Inspiring and enabling the next generation of governments lies at the heart of the World Governments Summit (WGS). In support of this vision, UNESCO, University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and ...

Reading an Arabic newspaper, a book, or academic prose fluently, whether digital or in print, remains challenging for many native speakers, let alone learners of Arabic as a foreign language. The ...

Algerian history, colonialism and an Oedipal relationship play key roles in Malek Bensmaïl's fiction debut with Palestinian 'Succession' star Hiam Abbass, which world premiered at IFFR. By Georg ...

Ministers and delegates of the 22-member Arab League are gathering in Delhi for the 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on January 30-31, 2026. This is a major diplomatic outreach by India at a ...

Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has unveiled Falcon-H1 Arabic, a large language model that establishes itself as the world’s leading Arabic artificial intelligence (AI) system, ...

THE LAST time Iran was convulsed by nationwide protests, in 2022, the Arab world was transfixed. The Islamic Republic had spent decades building a network of powerful allies that came to dominate the ...

The pro-democracy movement marked the death knell of Arab nationalism and unintentionally quickened a shift of regional power toward the Gulf States. In early December, Tunisian authorities arrested a ...

From the late 1800s through the 1950s, Boston was home to Little Syria, an Arab enclave in what is now Chinatown and the South End. Immigrants from Lebanon and Syria lived side by side with other new ...

The FIFA Arab Cup 2025, set to take place in Doha from December 1 to 18, is poised for major changes aimed at boosting its significance on both the regional and international football stages. This ...

Daily fantasy game allows fans to select their favourite FIFA Arab Cup players, construct the ultimate team, score points and win prizes. Ahead of the start of the second edition of the FIFA Arab Cup™ ...

Posts circulating on social media claim Mamdani is expected to introduce new rules when he becomes New York Mayor in 2026 that will require all public elementary schools in the state to learn Arabic ...

In mid-November 2025, a rumor spread on X that New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would be introducing "Arabic numerals" to schools in the city. One post from the account of the prediction ...