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All News. US Elections 2024. After decades of driving around DC's political elite, these cabbies are voting Stein. US Elections 2024. Some Arab Americans look beyond Harris for place in Democratic ...
Rare footage shows public beheadings in Saudi Arabia
2015年11月7日 · Rare footage emerged on Saturday of authorities in Saudi Arabia publicly beheading three men. A 50-second video was uploaded to YouTube by Germany-based Saudi activist Ali Dubaisy, who told Middle ...
What is Mawlid al-Nabi? The Islamic celebration explained
2021年10月15日 · Mawlid al-Nabi, Arabic for the "birthday of the prophet", marks the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth. Some Muslims commemorate the event because of his significance in Islam. The ...
Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe, explained - Middle East Eye
2024年5月13日 · During the mandate years between 1923-48, Britain facilitated the immigration of European Jews to Palestine, increasing their population ten-fold, from 60,000 in the pre-Mandate era to 700,000 by ...
Qatar blockade: What caused it and why is it coming to an end?
2021年1月5日 · Then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in particular pushed for the end of the blockade and for a de-escalation of tensions. Qatar's strongest supporter in the wake of the blockade was Turkey ...
The Islamic calendar: How does it work and why is it lunar?
2022年3月29日 · The Islamic calendar is governed by the movements of the moon, meaning that each month starts with a new lunar cycle, marked by the "birth" of a new crescent moon. As it is based on the lunar ...
Al-Aqsa: The history of Jerusalem's iconic mosque
2022年10月4日 · Located in the Old City, the historical site is a focal point of Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Dominating Jerusalem's skyline, the al-Aqsa mosque is the jewel in the crown of the historic Old City ...
What is Umrah? The Islamic pilgrimage explained - Middle East Eye
2020年3月4日 · What is Umrah? Umrah is the name given to a pilgrimage to Mecca, a shorter version of the annual Hajj gathering. The word “Umrah” in Arabic means “visiting a populated place”. Umrah offers ...
The Palestinian keffiyeh: All you need to know about its origins
2021年5月28日 · The word itself means "relating to Kufa," a reference to the Iraqi city south of Baghdad that sits along the Euphrates river, but little else is known about the roots of the keffiyeh. One account ...