Middle East Experience

A British delegation recently visited the Kurdish region in Syria and met with rival Kurdish parties.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Another international player gets involved in Syrian Kurdish rapprochement

Residents of the border city of Ramtha in the north of Jordan have protested recently against new government measures to curb smuggling, which would further add to their economic burdens.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: How Jordan handled fuming crisis over cigarettes

A festival in the West Bank village of Battir celebrates the locally grown eggplant of the village known for its terraced cultivation of vines and olives.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: West Bank village courts tourists with eggplant, stone terraces

The Egyptian army is behind a project to build thousands of greenhouses nationwide, which raised criticism over the army’s role in the agricultural sector.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Will Egypt's greenhouse project mark a leap in agricultural sector?

Israel recently collected several million dollars from Palestinian Authority funds to compensate Arab-Israelis wrongly arrested two decades ago.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Palestinian Authority must pay .61 million in torture case

Despite the brotherhood accorded to them as kinsmen and coreligionists, Uighurs in Turkey increasingly live in fear of deportation to China.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Uighurs no longer feel safe in Turkey

The two terrorist explosions that rocked the Gaza Strip despite Hamas’ tight security measures triggered questions about the movement’s capacity to stand up to the Islamic State.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza explosions leave Hamas exposed

The Egyptian Ministry of Finance is working on a bill that will tax digital ads in Egypt, much to the concern of e-commerce enterprises.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Digital taxation push raises eyebrows in Egypt

"It Must Be Heaven" centers on the story of a Palestinian fugitive in search of a new homeland — with a reference to national poet Mahmoud Darwish's line “Where do the birds fly after the last sky?”
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Can Elia Suleiman's satirical film bring Palestine its first Oscar?

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrived Tuesday in Sudan which is ushering in a long-awaited transition from decades of autocratic rule under ousted leader Omar al-Bashir. The visit by Maas comes
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: German Foreign Minister Maas arrives in Sudan