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The New Arab is a fast-growing English-language news and current affairs website bringing you the biggest stories from the Middle East and North Africa and beyond. We provide in-depth and informative coverage, putting forward views and voices that promote a progressive discourse and counter autocratic and sectarian narratives.
We are a progressive, non-partisan news outlet that focuses on issues of democracy, social justice and human rights especially but not exclusively in Arab states.


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How Palestinians who fled Syria war to Egypt are forced into illiteracy

How Palestinians who fled Syria war to Egypt are forced into illiteracy The New Arab has published an investigative report highlighting... read more

30.07.2024 • By The New Arab

REVEALED: WILD NAMIBIAN ELEPHANTS ILLEGALLY SOLD INTO CAPTIVITY IN UAE

In March 2022, a group of wild Namibian elephants landed in the UAE. An exclusive investigation by The New Arab reveals that the sale served to... read more

26.09.2022 • By The New Arab

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