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An Egyptian soldier sits on an armored vehicle as Palestinians wait to be given the permission to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 28, 2014. (AFP/Said Khatib)

Movement across Gaza crossings remain slow: official

by Mahmoud Abu Awad | Aug 31, 2014 | Middle East

Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—Movement across Gaza’s main border crossings with Egypt and Israel remain slow despite indications of possible changes being enforced following the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire deal that ended almost fifty days of war in the enclave, officials...

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Farid Al-Hissi scratches the neck of the lioness from outside the cage housing her and a lion at the Bisan Zoo, in Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip on August 14, 2014. (AFP Photo/Roberto Schmidt)

Gaza’s zoos: Green retreats reduced to ashes

by Mahmoud Abu Awad | Aug 22, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli airstrikes on Gaza’s zoos have killed most of the resident animals, and the remaining creatures are starving, sick or injured, say zookeepers in the enclave. Bisan Amusement Park in northern Gaza, the largest zoo on the Strip, was among...

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A Palestinian man pictured through a damaged classroom carries a boy as he walks past a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on July 30, 2014. (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)

Displaced Palestinians fear expulsion from UN schools as start of academic year approaches

by Mahmoud Abu Awad | Aug 14, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—The hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have fled their homes to seek shelter in UN-run schools since the start of the current Israeli onslaught of Gaza fear they may be expelled come the start of the new academic year, as the Palestinian...

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A wounded Palestinian boy, hoping to cross into Egypt with his family, is held by his mother as they wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip August 12, 2014. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Rafah crossing open but movement slow: Palestinian official

by Mahmoud Abu Awad | Aug 13, 2014 | Middle East

Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian authorities are running an emergency service at the Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt to help thousands of Palestinians who want to leave Gaza, a senior official told Asharq Al-Awsat. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, the...

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Smoke rises after an Israeli strike hit Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Palestine’s Syrian Refugees: From the Frying Pan to the Fire

by Mahmoud Abu Awad | Aug 1, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fadil Al-Wadiyeh, a Syrian refugee of Palestinian descent, thought it would be safer for himself and his family to return to the Gaza Strip rather than stay in the conflict-torn country. But following the Israeli attack on Gaza he and his family...