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In other countries across the Middle East and North Africa, several Muslim governments have begun to expand the legal rights and protections for women — and in particular, to revise their ...
Travel + Leisure Readers' 10 Favorite Hotels in North Africa and the Middle East of 2024. Global capitals, historic cities, and beautiful beaches are the settings for the best MENA-region hotels ...
One of the fastest-growing media hubs in the Middle East and North Africa region, Saudi Arabia’s Neom boasts expanding world-class production facilities nested in the sprawling Tabuk desert, on ...
Current emergencies. With some 15.6 million forcibly displaced and stateless people, the Middle East and North Africa region accounts for 24 per cent of UNHCR's budget in 2023, with most funds going ...
This region, sometimes referred to as MENA, encompasses countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Taking a broad view, we focus our attention on the economic, social and environmental challenges ...
Fewer than 2% of residents in the Middle East-North Africa region – or 7 million people – are Jewish, almost all of whom live in Israel. 28 Hindus, Buddhists, religiously unaffiliated people and ...
In the latest year studied, the Middle East and North Africa continued to have the highest median level of government restrictions. The median score on the Government Restrictions Index for the 20 ...
Despite the challenge from China, the United States has been unable to “escape” from the Middle East. Iran’s efforts to expand its influence in an area—from Iraq, the Gulf, and Yemen to ...
The security dynamics of the Middle East and North Africa have undergone periods of radical change ever since the end of World War II. They now are experiencing another series of radical shifts – in ...
Many Middle East and North Africa countries still prevent women from moving freely in their own country or traveling abroad without the permission of a male guardian.; Women in the region are ...