UK academics are exploring how virtual fellowships can offer practical, sustainable support to Palestinian scholars. Drawing on their pilot scheme, the authors share key lessons on turning statements ...

State censorship efforts are once again being directed against an artist with Palestinian roots. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) ministry has reprimanded the ...

UAE's Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security has rolled out the 'Basma 15 initiative, a government programme designed to bring essential identity services to ...

‘Basma 15’: UAE rolls out proactive biometric service for students aged 15 and above Dubai: The Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (ICP) has launched "Basma 15", a ...

The UAE's ICP launched "Basma 15", taking biometric data collection to schools for students aged 15+, simplifying identity registration. They've also streamlined Emirates ID renewal/replacement, ...

There is a scene in “Morgenkreis | Morning Circle” (2025), a 16-mm film by Berlin-based Palestinian artist Basma al-Sharif, that unfolds at the threshold of a daycare center. A young boy clings to his ...

Basma Abdel Aziz, trans. from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette. Melville House (PRH, dist.), $15.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-61219-516-2 In this allegorical novel from controversial Egyptian ...

On their final day in Jordan, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development alongside a delegation from the World Health Organization. There, they were ...

Beside a still, untouched lake, we cooked Basma - a rich, tender lamb and vegetable dish made slowly over fire. This is how food was meant to be enjoyed: in the open air, with no rush, and with every ...

His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday inaugurated Princess Basma Hospital in Irbid, the second largest public hospital in Jordan, and directed the government to establish a cancer centre there, ...