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Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, in northeastern Egypt on the first day of the evacuation of some 50 Palestinian, at the Rafah crossing on 2 February 2026. AFP

The Rafah crossing is open, but so is the battle for Gaza

Israel wants Palestinians to leave the Strip as part of its 'depopulation and resettlement' strategy, but Egypt is fighting to give them the option to return to their homeland

Amr Emam 04 February 2026
Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip on July 17, 2025. Jack Guez/AFP

A ‘concentration camp’ in Gaza will put Egypt in a tough spot

For Benjamin Netanyahu, it would be a 'humanitarian zone'. For most countries, it would be a war crime. For Egypt, it could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Amr Emam 21 July 2025
Palestinian children receive malnourishment treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 30, 2024. Bashar TALEB / AFP

Israel under mounting international pressure to let aid into Gaza

The UK, France and Canada issue their toughest warning yet to Israel, with the UK suspending trade talks. Meanwhile, the UN warns 14,000 babies could die if aid is not let in.

Salem Al Rayyes 20 May 2025
Spanish actor Lluís Marco

Taha in Barcelona: Spain learns of the life of a Palestinian poet

Taha Muhammad Ali felt the lifelong pain of displacement after Israeli forces took control of his beloved village in 1948. A pared-back one-man show of his life leaves the audience thinking of Gaza.

Samer Abou Hawwach 27 April 2025
Israel forcibly evacuates Palestinians from southern Gaza on January 26, 2024. AFP

Israel’s ‘voluntary’ migration policy in Gaza is anything but

Palestinians are beginning to dribble out of the battered enclave as Israel starts implementing its "voluntary migration" plan. Gaza is being ethnically cleansed before our very eyes.

Amr Emam 30 March 2025
A man raises the Palestinian flag as he watches the return of displaced people to northern Gaza via the Netzarim Corridor. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

The dabke of resilience: Why Gazans dance amidst the ruins

An epic journey on foot back up to the devastated north has been one of emotion, symbolism, and defiance. It has also confused those who do not understand the Palestinian psyche.

Samer Abou Hawwach 12 February 2025
People erect tents amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings as displaced Palestinians return to the northern areas of the Gaza Strip in Jabalia on January 23, 2025, during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

After truce, Gazans find nothing—or no one—to return back to

Palestinians rejoiced when the news broke last week that a ceasefire was finally reached, but many didn't get the chance to celebrate with their loved ones who Israel killed before the deal took hold

Salem Al Rayyes 25 January 2025
Members of a Lebanese family displaced from a village near the Israeli border to the town of Hasbaya on 26 October 2023. AFP

The differing fortunes of those displaced from southern Lebanon

Allegiance, community, faction, and religion all matters when it comes to the inequality of provision for families fleeing Israeli bombing. Unsurprisingly, Hezbollah families get the best deal.

Badia Fahs 14 May 2024
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Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

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The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

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Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

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Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

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New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

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