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“Hunger Kills More Than War”: Yemenis Face the Agony of Slow Death

Yemen is grappling with one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, where a devastating convergence of armed conflict, economic blockade, landmines, and crumbling essential services has upended the lives of millions of displaced people across the country. Among the...

Bushra Alhomidy Bushra Alhomidy

Anas Al-Sharif… Gaza’s Voice Silenced by Obscurity

“If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing and silencing me.” This is how Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif began the will he wrote 126 days ago, convinced that his day would inevitably come, and that the...

Emad Anan Emad Anan

From Stage to Statecraft: Why Egyptian Artists Have Been Sidestepped from Riyadh Season

“With absolute bluntness, we go to Saudi Arabia to get money,” declared Egyptian actor Bayoumi Fouad often described as “more Saudi than Saudis themselves” highlighting how Riyadh Season once served as a lucrative “livelihood gateway” for Egyptian artists. Yet that...

Noon Post Noon Post

Assassination of Anas al-Sharif: A Final Attempt to Silence the Truth

On the 675th day of Israel’s war of annihilation in Gaza, the media arena lost one of its most fearless voices with the killing of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif, Al Jazeera’s correspondent, in an Israeli strike that targeted the journalists’...

Yaman Aldalati Yaman Aldalati

From Wounded Memory to Regional Expansion: Iran’s Grand Strategy Unveiled

In recent months, Iran has suffered a series of setbacks — from the assassination of a generation of Revolutionary Guard commanders and several nuclear scientists, to Hezbollah’s weakening capabilities and the fall of the Assad regime, alongside mounting efforts in...

Ahmed Seif EL-Nasr Ahmed Seif EL-Nasr

The Dimensions of Egypt’s TikTok Celebrity Arrest Campaign

In recent days, Egyptian security forces have arrested a number of TikTok celebrities, accusing them of violating “Egyptian family values,” publishing “inappropriate content,” and committing other recurring, often criminally framed, offenses.Yet, beyond these stated charges lie deeper political and security-related...

Ahmed Abdelhalim Ahmed Abdelhalim

Gaza’s Wounded Between Disability and Neglect

Thousands of amputees in the Gaza Strip endure compounded pain and bodies weighed down by injury. For months, their dreams have been suspended at the gates of the Rafah border crossing, waiting to leave for treatment and the fitting of...

Samah shaheen Samah shaheen

Gaza After Anas: A Battlefield Without a Witness

In the early days of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, Anas al-Sharif appeared on Al Jazeera’s screen — slight in build, without helmet or vest — at a time when the network’s most prominent journalists were scrambling to...

Noon Post Noon Post

Democrats Say No to Arming Israel: Are the American Winds Beginning to Shift?

A fierce battle is raging in Congress over the United States’ role in Israel’s campaign of mass killing in the Gaza Strip—a battle in which a small number of Democratic and independent lawmakers, known for their support of the Palestinian...

Hiba Birat Hiba Birat

What Does Microsoft Have to Do With Starving Gaza?

Although Israel is the direct perpetrator of the ongoing massacre in the Gaza Strip—through relentless bombardment, systematic killing, and starvation—the culpability does not end there. Beyond the generous U.S. and Western support that shields these crimes, major corporations are either...

Maram Musa Maram Musa