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The killing of a journalist in Jordan uncovers extremism in an otherwise stable kingdom

After Nahed Hattar was shot dead, moderates fear new laws against hate speech could further limit freedom of media and expression.

By Bethan Staton

The killing of a journalist in Jordan uncovers extremism in an otherwise stable kingdom

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How the Arab world grapples with the cultural legacy of Lawrence of Arabia

“They’re the ones that have the power and the gaze is towards us.”

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“Sinai is safe”: the Bedouin tribespeople fighting a devastating tourism decline in the Egyptian peninsula

Tourists, central to the livelihood of tribesmen in the Sinai desert, have stopped travelling to the area due to…

By Bethan Staton

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