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The fighting has killed 454 people and wounded more than 2,000 others, according to the World Health Organization
Libyans unite to house Tripoli’s displaced
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Although Mosul has been back in government hands since 2017, its young academics see the barren bookshelves as part of IS's dark legacy
Mosul academics restock barren libraries
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A narrow pavement passage in Triq Mediouna filled by street vendors
Food consumption soars but economic activity slows in Morocco during Ramadan
Saad Guerraoui
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Islam allows men to end their marriages verbally, only by telling their wives they are divorcing them
Egypt teaches kids about love in bid to curb divorce
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Some of the posters date back to 1930s Egypt or Lebanon in the late 1950s
In Lebanon, vintage film posters question Western clichés
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Food products nearing expiry on display at a market in Amman
Nearly expired food is an inexpensive alternative for Jordanians in Ramadan
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Staring at the memories
Ex-convict's drawings give rare glimpse of life in Egypt's jails
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Even the elderly religious figures along the back wall swayed to the rhythm, including Sheikh Salem al-Janahi.
Iraqi rappers spit religious verses over Western beats
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Western countries that have imposed sanctions on Assad's government oppose any reconstruction work until there is a political solution
Aleppo’s shell-beaten minarets remain in ruins
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Lebanese artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Sounds of Syrian prison nominated for UK art prize
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Abdelkader Ouazzani, the last of Morocco's brocade master weavers
Ouazzani, the last of Morocco's brocade master weavers
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Scientists consider the Red Sea's reefs the most climate change-resilient corals
Egypt's rebounding tourism threatens Red Sea marine ecosystem
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Wicker products on display in central Baghdad
Iraq’s ancient crafts struggling to survive
Oumayma Omar
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"Known as the City of Books, it has fast established itself as the source for the region's growing publishing sector"
UAE city of Sharjah is 2019 World Book Capital
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The tomb is the latest in a series unveiled by Egypt's ministry of antiquities
Expansive New Kingdom tomb unveiled in Egypt's Luxor
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South Sudan's five-year-long civil war has left possibly tens of thousands of people without limbs
South Sudan prosthetics give amputees hope
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