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After Ronaldo, Neymar scores $54 million penthouse in Dubai

The Brazilian soccer player is the latest athlete to acquire property in the UAE’s largest city.

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Head coach Robert Saleh of the New York Jets looks on against the Denver Broncos during the first half at MetLife Stadium on Sept. 29, 2024, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

What’s behind firing of Robert Saleh, NFL’s first Muslim, Lebanese head coach?

The New York Jets were performing poorly under the Lebanese American Saleh amid rumors of tensions with outspoken quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

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Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur drops out of 2024 tennis circuit

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, currently ranked 22nd in the Women's Tennis Association, will step away from tennis until 2025 as she recovers from a shoulder injury.

Bassem Youssef attends the 2020 Sundance Film Festival Cinema Cafe on January 31, 2020, in Park City, Utah.

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef no longer on X: What we know

The exiled comic has been a vocal critic of Israel, highlighting the plight of the Palestinians during the Gaza war but has recently been accused of antisemitism.

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CT scans reveal mysteries of ancient Egypt's 'Screaming Woman' mummy

Visitors tour the site in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops, as well as two tombs, on May 27, 2023. The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told reporters the embalming workshops, where humans and animals were mummified, "date back to the 30th dynasty" which reigned around 2,400 years ago. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Middle East athletes rack up 44 medals at Paris Olympics

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From Egypt to Saudi: Meet Middle East's athletes at Paris Olympics

This photograph shows Paris 2024 Olympics Games banner in front of the National Assembly, in Paris, on July 18, 2024.

Adam Lucente

By Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

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Saudi Arabia's soccer dreams tested as Vision 2030 goal posts move

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - MAY 4: Cristiano Ronaldo of Al Nassr celebrates after scoring the 2nd goal during the Saudi Pro League match between Al-Nassr and Al Wehda at Al Awwal Park on May 4, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.(Photo by Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Images)

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In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Adam Lucente

News and Business Correspondent

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Nazlan Ertan

In Izmir, reporting on culture

Danny Makki

In London, reporting on Syrian politics and culture

Naima Morelli

In Rome, reporting on Middle East culture

Rebecca Anne Proctor

In Dubai, reporting on culture

Gazan chef Nagham Skaik teaches a group of children at the Honey Yum Yum summer camp, Gaza Strip, June 2022.

Gazan chef teaches children to cook

Gazan chef Nagham Skaik inaugurated the Honey Yum Yum summer camp for children, in light of the lack of government interest in children and the lack of children's activities in the besieged enclave.

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Gazan inventors produce wood vinegar to help farmers

Two Gazans have manufactured a device to extract wood vinegar from trees, a material that is promising for treating soil issues in the Gaza Strip.

Muslim worshippers attend Eid al-Fitr prayer.

Egypt's Al-Azhar lashes out at Disney for gay characters

Calls are growing in Egypt for boycotting Walt Disney as the entertainment giant seeks to introduce gay characters in its production.

Youths rear their horses as they ride during stormy weather along a beach by the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Dec. 8, 2021.

Israeli siege keeps medication from Gaza's horses

The ongoing Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip prevents the entry of many medications needed to treat animals, particularly horses, that also suffer from Israel’s repeated wars on the enclave.

Palestinian women take part in a rally in Gaza City.

New app in Gaza helps abused women

Three young women in Gaza working in software development launched the Our Spaces app to provide a helping hand to abused women amid the rising rates of domestic violence.

In this handout image provided by MD Beast, MDL Beast Festival - the Saudi Soundstorm has arrived, wowing over 130,000 fans on its first day on Dec. 19, 2019 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi 2030 to expand art scene in Jeddah, Riyadh

With Saudi Arabia’s new social reform plan the local art scene is blooming with a plethora of cultural initiatives.

Players practice on the driving range ahead of the forthcoming LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Saudi golf league gains another star in Dustin Johnson, unable to woo Tiger Woods

Golf legend Greg Norman, who heads the Saudi breakaway competition, said Woods was offered nearly $1 billion to play.

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Stone found in Egypt in 1996 offers clues about supernovas

Researchers say that the stone's composition has never been observed before, and their main hypothesis involves a type Ia supernova, one of the brightest phenomena in the universe.

Samar al-Baa inspects honey collected from her beehives in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, in a still from a video uploaded May 30, 2021.

Gaza's first female beekeeper expands apiary

The enclave's first female beekeeper speaks about the challenges facing Gaza's beekeeping profession.

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Ancient holder of pharaoh's secret documents found in Saqqara

A Polish mission was delighted to stumble upon the chamber of a major dignitary in the vast Saqqara necropolis.

Visitors looks at a sphinx sculpture at the Egyptian department of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, June 24, 2021.

Egypt demands return of King Tut artifact amid former Louvre director scandal

Former Louvre Director Jean-Luc Martinez was accused of conspiring to conceal the origin of artifacts suspected of having been stolen from Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011, prompting Egyptian demands to return these valuable pieces to Egypt.

Fossilized remains of an early whale from 40 million years ago are seen in Wadi al-Hutan, south of Cairo, Egypt.

Egypt to nominate fossil hotspot to UNESCO’s list

Egypt has prepared a file to nominate the Gebel Qatrani area, which houses fossils of half of all creatures from the beginning of creation until today, in Fayoum to UNESCO's World Heritage List.