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Fatima Zahra Mansouri became the first women to be elected mayor of Marrakesh, one of the biggest cities in Morocco.
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Marionzetta
The City Council passed a resolution calling to add two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, to the school year; but Mayor...
Larry Mastria
Saudi Arabia's complex filter system blocks more content than in any other Middle Eastern country, according to a new report. With...
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Reports coming out of Egypt suggest that 306 Shi'is, amongst them influential cleric Hassan Shehata have been arrested in Cairo on...
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US forces have today begun a large scale offensive against the Taliban in the troubled Helmand province of Afghanistan, involving...
Jack Shenker
A lively debate about whether Gamal Mubarak should be supported as a presidential candidate in Egypt's next election is being held...
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Isareli military forces have boarded a ship carrying humaitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists to Gaza, including Nobel Prize...
Nibaq
Microsoft has launched a new application, offering free seamless conversion from romanized Arabic to Arabic script.
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StartAgain
Tremors hit Cairo today after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 struck 80 miles from Iraklion in Crete, Greece....
