First sea turtle nest spotted at Saadiyat Beach

Critically endangered Hawksbill sea turtles return home to Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island for nesting.

Untold stories of Iraq war photographers

Cairo’s 6th of October has became Little Syria

Algerian women march in capital to defend ‘haik’

Nargileh culture under threat of becoming history in Turkey

In Syria, the quandary of freelance news coverage

White carpet covers Holy City

Overweight Iraq police under microscope

Art of making perfumes: a craft with long history in Emiratis’ lives

Migrants in Morocco adamant on reaching Spanish shores

Imams learn theology in heart of France

World Cup qualifier: A battle for Iranian women’s rights

Benghazi artists in abstract mood

American Muslims claim their place in global Islam

Hany Ramzy: The exception that confirms the rule

South Sudan’s Marial: athlete without a country

Expensive Ramadan for poor Tunisians

To fast or not to fast in Olympics?

Spinster crisis: Why 30-year-old UAE women still single?

For half of Yemen population, eating is a luxury

Algeria bars vs Islamic state: who will win battle?

Arab media still coming to terms with new-found freedom

Launch of new TV Channel run solely by veiled women

No US troops but an army of contractors in Iraq

'Peace bus' seeks to get Lebanese over civil war memory

Homemade plane costs maker jail in Iraq

Cyber war on Al-Qaeda Websites

A new platform of hope for Arab youth

Displaced Iraqis still bear brunt of sectarian war

Jews of Majorca rediscover their roots

Twitter Arabic homepage is now available

Once Qaeda stronghold, Iraq’s Madain seeks tourism revival

The life of a heart: Muslims and Jews saving lives together

State-mosque relations in Europe, the other half of the story

Foreign journalists on quest of discovering magic Oman

Social networks; catalyzers of Arab Spring

Lebanon activists raise alarm on animal trafficking

Palestinians take to social media for free expression

Baghdad’s Adhamiya District back to its former glory

Muslim Americans unveil their lives on Reality TV show

 

Two-day conference in UAE discusses future of Arab-Islamic culture

Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi, Tharwat El-Kherbawy, Nabil Abdel-Fattah, Tayyeb Tizini and other Arab researchers and intellectuals examine future of Arab-Islamic culture at ECSSR Office Complex in Abu Dhabi.

Morocco’s Mawazine Festival 2013: Art in service of cultural exchange

Festival will seek to entertain its large audience with world of sounds, both modern, traditional, in order to bring moment of festivity, celebration to all Moroccans.

TCA Abu Dhabi opens enrolment for annual Tourism Youth Summer Camp

Camp will run from August 18-September 5, comprise 100 young Emiratis - mix of both boys and girls.

Al-Jazeera in uphill battle for viewers: Reality dismisses surveys

Qatar-based broadcaster says its daily viewership is 34% higher than all other pan-Arab channels combined as observers insist Al-Jazeera is losing audience shares.

Saudi Arabia may grant stadium access for women ‘soon’

Ahmed Eid raises possibility that 15% of King Abdullah stadium in Jeddah could be made into family boxes, where women could watch matches.

‘Perilous Desert’ warns of Qaeda threat in Sahara

New book published by Carnegie warns of Al-Qaeda presence in Polisario-run camps in Algeria.

Dubai maintains global retail destination ranking

Gulf emirate has retained number two destination in terms of global retailer representation, just behind London for second year in a row.

Is Egypt on verge of becoming alcohol-free nation?

Egypt’s liquor stores are facing growing social pressure from Islamists to end alcohol sales.

Mid-air sightseeing tour turns into tragedy in Turkey

Two hot-air balloons collide in beauty spot in central Turkey, killing two Brazilian tourists, hurting 23 other people.

Algeria: Mideast’s next revolt if soccer is barometer

there is increasingly little doubt that soccer is signaling popular discontent could again spill into streets of Algiers, other major cities.

Can Qatar’s media arm win hearts and minds in America?

Analysts say Al-Jazeera, funded by Qatar's royal family, has money to hire solid team of journalists, carve niche in difficult US market.

Saudi Arabia's first female director: There is room to women's rights in men’s Kingdom

Haifaa Al-Mansour says her country is becoming ‘more tolerant’ as she picks up award in Cannes for her acclaimed film ‘Wadjda’.