Inside Turkey

Turkey-Greece population exchange still painful for those yearning for a lost past

More than 1.6 million people were displaced after the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne saw Christian and Muslim populations exchanged in an attempt to form homogenous nation states
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Economy
Egypt crisis: Sisi's mega projects are no substitute for feeding the people
Farah Choucair
Nuclear
'The day the desert wind cried': French nuclear tests cast long shadow in Libyan Sahara
Inside Israel
Ethiopian Israelis' struggle for dignity is linked to Palestinians'
Adane Zawdu Gebyanesh
Culture
Freedom, justice, Palestine: Five revolutionary modern Arab poets
Diplomacy
Condemnation and condolences from Gulf states after deadly Pakistan bombing
Occupation
Rights group files objection against US embassy plans on stolen land in Jerusalem
US Politics
NYC considers renaming Harlem street after controversial Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad
Economy
Russia and Iran launch payment system as an alternative to Swift
Inside Israel
Nearly 80 US legal scholars 'strongly oppose' Israel's judicial reforms
Hindutva
New Jersey prosecutors conclude that bulldozer at India Day was a 'bias incident'
Inside Egypt
Three Egyptian TikTok influencers arrested after parody video of jail visit
Arms Trade
Turkey signs $200m deal with South Korean firm for Altay tank parts

Opinion

Occupation
Why Israel and the West fail to understand the Palestinian struggle
Feras Abu Helal
Economy
Egypt crisis: Sisi's mega projects are no substitute for feeding the people
Farah Choucair
Islamophobia
Sweden: The Quran burning incident is hate speech, not free speech
Mobashra Tazamal
Occupation
When Zionism splits: Israel and the warning from colonial history
David Hearst
Inside Israel
Ethiopian Israelis' struggle for dignity is linked to Palestinians'
Adane Zawdu Gebyanesh
Syria War
How Syria became Erdogan's Achilles heel
Kamal Alam
Occupation
Zionists only: The basic flaw of Israel's new protests against judicial power grab
Gideon Levy
Economy
Is Egypt on the brink of another uprising?
Mohamad Elmasry
UK Politics
Attlee, not Blair, must be Starmer's inspiration
Peter Oborne
Human Rights
Kenneth Roth's Harvard saga is a victory over Israel's academic bullying
Richard Silverstein
Politics
How 2022 saw the old world order start to crumble
Marco Carnelos
Culture
Andrew Tate is no role model for young Muslims - he's a vulgar misogynist 
Imran Mulla
Inside Iran
Drone wars and the rise of Iran's military-industrial complex
Hamid Dabashi
Sport
UK: Football, Islamophobia and the 'unconscious racist'
Faisal Hanif
Inside Israel
Israeli fascism is splitting the Zionist camp. 48 Palestinians must forge own opposition
Ameer Makhoul
Egypt Turmoil
Are Gulf leaders abandoning Egypt?
Khalil al-Anani
Egypt Turmoil
Despair, fear, repression: Sisi is driving Egypt toward disaster
Yehia Hamed
Islamophobia
How Austria made the study of Islamophobia a crime
Farid Hafez
UK Politics
For Britain's sake, we must unleash the potential of Muslim civil society
Usaama al-Azami
Occupation
The politics of hummus: Israel's search for cultural identity
Emad Moussa
Politics
As global recession looms, how can the world recover?
Taha Ozhan
Gaza Siege
How the Gaza siege has made me a stranger to the outside world
Issam A Adwan
Lebanon economic crisis
How has Lebanon avoided total collapse?
Farah Choucair
Heritage
David Graeber vs Yuval Harari: Exploding the myth of how civilisation began
Joe Gill
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Video

