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Opinion: Zaha and the Iraqis of Britain

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 2, 2016 | Opinion

There are more than 4,000 Iraqi doctors working in Britain and many of them arrived here as early as the mid-20th century. Many fled to London because of wars with Iran and Kuwait, and the civil war that continues to this day. At a time when Baghdad was expelling...

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Migrants and refugees with their mouths taped stage a protest at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, April 1, 2016. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Turkish Coast Guard Detains Migrants before EU Deal Enters Force

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 2, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey’s Coast Guard detained on Saturday a total of 63 Palestinians and Syrians while attempting to cross to a Greek island, underscoring the level of the security forces’ task in convincing illegal migrants they won’t be allowed into the EU. The...

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The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun in his burial chamber is seen in the Valley of the Kings, in Luxor, Egypt, November 28, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A Step Closer to the Secrets of Egypt’s Most Beautiful Queen

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Apr 2, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo-In a step that archeologists consider being the eminent discovery of the secrets of “Egypt’s most beautiful Queen,” Queen Nefertiti’s tomb, the Egyptian Ministry of State of Antiquities announced the ongoing work behind the walls of the tomb of the ancient...

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A 2010 view shows the intact Temple of Bel in the historic Syrian city of Palmyra. The temple, an ancient fusion of Near Eastern and Greco-Roman architecture named for the Mesopotamian god Bel, was dedicated in 32 AD.
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ISIS Leaves Palmyra’s Heritage Site in Rubble

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 2, 2016 | Middle East

Palmyra- ISIS has reduced most of the Palmyra’s archeological sites into rubble. Terrorist extremists fled the historical city leaving behind historical columns and statues, which had stood there for thousands of years, broken down into scattered bulks of rocks. On...

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Iran: The Challenges of a Split Personality

by Amir Taheri | Apr 2, 2016 | World

When he died in exile in Paris in 2010, Shojaeddin Shafa sounded like a lone voice in a desert. For at least two decades before the Islamic Revolution, the writer and translator of Western classics had often been on best-seller lists. As an exile cut from his home...