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Umm Safa, Occupied West Bank – Six-year-old Nasser Tanatra is scared of the rock-strewn hilltop where he used to play and pick flowers near his family home. Our house, our land, we are surrounded and strangled and attacked, and even to harvest our olives is a danger.” The annual olive harvest season in October and November is a time when …

LOADING ERROR LOADING UMM AL-FAHM, Israel — Israel’s yearlong crackdown against Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza is prompting many to self-censor out of fear of being jailed and further marginalized in society, while some still find ways to dissent — carefully. “Israel made it clear they see us more as enemies than as citizens,” Khalefa …

UMM AL-FAHM, Israel — Israel’s yearlong crackdown against Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza is prompting many to self-censor out of fear of being jailed and further marginalized in society, while some still find ways to dissent — carefully. Border Police stand guard as Palestinian citizens of Israel march against Israel’s military operations in the Gaza …

The last building standing — the mosque — in the 400-person Umm al-Hiran village is razed Thursday. Israeli authorities on Thursday completed the demolition of a village at the heart of a years-long struggle by members of the country’s Arab Bedouin minority against relocation plans. Residents of the village, Umm al-Hiran, accuse the authorities of forcibly displacing them so the …

Stars of Egypt’s golden age of performing arts captured by leading photographers –from Umm Kulthum to Abdel Halim Hafez. Egypt Through the Lens is a four-part series that captures how photographers recorded the modern history of Egypt over 150 years – its kings, presidents, politics, conflicts and cinema. The final episode shows how photographers captured Egypt’s golden age of musical …

Jordan’s Umm al-Jimal village added to UNESCO heritage list

The earliest structures at the site date back to the first century AD, when it formed part of the Nabataean Kingdom. Jordan’s Umm al-Jimal village has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, a move hailed by the country’s tourism and antiquities minister as a “great achievement”. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which is hosting a meeting …

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UMM AL-KHAIR, West Bank — First came the Israeli military bulldozers, which tore down a quarter of the homes in the West Bank Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair. The military told AP the forces were there “to maintain the security of all residents of the area, and to act to prevent terrorism and activities that endanger the citizens of the …

Umm Hassan explains how the neighbouring tents barter food items. Day 1 On the first day, Umm Hassan prepared some mashed potatoes, canned luncheon meat, olives and a few pieces of flatbread. My husband wanted sugar in his tea, but I told him we must endure and be patient,” Umm Hassan smiles knowingly. Even on a good day, at around …

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In 2013, the Syrian regime attacked the towns of Zamalka, Ein Tarma, and Irbin in Ghouta countryside with a nerve agent. Idlib, northwest Syria – It has been 10 years since the chemical attacks in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, and Umm Yahya – a nurse at a local hospital at the time – still cannot …

One of the teens, Muhammad Fouad Atta al-Bayed, died of a gunshot wound to the head after demonstrations in Umm Safa, Palestinian health ministry says. Israeli forces have killed two teenage Palestinian boys in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, on Friday – the latest bloodshed amid continued violence in the region. One teenager, identified by the Palestinian health …

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UMM AL-QUWAIN, United Arab Emirates — The hulking, Soviet-era cargo plane has sat for decades under the blazing sun in a remote corner of the United Arab Emirates, its four jet engines silent after years in the employ of a Russian gunrunner known as the “Merchant of Death.” But instead of a missile or gunfire finally taking out this Ilyushin …