Palestinian Aziz Hijazi, 35-year-old man, returned from Turkey to inaugurate a traditional men-only bathhouse, "Hamam", in Hebron's old city. Hijazi wanted to provide Palestinian residents, tourists time to relax and to enjoy a hot bath. The Turkish Bath is located a few hundred metres away from an Israeli military checkpoint.

The Saqatiya souk covers an area of more than 1,500 square meters and used to house more than 50 shops before Syria's conflict landed in Aleppo in 2012. It is located near other landmarks of Aleppo's Old City, a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site that served as a frontline during clashes that ended in 2016. Russia-backed regime forces that year retook control of the eastern side of the city, much of which remains in ruins. UNESCO estimates that as much as 60 percent of the Old City was severely damaged. Saqatiya ...

Words by Sally Shakkour Culture of shame is an issue which has been running for years in the Arab world. However, the young generation is trying to defeat that phenomenon via several ways. Amina is a Lebanese girl who has been working as a car repear ' mechanic' for the last 10 years. She insists this job has been her dream since she was a little girl, facing all cultural stereotypes about women and women's abilities.

Egyptian actresses Shahira and Suheir Ramzi are not the only two who decided to take off headscarf. The art domain in Egypt is full of tales about women wearing hijab in their glory days and abandoning it later. Check who they are in the slideshow.

Cattle is very important to the Sudanese people. If they don't have an animal, this means they are also dead! Tha't why they are working with local authorities to vaccinate livestock in the surrounding areas of Udier in the Upper Nile. Most of the population relies on livestock for their survival. Milk, meat and blood are essential sources of protein and other nutrients. Villagers gather their cattle ahead of vaccinations administered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with the help of local community workers, at Kirgui village ...

Hundreds of people head to attend the first ever prayer at the largest mosque in Asia Minor, in Turkey. The Mosque is able to host 60,000 worshippers at any one time. This mosque was designed and created by two female architects, Bahar Mızrak and Hayriye Gül Totu. They began to construct the Mosque in 2013.

The month of March is all about women being that the 8th is International Women’s Day and the 21st is Mother’s Day. It’s time we start realizing that Arab women are taking the music industry by storm and we have some of the most untapped talents in the world. Here’s a list of some of the best the region has to offer

Arab Foreign Ministers met in Egypt to attend an Arab League ministerial panel to discuss means of preempting efforts by Israel to normalize its relations with African states. The 151st session of the Arab Foreign Ministers Council was launched on Wednesday March 6, 2019, at the Arab League’s Cairo headquarters. The attendees are also likely to discuss “a number of issues of joint Arab concern”.

After almost eight years of war, she is one of dozens of Arabian horses from all over Syria recovering from the physical and psychological trauma of the fighting. Prized for their beauty, endurance and speed, Arabian purebreds are one of the oldest horse breeds in the world. In Syria, Bedouins have bred them in the north of the country for centuries, seeking to maintain the purity of the local bloodlines. Damascus suffered five years of regime bombardment, as well as food and medicine shortages under a crippling siege, before Russia-backed ...

Hundreds in Beirut rallied, Saturday March 2, 2019 in face of child marriages, calling authorities to ban unions below the age of 18. In Lebanon some faiths allow girls to be wed at 14. The demonstration was organized by civil society groups and the rally attracted women of all ages, as well as some lawmakers, who marched on parliament in Beirut. Moreover, some protesters held slogans reading “Not before 18” and “Stop early marriage.”

Fame and stardom did not stand in the way of some actresses accepting the title of the second wife. Some actresses, who accept only the main roles on the screen, are married to men with children. The divorce lawsuit filed by the first wife of music arranger Ahmed Ibrahim after his bizarre marriage to Egyptian singer Angham, was not the first case of that sort. The actress who accepts to be a second wife shall be psychologically preparing herself to face problems with the family of the husband with a ...