Thread: On World Tourism Day, we take a look at destinations filled with rich histories and hidden stories.
If you're wanderlust or keen to learn more about hidden gems in the MENA region, this is for you 👇 #WorldTourismDay
With the rise in global armchair travelling due to the pandemic, MEE takes a virtual tour of ten of Jordan's spectacular, and lesser known, sites 🇯🇴🏛️ middleeasteye.net/discover/jorda…
Beyond the cruise boats on the glistening channel, or the ancient markets further inland, lies a city famous for its rich heritage... middleeasteye.net/discover/turke…
This exhibition traces a tangle of histories, encompassing the site’s mysterious ancient origins, its rise to prominence, western appropriation, its political identity and the contemporary reality... middleeasteye.net/discover/baalb…
Al-Andalus was the territory under Muslim rule for more than seven centuries, from 711 and 1492.
At its greatest extent, it covered most of the Iberian peninsula, including modern-day Spain and Portugal. middleeasteye.net/discover/trave…
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- Donald Trump says US has struck Iranian nuclear sites
- Israel targeted Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, claiming it was part of Tehran’s weapons programme
US B-2 bombers were involved in the strikes on Iran's nuclear sites which Donald Trump announced moments ago middleeasteye.net/live/israel-ta…
🔴 UPDATE
Donald Trump has announced that he will make an address from the White House at 10pm local time about "our very successful military operation in Iran" middleeasteye.net/live/israel-ta…
The 1948 forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland has created the longest unresolved refugee crisis in modern history ⤵️
Every year on 15 May Palestinians mark the Nakba, "catastrophe" in English, when around 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes by Zionist militias to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948
Here, Middle East Eye breaks down the Nakba in five graphics
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet have approved an expansion of the offensive in Gaza
- 27 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn
- Group of UN and NGO organisations reject Israel's plan to shut down humanitarian organisations
- Israeli strikes kill four in southern Gaza
- Hundreds of Palestinians sheltering in Arab American University campus in Jenin
- Trump threatens to cut another $1 billion in Harvard funding
US President Donald Trump is threatening to cut another $1 billion in funding for Harvard University, this time targeting health research, as the administration's row with elite schools for allowing pro-Palestine protests escalates middleeasteye.net/live/israel-wa…
Gaza's civil defence agency on Monday accused the Israeli military of carrying out "summary executions" in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army