Variety's guide to film commissions, facilities and production incentives in the Middle East and North Africa, and some of the films that used them.

After a decade of rapid growth of foreign direct investment into both Gulf Cooperation Council states and North Africa, FDI flows face a slowdown in 2025.

Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa last year, the highest number recorded there since 2017, according to data published on Tuesday by the ...

Governments of the Middle East and North Africa region should develop and fund comprehensive social protection systems that fulfill all people’s right to social security, Human Rights Watch said ...

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.

If so, we want to hear about how you think about your racial and ethnic identity, at a time when the U.S. Census counts Middle Eastern and North African people as white.

The conflict in Gaza and Israel is yet another shock to the Middle East and North Africa. This Update discusses revised projections for the region.

Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss ongoing efforts to bring about a ceasefire in Gaza and the war’s ripple ...

The Middle East and North Africa region continues to pose overwhelming challenges, with multiple and complex emergency situations on an unprecedented scale. The humanitarian situation in Syria remains ...

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Regional overview The Middle East and North Africa region continues to face economic, political and security challenges, and the needs of the internally displaced, refugees and returnees remain high.