From metabolic health to hormones, clinicians say the region’s shift towards packaged convenience is showing up first in women’s bodies. Over the past decade, diets across the Middle East – particularly in the Gulf – have shifted rapidly, moving away from home-cooked meals towards fast and processed food, and packaged convenience. Urbanisation, longer workdays …
The UAE and Qatar are developing national genome programmes to improve disease prevention, enable early diagnosis, and deliver personalised treatment plans Over the past decade, genome sequencing has become faster, cheaper and more accessible, just as the Gulf faces a rising burden of genetic and chronic diseases that traditional healthcare systems struggle …
“Raised fists, flowing scarves and bold female figures,” Rouzbehani says. “All these elements reflect the movement’s core spirit: autonomy, resistance and hope.” The 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests erupted in Iran following the shocking death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, in police custody. Like many Iranians in the diaspora, illustrator Roshi Rouzbehani was filled with …
Fears are mounting that Gaza’s new patchwork of different zones, separated by a Yellow Line, could harden into a permanent partition of the territory Last week, the UN Security Council endorsed President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, effectively installing American supervision over the Palestinian territory’s postwar future. The resolution, which mandated a transitional …
As the Gaza ceasefire tentatively holds, there is renewed attention on Marwan Barghouti, the most high-profile Palestinian prisoner held by Israel, and what his fate could mean for Palestine’s political future. Although his name topped Hamas’s list of prominent detainees during the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, the jailed political leader was notably excluded from the …
Trump’s unpredictability and high tariffs could make it essential for Middle Eastern countries to diversify their markets and decrease reliance on the US In April, US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs as part of his broader push to overhaul a global trading system he claims treats the United States unfairly and address America’s …
The recent urban battle in the Sudanese army’s stronghold in Western Darfur shows how control of El Fasher has become a critical objective in Sudan’s civil war Sudan’s armed forces (SAF), allied with the Joint Forces, recaptured several positions in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, over a week ago, …
In one of the largest expulsions in modern history, four million Afghans face deportation as Iran launches a mass security crackdown after its war with Israel. Over half a million Afghans have returned from Iran since the start of June, according to the UN migration agency, after Tehran gave undocumented migrants until 6 July …
A six-month window for refugees in Turkey to visit Syria before returning is set to close on July 1. In Kilis, many are preparing to leave, others remain uncertain. KILIS — On a sunny spring morning, three women gathered in the courtyard of Kareemat, a women-led peacebuilding organization in Kilis, a southern …
The new aid plan bypasses the UN and uses private charities and security firms to deliver aid in Gaza, with fears it is a fig leaf to advance mass displacement. The US is establishing a new system relying on private firms to coordinate humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, as Israel’s total blockade continues for …