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Family of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah pleads with UK government for help
Human Rights
‘It's my last hope before I kill myself’: Asylum seeker threatens to end his life in Malaysia
Al-Aqsa Attack
The history of al-Aqsa Mosque
Human Rights
South Korea: Egyptian asylum seekers demand recognition after years of waiting
Occupation
Watermelon: A slice of Palestinian resistance
Gaza Under Attack
The race against time in Gaza to save people under rubble
Gaza Under Attack
Israel's impunity 'eroding foundation of international order'
Arms Trade
Silence for arms: Egypt’s secret deal with the EU
Gaza Siege
Raised under siege: Young Palestinians in Gaza speak out about living under blockade
Occupation
‘It’s time you report the truth’: Husam Zomlot lambasts western media coverage of Palestine
Culture
Chef Joudie Kalla on preserving Palestinian cuisine, activism, and 'shadow banning'
Egypt Turmoil
Eyewitness: Egypt's forgotten prisoners
Gaza aftermath
A year on from Israeli bombing, Gaza families still can’t rebuild
Shireen Abu Akleh killing
Visual investigation: Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh?
Yemen War
Explained: The history of the Houthis
Gaza aftermath
'I'm 22 and I lost 22 family members': Palestinian artist paints to grieve loss
Human Rights
Eyewitness: The fate of Egypt's female prisoners
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war: Irish lawmaker calls out Nato ‘hypocrisy’
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war: African students face discrimination at Poland border
Human Rights
'Israel not winning PR fight': Amnesty chief discusses 'apartheid' report
9/11 Attacks
Al-Qaeda, Taliban and the history of the Mujahideen
Inside Egypt
Egypt: Protests outside Giza factory after worker’s suicide
Inside Saudi Arabia
'We still have no place to go': Saudi Arabia resumes demolition of neighbourhoods in Jeddah
Palestine state
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza one day after deadly Jenin raid
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Discover

Culture
Shams al-Maarif: Why is this mystic book feared in the Middle East?
Occupation
'Even the food is political': The perils of separating culture and occupation in Palestine
Palestine state
AhlanPalestine: Meet the duo creating tours to showcase Palestine’s natural beauty
Books
Iradj Bagherzade: A life in books, pushing new boundaries
Heritage
Lost Muslim influences in Spain, from the Virgin Mary to Sufism
Inside Egypt
Death on the Nile: The radiologist who solved mysteries of pharoahs' violent end
Inside Yemen
In pictures: Yemeni coffee farmers gather for harvest season
Heritage
Leighton House: A Middle Eastern escape in the heart of London
Technology
Palestine, Corbyn and Trump: Can ChatGPT truly be unbiased?
Fashion
Checkpoint bags, Gaza goggles: Designs that narrate the Palestinian struggle
Fashion
In pictures: Aziz Bekkaoui on fashion, the keffiyeh and resistance
Heritage
In pictures: The ancient craft of Egypt’s ollal clay jugs
Gaza Siege
Doomed in Gaza: The breast cancer lottery facing Palestinian women
Inside Egypt
Pyramids from space: Astronauts and satellites photograph Egypt
Christmas
Christmas camels and alcoholic cakes: Six festive traditions in the Arab world
Christmas
Wistful yet festive: Five Arabic Christmas songs to groove out to this year
Film
Netflix's Farha: Palestinians bemused by Israeli anger over Nakba film
Heritage
Hawsawi: Uncovering the history of Saudi Arabia’s Afro-Arab Hausa community
Music
Gaza rock band gives voice to Palestinian plight
Food & Drink
Chaos theory: Chef Fadi Kattan on Akub, London's latest Palestinian restaurant
Religion
Five important Christian churches in the Middle East you should know about
Sport
Five legendary Arab football commentators
Heritage
Leicester, Ugandan Asians and the creation of the 'model minority'
Arts
Crude eye: Kuwaiti artist Monira Al Qadiri on oil, war and Japanese manga
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Women
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Western Sahara
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After #WhereisNoof, Qatari women question how safe they really are
Yemen War
Yemeni fishermen get rich on 'whale vomit' find
Afghanistan
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'Eyes wide shut': Has Egypt's Great Sphinx really closed its eyes?
Fashion
Yes, Saudi women dress like... this
Sport
‘We’re richer than you’: Wild scenes at first Newcastle game since Saudi takeover
Iraq at War
In Baghdad, the streets are littered with the memories of our dead
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The Big Story

