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The women fighting adult illiteracy in Morocco

Since 2014, government initiatives have aided nore than 9 million people as part of programmes to overcome illiteracy. Women make up 85 per cent of that number

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The Unesco world heritage site locals are too scared to visit

In the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman’s "City of Jinn" remains steeped in legends and mystery

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The Green Wall project to restore the African Sahara is collapsing

Security issues, political apathy and insufficient funding threaten to derail Africa’s boldest conservation project

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Lebanon’s rare species of birds fall victim to the economic crisis

Out of 407 species, only 13 are legally allowed to be hunted. However, there are increasing demands for stricter law enforcement and the prosecution of offenders who violate hunting regulations

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Gaza’s emerging incense-making industry

Local production now meets half of the demand for the aromatic that fills the streets of Gaza during Ramadan

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For Palestinians, the traditional olive harvest mired in conflict

Local workers have joined forces with European and Israeli activists to help farmers collect their crop

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The desperate road to Greece is a graveyard for migrants

Since 2015, over a million people have crossed over from Turkey to Athens on illegal routes

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The ‘death boats’ carrying victims of a cost-of-living crisis in Morocco

Spanish NGOs estimate that a thousand people died in first half of this year alone along illegal migration routes

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Farewell, moonlit nights on the floating houses of the Nile

Work has begun to remove the iconic houseboats immortalised in the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Sayyed Mahmoud goes exploring

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Racism against Tunisians and foreigners at the Ukrainian-Polish borders

Students fleeing conflict in Ukraine report racist treatment at border crossings

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Packets of drugs with Putin’s portrait on them wash up on Libyan beaches

Questions remain unanswered about the shipment’s origins, why it washed up on Libyan shores and how this incident came to be

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