Zobahan's Hadi Mohammadi (C) heads the ball clear during their Asian Champions League (AFC) football match against Qatar's Lekhwiya at the Foolad Shahr Stadium on March 1, 2016, in the Iranian city of Isfahan. MEHDI ZARE / AFP
Benjamin Netanyahu is spending US $75m to build a 30 km-long fence along Israel’s Jordanian border "to defend...against the wild beasts," referring to his Arab neighbors. Donald Trump is aiming for a vertical borderline with Mexico, saying of his 30 ft-tall wall, "I want it to be so beautiful...someday they'll call it the Trump Wall." Everyone knows walls are penetrable. Long before Berlin's toppled, the Greeks used a wooden horse to breach the ramparts of Troy. Barbarians bested Hadrian’s Wall, built by the Romans in northern England, and Genghis Khan’s ...
On Jan. 29, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced that France would try to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The negotiations are expected to take place as early as April, and will involve Israel, the Palestinian Authority and their “main partners” in the United States, Europe and the Arab world. In the weeks since the announcement, Fabius has left office, but France is forging ahead with its plan. The French government submitted details of its peace proposal to UN Security Council members this month, according to a recent ...
Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain poses with her trophy after winning against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia their Qatar Open final tennis match on February 27, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha. Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro came from a set behind against Latvian teenager Jelena Ostapenko to win the Qatar Open, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.
It isn’t just Lebanese fashion designers whose stunning creations have made it all the way to Hollywood. Arab filmmakers have been making us proud for decades with intriguing productions worthy of international recognition. Luckily for us, the Oscars aren’t exclusive to Western talent; they recognize cinematic achievements by both established and budding international filmmakers. While Jordanian award-winning film Theeb has made more headlines in international media than many of its Arab counterparts since its release in 2014, it isn’t the first regional film to be nominated for a golden statue ...
Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Tunisian Malek Jaziri during their ATP tennis match on the third round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on February 24, 2016. World number one Novak Djokovic recorded his 700th career win when he cruised past Tunisia's Malek Jaziri and into the Dubai Tennis Championships quarter-finals. Djokovic won 6-1, 6-2 in 65 minutes and will face Spain's Feliciano Lopez for a spot in the last four. KARIM SAHIB / AFP
Eight Egyptian photographers have taken to Instagram to share shots that capture Egypt as you've likely never seen it, with pictures covering Cairo and Alexandria and everywhere in between. The Facebook-owned platform has passed 400 million monthly active users, according to CNBC, making Instagram more popular than rival Twitter, and creating the w orld's biggest art gallery for amateur and seasoned shutterbugs. Al Bawaba caught up with each of them to ask why they love photographing their country . Come see how eight Instagrammers are capturing a different side of ...
There's a bawdy saying in the world of sports that claims "It takes leather balls to play rugby". It takes similar spine to switch religions , especially when trading a Christian-based faith for Islam when you aren't from (or in) a Muslim-majority nation. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Even in Islamaphobic America, the number of Muslims has more than doubled since 9/11. It's a trend seen around the world, and in the world of sports where a musclebound God Squad (including a few notoriously naughty Neanderthals) ...
Roma's midfielder from Egypt Mohamed Salah reacts during the UEFA Champions League football match AS Roma vs Real Madrid on Frebruary 17, 2016 at the Olympic stadium in Rome. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP
Last week, the Jerusalem Labor Court awarded a f ormer caretaker at the I sraeli Prime Minis ter’s Residence about $43,735, ruling that he suffered verbal and emotional abuse while working for Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara. M rs. Netayanhu has for decades been a lightning rod for harsh criticism, often portrayed as a difficult person whose lavish lifestyle is paid for by unwitting taxpayers. Her sartorial sense is low-hanging fruit for sarcastic commentary, but let's instead scan her behavior and oversize sense of entitlement, and see how they ...
The pack rides during the first stage of the 7th cycling Tour of Oman between Oman Exhibition Center and al-Bustan on February 16, 2016. MOHAMMED MAHJOUB / AFP