Occupation
The deadly maths Israel uses to target Palestinians 
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These young Saudis spoke up on social media. Then they disappeared
Hindutva
Facebook in India: Why is it still allowing hate speech against Muslims?
Pegasus spyware
Digital nightmare: The Arab dissidents ruined by phone hacking
Politics
Grenfell Tower fire: UK Muslim community's questions remain unanswered after five years
Politics
State of terror: How the West helps Middle East dictators crush dissent
Politics
The Conservative Party and its cold war against Islam
Politics
The neo-conservative think tank that defined British Muslims
Media
The persecution of Julian Assange
Saudi Human Rights
The nightmare inside Saudi Arabia's shelters for women and girls
Occupation
'Undeclared reasons': Why Israel is suddenly so eager to grant Gaza thousands of work permits
Inside Turkey
'Ripping it apart': How an anti-discrimination law transformed Istanbul
Inside Iran
Iran and the US: When friends fall out
Occupation
The rise of Jenin's armed resistance
Inside Qatar
After #WhereisNoof, Qatari women question how safe they really are
Syria Camps
France has 300 women and children in IS camps. When will they go home?
Inside Egypt
Why Nasser's legacy still preoccupies the Egyptian psyche
Syria War
Turkey blamed Syria for a deadly air strike. Its troops blame Russia
Palestine state
The Balfour Declaration: Why Britain decided to back Zionist ambitions in Palestine
Gaza Under Attack
'The war is not over': The Gaza Strip's unexploded bombs
Palestine state
Gaza 2021: When Israel's arrogance was broken
Human Rights
'Turkey will deport your son': Egypt's political exiles living in fear amid Cairo-Ankara detente
Iraq Protests
A massacre and a cover-up: How Baghdad protesters were gunned down by Iraqi forces
Nakba
A prayer for Lydd: Maps and memories that the Nakba could never erase
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Media
MEE journalist Mohammed Amin wins Rory Peck Trust's Martin Adler Prize
Africa
'We lost our sons': The Darfur village reeling from the Wagner Group's CAR massacre
Sudan coup
The Sudanese doctors running secret clinics for the revolution
Media
MEE journalists win two Drum Awards for Online Media
Africa
Russian mercenaries near Sudan accused of killing hundreds as African gold rush intensifies
Politics
As Tories fete Boris Johnson, a social catastrophe looms
Peter Oborne
Politics
If Boris Johnson survives Sue Gray and police inquiry, the UK will lose
Peter Oborne
Women
The untold tragedy of Iraq's Shia Turkmen women, abducted by Islamic State
Inside Iraq
Iraq police killings: How a village’s revenge for rape became an IS attack
Iraq Protests
A massacre and a cover-up: How Baghdad protesters were gunned down by Iraqi forces
Libya Crisis
MEE journalist Daniel Hilton wins Amnesty International Media Award for Libya report
Libya Crisis
'Leave no men': The killing fields of Libya's Tarhuna
Libya Crisis
Russian mercenaries in Libya: 'They sprayed us with bullets'
Gaza 2020
MEE journalist Maha Hussaini wins Martin Adler Prize
Gaza 2020
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Gaza 2020
Gaza 2020: Worsening conditions lead more Palestinians to take their own lives
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Qatar World Cup 2022

