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The politics of the Pope in Iraq
Pope Francis and Ayatollah al-Sistani, meeting in faith
The Pope in Iraq – "We are all brothers"
Can Pope Francis save Iraq's Christians from extinction?
Berlinale 2021: Samaher al-Qadi's "As I want"
“We’re meant to be ashamed of the way we laugh”
Author and critic Elias Khoury
"Lebanon has always rebelled against political repression"
MEP on Fortress Europe and human rights in the Middle East
"The European Union allows human rights to be trampled underfoot"
Jamal Khashoggi's murder and U.S. intelligence
Mohammed bin Salman – from darling to international pariah?

The politics of the Pope in Iraq
Pope Francis and Ayatollah al-Sistani, meeting in faith
Teenage pregnancies in Pakistan
What sex education is really about
Author and critic Elias Khoury
"Lebanon has always rebelled against political repression"
Berlinale 2021: Samaher al-Qadi's "As I want"
“We’re meant to be ashamed of the way we laugh”
The Pope in Iraq – "We are all brothers"
Can Pope Francis save Iraq's Christians from extinction?
Femicide and coronavirus in the Maghreb
Algeria's ongoing war against women – #WeLostOneOfUs

In brief

Lebanese dread end to subsidies as economic crisis bites
India's sword-wielding Sikh warriors guard protesting farmers
In Somalia, a female taxi driver defies convention
Kyrgyz activists face Women's Day violence from "patriots"

Banished from paradise: in Biblical times, paradise was where Adam and Eve lived, supposedly the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers – until God banished them from the Garden of Eden because they nibbled on the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. There are still lush oases on the banks of the river, but people's lives there today are anything but paradisiacal.

Pope Francis' visit to Iraq's biblical sites

Abraham was born in Iraq and this is where the whale swallowed Jonah, according to the Bible. Pope Francis' is travelling to an area steeped in biblical history.

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The politics of the Pope in Iraq

Pope Francis and Ayatollah al-Sistani, meeting in faith

The Pope in Iraq – "We are all brothers"

Can Pope Francis save Iraq's Christians from extinction?

Berlinale 2021: Samaher al-Qadi's "As I want"

“We’re meant to be ashamed of the way we laugh”

Author and critic Elias Khoury

"Lebanon has always rebelled against political repression"

MEP on Fortress Europe and human rights in the Middle East

"The European Union allows human rights to be trampled underfoot"

Jamal Khashoggi's murder and U.S. intelligence

Mohammed bin Salman – from darling to international pariah?

The politics of the Pope in Iraq

Pope Francis and Ayatollah al-Sistani, meeting in faith

Teenage pregnancies in Pakistan

What sex education is really about

Author and critic Elias Khoury

"Lebanon has always rebelled against political repression"

Berlinale 2021: Samaher al-Qadi's "As I want"

“We’re meant to be ashamed of the way we laugh”

The Pope in Iraq – "We are all brothers"

Can Pope Francis save Iraq's Christians from extinction?

Femicide and coronavirus in the Maghreb

Algeria's ongoing war against women – #WeLostOneOfUs

In brief

Lebanese dread end to subsidies as economic crisis bites

India's sword-wielding Sikh warriors guard protesting farmers

In Somalia, a female taxi driver defies convention

Kyrgyz activists face Women's Day violence from "patriots"

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Pope Francis' visit to Iraq's biblical sites