Surfing near the UN compound in Tripoli.
Surfing in Libya After the Revolution

Surfing After the Revolution

by Wil Crisp
Jamel Mouhalib stands on his boat in the old port of Bizerte.
Difficult Times for Fishermen in Tunisia
Society

A Hard Day’s Catch

by Simon Speakman Cordall
Trucks dump earth and trash into the sea as part of the land reclamation process at the Bourj Hammond landfill in Beirut.
Lebanon’s Latest Waste Crisis
Politics

A Sea of Waste in Beirut

by Gaja Pellegrini-Bettoli
Mona Shahien is the founder of Tahrir Lounge@Goethe.
The Tahrir Lounge@Goethe in Egypt

Driving Change in Difficult Times

by zenith Staff
The Al Jazeera newsroom in Doha.
Al Jazeera and Arab Journalism

Al Jazeera: A Voice for the Voiceless?

by Hana Al-Khamri
A public lecture at the Kocaeli Academy for Solidarity, founded by a group of Turkish academics who were fired from their official positions
Academics Suffer Under Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown

Fired But Still Teaching

by Joris Leverink
Trash from Beirut's landfills is being dumped into the sea, ending up on beaches and in fishermen's nets.
Interview with Constanze Flamme

Photographing Beirut’s Waste Crisis

by zenith Staff

Lebanon’s Sea Is a Trash Pile

Lebanon’s Waste Crisis
A fisherman in Beirut watches as dumped waste floats past his line.
Lebanon likes to advertise its Mediterranean lifestyle to lure in tourists, but the reality is that trash dumps around Beirut are leaching toxic chemicals and dumping refuse straight into the sea, killing marine life and contaminating beaches.
A view of the skyline in Doha, Qatar's capital.
Pyrrhic Manoeuvres Among the Gulf States

Saudi and UAE Stumble Over Tiny Qatar

by Stian Overdahl
The Library Bus in Abo Mangog, a small settlement in the Nile Delta.
Reading in Egypt
Culture

A Bus Full of Books

by zenith Staff