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This picture taken on April 7, 2021 shows blockchain entrepreneur Vignesh Sundaresan, also known by his pseudonym MetaKovan, showing the digital artwork non-fungible token (NFT) "Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" by artist Beeple in his home in Singapore. - Last month the programmer bought the world's most expensive NFT for $69.3 million, highlighting how virtual work is establishing itself as a new creative genre. (Getty)
Business & Economy

From Bitcoin to Dogecoin

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ether and dogecoin have surged to highs that few investors would have predicted a year ago. The furious run has…

Peter Santilli, Caitlin Ostroff and Paul Vigna 22 May , 2021
Refugees wait to be identified on April 01, 2021 in Salerno, Italy. The cargo ship Rachel Borchard docked carrying 32 migrants on board, 30 Turkish citizens and 2 Belarusians, saved in Greece. (Getty)
Politics

Why do Turks Want to Leave Their Country?

The European Statistics Office "Eurostat" revealed in its latest statistics that the number of asylum seekers with Turkish nationality in the…

Jiwan Soz 22 May , 2021
Palestinian and Israeli activists gather in front of Israeli settler’s house during a demonstration against the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes, in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on April 16, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Palestinian Claim to Jerusalem Area Backed by Legal Docs and Human Rights

As Egyptian-brokered cease-fire is announced between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza, just as Majalla was readying for publication, the case of…

Amal Shahada 22 May , 2021
A side street in the suburb of Ma’adi, Cairo, Egypt. The neighborhood is famous for its spacious villas, lush gardens and long history of elite residents.
Culture & Social Affairs

The Making of Ma’adi

Recently, Annalise DeVries, an American university professor who has been studying and writing about “Al-Ma’adi” as part of her interest in Egyptian…

Mohammad Ali Salih 21 May , 2021
Salah Tolba seen playing with a snake along with his grandson in his zoo in Abu Rawash village, Giza city. (by Menna A. Farouk)
Science & Technology

Pandemic Hits Egypt’s Oldest Snake Business

In the Haram neighborhood of Abu Rawash village in Giza, the Tolba family is known for a peculiar skill: for over a century, generations of the…

Menna A. Farouk 21 May , 2021
Afghan women, youths, activists and elders gather at a rally to support peace talks and the republic government in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2021. According to the reports, Turkey will host the Afghanistan peace-talks summit in the upcoming days. (Getty)
Politics

U.S. Defending or Abandoning Afghan Women Is a False Choice

When U.S. policymakers debate the future of Afghan women, they often frame a binary choice. The United States can either abandon them—as collateral…

Rina Amiri 21 May , 2021
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko hold a meeting at the Moscow Kremlin. (Getty)
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Zapad 2021 Exercises

In early May, Russia announced it would be drawing down its forces near Ukraine after carrying out a large-scale military exercise. The event had…

Maia Otarashvili 21 May , 2021
Israeli forces intervene in a protest against Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, in Ramallah, West Bank on May 18, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Fighting in Gaza Marks the Start of a More Violent Era

At some point soon, the current military conflict between Israel and Hamas will end. But the ramifications of this latest round of Israeli…

Khalil Shikaki 21 May , 2021

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People inspect the damage done to Beit Hanoun after a night of Israeli raids on May 14, 2021 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Getty)

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Palestinian families, fleeing from their homes with their belongings, take shelter in a school owned by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021, in Gaza City, Gaza. (Getty)

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Smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City targeted the Ansar compound, linked to the Hamas movement, in the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021.(Getty)

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Protesters and activists gather to voice their anger at the situation in Israel and to defend the Palestinian resistance movement on May 14, 2021 in New York City.(Getty)

World in Photos

A Palestinian woman, who fled her home due to Israeli air and artillery strikes, looks out of a classroom at a United Nations-run school where she takes refuge, in Gaza City May 15, 2021.(Reuters)

World in Photos

Muslim worshippers are silhouetted while celebrating in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque before the morning Eid al-Fitr prayer, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa mosques compound, in Old Jerusalem early on May 13, 2021. (Getty)

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Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

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Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

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Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

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A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
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Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

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A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
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New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

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Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
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How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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