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Mohamed Salah: Liverpool's Egyptian King

Mohamed Salah has signed a new contract with Liverpool on the brink of the Premier League title

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Saudi investment fund starts gaming group

Saudi men play with the Pokemon Go application on their mobiles in the capital, Riyadh, on July 17, 2016.

Video game exec encourages independent developers in Mideast

Boys play video games in Mosul, Iraq January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily - RC168A0F0FF0

4,000-year-old stone board game discovered at Oman excavation site

Game board

Egyptian designers make Sinai war on terror into video game

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Egypt eyes bid to host 2036 Olympic Games

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China, Feb. 4, 2022.

Gaming offers livelihood for some young Syrians

Syria games

Saudi crown prince unveils national strategy for esports, video games

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Arabs in video games often out of step with times

Palestinian rapper Ibrahim Ghunaim (MC Gaza) looks on as a child gestures, at his video game shop in Gaza City, August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem SEARCH "SALEM RAPPER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1123875E80

Will Egypt kill this popular online game?

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 27: Visitors queue to play the video game 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' (PUBG) developed and published by PUBG Corporation during the 'Paris Games Week' on October 27, 2018 in Paris, France. 'Paris Games Week' is an international trade fair for video games and runs from October 26 to 31, 2018. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)