Qatar World Cup 2022
Qatar World Cup 2022: What is the bisht? Its origins and what it represents
Qatar World Cup 2022
Morocco's World Cup success sparks debate over Amazigh identity
Qatar World Cup 2022
Moroccan diaspora in France torn between Atlas Lions and Les Bleus
Qatar World Cup 2022
Morocco's dream World Cup run wins support in regional rival Algeria
Qatar World Cup 2022
Morocco win South American hearts with heroic World Cup campaign
Qatar World Cup 2022
Morocco's Atlas Lions unite fans with roar for Palestinian cause
Qatar World Cup 2022
Why do some British Muslims find it difficult to support the England team?
Qatar World Cup 2022
How Dubai is winning big at the Qatar World Cup
Qatar World Cup 2022
World Cup 2022: Brazil's Syrian refugees rediscover love of the beautiful game
Qatar World Cup 2022
World Cup 2026: Will the US face the same kind of scorn as Qatar?
David Hearst
Qatar World Cup 2022
Qatar World Cup: Why Americans just don't get football
Hamid Dabashi
Qatar World Cup 2022
Qatar World Cup: What is the bisht?
Qatar World Cup 2022
How the World Cup hurt Doha's small restaurants and cafes
Qatar World Cup 2022
Salt Bae hit by US cup final ban and Fifa probe after World Cup antics
Qatar World Cup 2022
UK government 'considered buying' Qatar's fan cabins to house migrants
Qatar World Cup 2022
Union chief resigns following Qatar-EU corruption probe
Qatar World Cup 2022
Moroccan national team comes home to massive hero's welcome
Qatar World Cup 2022
Argentinian fans flock to Doha’s markets to purchase the ‘traditional bisht’
Qatar World Cup 2022
Why Palestine is at the heart of what it means to be Arab
Ussama Makdisi
Qatar World Cup 2022
Why Qatar's World Cup has been a magnificent success
Imran Mulla
Qatar World Cup 2022
Qatar's fans pin their hopes on Aspire Academy despite World Cup losses
Qatar World Cup 2022
Deleted tweets and sportswashing: Messi’s donning of bisht sparks frenzy
Qatar World Cup 2022
World Cup 2022: Will Qatar's record spending pay off?
Qatar World Cup 2022
Curtain falls on a World Cup that's highlighted Qatar's growing influence
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Russia-Ukraine War

Russia-Ukraine war
Turkey denies supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine war
Lindsey Graham blasts Israel's new government for vowing to ‘stay quiet’ on Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war
How the US paved the way to Russia's war with Ukraine
Jonathan Cook
Russia-Ukraine war
The Russia-Ukraine war is a conflict of huge miscalculations
Marco Carnelos
Russia-Ukraine war
Could the Russia-Ukraine war become the world's first 'super-combat'?
Murat Aslan
Russia-Ukraine war
Turkey resolves tanker dispute linked to Russian price cap
Russia-Ukraine war
'Someone has to blink:' Turkey's standoff with insurers triggers tanker logjam
Russia-Ukraine war
UAE-Ukraine trade talks seek to 'balance' ties with US
Russia-Ukraine war
'Trading places': Moscow muscles in on Saudi Arabia's oil sales to Asia
Russia-Ukraine war
Oil tanker traffic jam forms in Turkey after Russian price cap
Russia-Ukraine war
US plans to shift missile defence systems from the Middle East to Ukraine, report says
Russia-Ukraine war
The return of global catastrophe: Seven great crises and the one that’s coming
Joe Gill
Russia-Ukraine war
Roman Abramovich 'rents Istanbul seaside mansion for $50,000 a month'
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war: Why Europe is the biggest loser in the conflict
Abed Charef
Russia-Ukraine war
European ties become a casualty of Iran's military support for Russia
Russia-Ukraine war
Turkey supplied laser-guided missiles to Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine war
Iranian drone factory could be coming to Russia, but mutual suspicion remains
Russia-Ukraine war
Iranian drones contain parts from the US and potentially Israel, report says
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia-Iran: Putin speaks with Raisi on deepening ties, says Kremlin
Russia-Ukraine war
Exclusive: Russia deploys Syrian fighters to Ukraine to shore up its defences
Russia-Ukraine war
Russia withdraws two war ships after Turkey denies Black Sea access 
Russia-Ukraine war
Iran acknowledges drone sales to Russia before Ukraine war
Russia-Ukraine war
US lawmaker calls for more sanctions on Iranian airlines ferrying drones to Russia
Russia-Ukraine war
Why Israel gets no US pushback for staying neutral on Russia-Ukraine
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