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Families of Copts murdered in Libya recount their torment

By Farid Farid (al-Araby al-Jadeed)- Samuel Suleiman Shehata is used to long, sleepless nights as a truck driver on Egypt's perilous roads. But on the night of 12 January, the cause of his insomnia was more personal. He had just found...

Khaled Bakrawi: activist of unforgettable chivalry

By Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Many activists of aid and relief died in Palestinian camps during the war in Syria, either by the heavy shelling on camps, or by snipers, or even died under torture in detention...

Gaza's cancer sufferers cut off from vital care

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the strip continue to suffer from shortages of food, housing and medicine in the ongoing siege on Gaza by Israel and the continued closure of the Rafah border by Egyptian force. Those with more dire medical conditions are also...

The granny who stood up to ISIS

An incredible video has emerged showing the moment an elderly woman bravely confronted two Islamic State militants, telling them their terror group is cursed and that they are not back by God. The video, which is believed to have been shot in Syria, shows the woman walks up to...