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Algerian film-maker Drifa Mezenner on the generation gap
"Inshallah, if God lets us live that long"
For young women throughout the Arab world, everyday life is fraught with tension. In this piece Algerian writer and film-maker Drifa Mezenner presents her own take on conflicting generational expectations, societal pressures and the deeply felt desire to live a self-determined existence
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Matchmaking for millennials
Finding a spouse the halal way
Egyptʹs Harmonica app, intended for those seeking marriage, aims to be a cut above the average dating platform, providing a contemporary, science-based approach for individuals intent on making their own match with a life partner. By Mostafa Fathi
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Ramita Navai: ″City of lies. Love, sex, death and the search for truth in Tehran″
Where nothing is allowed, yet anything is possible
Survival in Tehran is a matter of lying and bending the rules. In the Iranian theocracy, real life is conducted in secret. Nadja Schluter reports on what else we can learn from the wonderful book on Iran, "City of Lies"