Tag: Middle East

NASA: Images of the Middle East from space

Astronaut tweeted this incredible photo of the United Arab Emirates

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Graphic Novel Authors Illustrate Struggle Of Being Gay & In Love In Iran

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Lebanese minister told people to minimize kissing and Twitter broke

LINK: #KissForFaour

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Arab Spring anniversary: When Egypt cut the internet

LINK: Has the role of social media in Egypt’s revolution been overblown?

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Arab-American Beauty Blogger In Dubai Has Found her Calling, However Hard She’s Hit By Critics

Read at The New Yorker.

Huda Kattan works hard to not let online bullying stop her.

Science fiction in the Holy Land: Larissa Sansour

LINK: Propelling Palestinians into an alternate reality

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7 Muslims who were ground-breaking scientists

LINK: Historical Breakthroughs In STEM

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Middle East’s most ambitious animated feature to date

LINK: Based on the life of the historical figure Bilal Ibn Rabah

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Abu Dhabi premiere

LINK: In pictures December 16, 2015

PLUS: Noura Al Kaabi proud of Abu Dhabi’s part in Star Wars

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Saudi Arabia’s Most Famous Blogger Now On Hunger Strike

LINK: Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi

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