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The Taliban Enforces Strict Ban on Music in Afghanistan, Prohibiting the Afghan People From Listeni 1 niyad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2253
Amid all the doom and gloom in the world, a bright spot... 0 True Dough May 2023 May 2023 5 1171
Belgium aid worker freed in prisoner swap with Iranian diplomat jailed for bomb plot 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 0 2307
Iran unveils latest version of ballistic missile amid wider tensions over nuclear program 0 Eugene May 2023 May 2023 0 1581
Woman shot dead in northern Israel in 16th case of femicide in 2023 2 Mosby May 2023 May 2023 2 2057
Iran hid weapons among earthquake aid to target U.S. troops, leak says 0 Mosby May 2023 May 2023 0 1360
Saudis said set to host top Hamas delegation, further dimming Israeli hopes for ties 0 Mosby Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2198
'I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab' Button Campaign Puts Iranian Women's Rights Front and Center 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 3004
UN chief demands Taliban revoke ban on women staff 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 972
Tensions rise in the Middle East amid Ramadan and Passover - ABC News 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 2084
Haredi parties were at forefront of overhaul push. Then they weren't. What changed? 0 Mosby Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 2659
Taliban Arrests Prominent Education Activist 0 niyad Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1322
Templars who (most) became Nazi in the 1930s-40s - Fascinating 1957 article.Translated 8 PostTruth Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 7651
Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime under international law 2 niyad Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 1277
A Letter from an Afghan Educator: Optimism in the Face of Agony 0 niyad Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1921
'I Am Erased!': Afghan Women Leaders Urge International Community to Take Action 0 niyad Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 2447
Saudi Arabia sends first female team to global tennis event 0 niyad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 1235
'They used our hijabs to gag us': Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police 0 niyad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 3027
Iraqis protest over killing of YouTube star by her father 6 niyad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 11 1396
Iranian protesters sentenced to death were tortured, says Amnesty report (trigger warning rape) 0 bronxiteforever Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 3072
Secretary of State Blinken to visit Egypt, Israel and West Bank 0 Tetrachloride Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 2205
OPCW blames Syria gov't for 2018 chlorine gas attack in Douma 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 1967
The trailblazing female Muslim Arab IDF major 0 Mosby Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 2345
Iranian chess player 'moving to Spain' after competing without headscarf 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 2983
'My heart is bleeding': Afghan women devastated by university ban 4 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 2955
Turkey, Saudi Arabia condemn Taliban's university ban for women 2 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1296
US warns Taliban of 'costs' over university ban for Afghan women 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 2906
What does future hold for Afghan women after university ban? 0 niyad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1899
Arab Gulf countries crack down on homosexuality 1 Behind the Aegis Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 2388
Iran: protestors set fire to Khomeini ancestral home 3 cbabe Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 3737

Middle East Continued...

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Cholera in Syria, Lebanon 1 Tetrachloride Oct 2022 Nov 2022 1 1559
Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: 'Women in Iran have discovered their power and deci 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 3442
Iran and US set for UN confrontation over Mahsa Amini protests 0 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 2358
LIV - OPEC - Twitter 0 LessAspin Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1611
Inside a Groundbreaking Anthology That Sheds Light on 18 Queer Arab Voices 0 Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 3254
Women Everywhere Are Standing Up Against 'Gender Apartheid' 4 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 2452
'I Felt Like the Luckiest Girl in the World': Afghan Students Restart College in the U.S. 2 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 3 3725
Iranian security forces intensify crackdown in Kurdistan 1 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1609
Nika Shakarami: Iran protester's family forced to lie about death - source 0 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 3264
Iran protests: Schoolgirls heckle paramilitary speaker 0 Eugene Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 2408
From Iran, Solidarity With American Women 2 niyad Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 2286
US scrambles F-15 jet to shoot down Iranian drone that appeared to threaten US forces in Iraq 0 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 3725
Thirteen killed in Iraq as Iran attacks Kurdish groups blamed for protests 0 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 2428
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister 1 Eugene Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 2489
BBC page on Iran and "The Blue Girl" 0 Tetrachloride Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1646
US relaxes internet sanctions on Iran in support of protesters 1 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 5161
Qatar fund launches initiative to support conflict-affected women 0 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 1398
'You are not honourable anymore' Shamed and trafficked into Iraq's sex trade 2 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 3484
A dried-up arm of the Nile provides another clue to how Egyptians built the pyramids 1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 Aug 2022 8 4150
Buildings stormed after Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi political leader, retires 0 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 2416
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Mosby Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 2266
UAE ambassador to return to Iran after six-year absence 0 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2537
Israeli, German archeologists reconstruct Hasmonean destruction of Greek city 0 Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2551
Saudi woman Salma al-Shehab given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter 0 Eugene Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 3117
Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr supporters storm parliament building in Baghdad 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1546
Body of man who fell into sinkhole under pool found by rescue teams 0 sl8 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 3033
Erdogan asks Russia and Iran to back Turkey's incursion into Syria 1 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 2615
Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1471
LGBTQ communities facing new repression in Middle East 0 Behind the Aegis Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1989
US may create new body to record human rights abuses in Yemen 0 Eugene Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 3142

Middle East Continued...

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'Scary to be queer': Lebanon cracks down on LGBTQ rights 0 Behind the Aegis Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 2228
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Mosby Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 1436
Pride Month in Arab states brings warnings and rainbow hunts 5 Behind the Aegis Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 2746
Palestinian reporter for Iranian agency beaten in West Bank 0 Beastly Boy Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 2606
US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen rights abuses, watchdog finds 0 Eugene Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 2792
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Mosby Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 1807
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Mosby Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 1730
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Mosby Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 1390
11 Egyptian soldiers killed near Suez Canal 0 Tetrachloride May 2022 May 2022 1 2217
Several dead, dozens rescued after migrant boat capsizes off Lebanon 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 2261
First in Middle East: Aramco's Survey Vessel Gets ABS' Infectious Disease Mitigation Notation 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 2866
Beirut Port Blast Suspect to Face Extradition Hearing in Madrid 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 1563
Six months on from elections, Iraqis frustrated by political deadlock 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 2673
Suez Canal Economic Zone Signs Deals for Green Energy 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 3101
Combined Maritime Forces establishes new naval group to patrol Red Sea region 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 2000
US awaits final $17 million repayment from Saudis for air refueling in Yemen war 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 2672
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Mosby Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 2089
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Mosby Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 1612
Saudi oil chief says energy security imperiled by attacks 0 Eugene Mar 2022 Mar 2022 0 1947
Tech File: Foldable, "Workboat in a Box" goes to work for Bahrain Defence Force 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 2554
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