb has just arrived, in the company of Cheche...

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government to grant political asylum to Fethullah Gulen and supporters of the Gulen movement

The Turkish government accuses Gulen, a Turkish cleric who lives in the United States, of being behind the failed July 15 coup in Turkey...

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Kuwait Patients Helping Fund Society Donates Medicines to Palestine Refugees in Lebanon

The Kuwait Patients Helping Fund Society (KPHFS) has contributed US$ 200,000 to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...

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How President Obama became my family

Prior to serving on OFA's Advisory Board, I served as President Obama's "body man" at the White House.  My job was to...

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John Chilcot: ‘Iraq war inquiry will not shy away from criticisms’

Sir John Chilcot has insisted he was not afraid to criticise those who were in charge at the time of the Iraq war in his long-delayed re...

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searching in some of the deepest waters of the Mediterranean

The crash of an EgyptAir jet has strengthened the case for ejectable “black boxes” that are launched out of an aircraft in an accident, ...

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SAUDI ARABIA TO GIVE WOMEN RIGHT TO POSSESS COPY OF MARRIAGE CONTRACT

BY  JACK MOORE Saudi Arabia is to give brides a copy of their marriage contracts for the first time in a bid to boost the rights of wo...

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WHAT PART DID THE SAUDIS PLAY IN THE 9/11 ATTACKS?

BY  EMMA ASHFORD   Yet these developments—a congressional bill that allows Americans to sue foreign governments for supporting terror...

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PAKISTAN APPROVES CONTROVERSIAL CYBER CRIME BILL

BY  LUCY CLARKE-BILLINGS   The controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 has  been approved by Pakistan's National ...

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HUNDREDS OF WEALTHY CLIENTS PROBED FOR TAX EVASION

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) said on Monday it is investigating more than 800 wealthy clients of a Panama law firm for possible tax e...

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Donald Trump:People ask me why I don’t like Muslims

Easter is a time for remembering that Muslims killed Jesus, according to Donald Trump. “People ask me why I don’t like Muslims, and I sa...

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BOKO HARAM: CAMEROON SENTENCE 89 MILITANTS TO DEATH

BY  CONOR GAFFEY   ON 3/17/16 Cameroonian President Paul Biya (L) walks with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari (R) at the ai...

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