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Inside Algeria

'The mentality is changing': The awakening of Algeria's tourism industry

Algeria is dispelling its reputation for isolation as the government takes steps to position the North African country as a major tourist destination
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Revealed: Why there is an abandoned Ottoman tomb in remote India
Inside Algeria
In Algeria, olive oil production aims for international excellence
Inside Algeria
‘In Oran, people live’: Algeria’s second-largest city improves its image
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War in Sudan is ravaging its rich history
Israel's war on Gaza
Israel has destroyed Gaza's heritage sites, but it cannot erase my memories of them
Mohammed Mourtaja
Culture
Uzbek embroidery: How needle and thread has defied dictators and factories
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'The last stop of Europe': In a remote Greek port, live like a pasha in an Ottoman palace
Books
Namesake: Reflections on Nusaiba, a warrior woman of early Islam
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Abdulhamid II: An autocrat, reformer and the last stand of the Ottoman Empire
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Ghosts of Thessaloniki: How a quest for a table revealed much about a city's multilayered past
Food & Drink
Understanding the Middle East's passion for pomegranates
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Seven national animals from the Middle East and what they represent
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The Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: Colonial constructs and the hidden stories of the Old City
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Palestinian farmer discovers 4,500 year old goddess statue in Gaza
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In pictures: The iconic stained glass windows of al-Aqsa Mosque
Palestine state
Al-Aqsa Mosque: The significance of one of Islam's holiest sites
Culture
Who was Ibn Rushd? The 'bridge' between Islamic and western philosophy
Culture
Sofreh aqd: An inside look at Iranian weddings
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Tracing the stories of Egypt's lost Jewish communities
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The digital effort to save Ankara's Jewish history
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The Oracle of Siwa: How a remote oasis in Egypt drew history's most powerful men
Culture
Partridge eyes and stars: Traditional tattoos of Amazigh, Bedouin and Kurdish women