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Qatar’s new prime minister is the right man for the job

Elevating Doha’s top diplomat to the new prime ministership tells the world that Qatar is heavily focused on the international sphere and its position globally. On 7 March, Sheikh Tamim…

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OPINION: No stone left unturned at Qatar’s World Cup

Qatar did not bend. They stuck to their morals, values and religion and still managed to host the perfect World Cup. While the west was hoping and waiting for Qatar…

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OPINION: Undressing the Islamophobia wrapped around Messi, Qatar and the 2022 World Cup

Recent smears against the World Cup in Qatar symbolise the final croaks of a dying commoner that still sees himself as king, writes Khaled A. Beydoun. From the beginning to…

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Twitter could be World Cup’s first knockout, warn employees

A shrinking workforce combined with a surge in usage may spell trouble for Musk’s latest purchase. After months of rumours, backtracking, lawsuits, backtracking, and more lawsuits, Elon Musk finally bought…

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COP27 kicks off, but at expense of Egypt’s activists in terrible conditions behind bars

In anticipation of local calls for protests during COP27, Egyptian security forces have arrested hundreds of Egyptians over the last couple of weeks. The UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) kicked…

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TikTok has a mistrust problem – and profiting off donations doesn’t help

Atop of their suffering from oppressive regimes and social structures, refugees also suffer the consequences of capitalist greed from business ventures. TikTok has been accused of unethical practices after a…

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The Arab League Summit in Algeria: more of the same?

On 1st and 2nd November, Algeria hosted the 31st Ordinary Session of the Council of the League of Arab States, the first Arab Summit of its kind since the pandemic…

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Explaining Sisi’s about-face on Qatar

On Tuesday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi visited Doha to meet with Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Once upon a time — and not all that long ago…

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Digital apartheid: how Palestinian voices are being suppressed online

Waze, the navigation app, previously called FreeMap Israel, has headquarters in Ra’anana city, which Palestinians were forcefully evicted from in 1948. In early September, Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a plethora of…

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