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Heard a lot about recent events in #Yemen, but not much about #Socotra? We've got you covered with our new (free) supplement: "Who controls Socotra after UAE pullout?"

https://www.polgeonow.com/2026/02/who-controls-socotra-now-current-situation-uae-separatism.html

#island #MiddleEast #geography #geopolitics #UAE #SaudiArabia #independence #Hadibu @geography @geopolitics #MENA #IndianOcean #ArabWorld #Africa #SouthYemen #separatism #SouthArabia #rebels #world #worldnews #humanitarian

Yemen Supplement: Who controls Socotra after UAE Pullout?

Yemen's far-flung island province has been spared the violence of the last few months, but that doesn't mean nothing has changed there.

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Tunisia’s Gabès Cinema Festival Appoints Afef Ben Mahmoud As Director
#Festivals #News #AfefBenMahmoud #GabèsFilmFestival #MENA #NorthAfrica #Tunisia

https://deadline.com/2026/02/tunisias-gabes-cinema-festival-afef-ben-mahmoud-director-1236726682/

Tunisia’s Gabès Cinema Festival Appoints Afef Ben Mahmoud As Director

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Martin Schwarz 4d ago

Heute startet das Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy #TIMEP
die Reihe „Die arabischen Aufstände 15 Jahre danach: Mehr als nur ein Moment“. Statt nur vom "Scheitern" zu sprechen, sollen Errungenschaften u Verluste in den Blick genommen u Perspektiven entwickelt werden. Ein Projekt zum Mitmachen #MENA #SWANA #ArabUprising https://timep.org/project/the-arab-uprisings-15-years-on-more-than-a-moment/

The Arab Uprisings 15 Years On: More Than a Moment

Through stories, analysis, and conversations, TIMEP revisits the Arab Uprisings fifteen years later, profiling those whose lives would never be the same, assessing what has changed in the time since, and reimagining what may come next.

تحريرها كلها ممكن 5d ago

U.S. Smuggled Thousands of Starlink Terminals Into Iran After Protest Crackdown

https://lemmy.ml/post/43109890

U.S. Smuggled Thousands of Starlink Terminals Into Iran After Protest Crackdown - Lemmy

Lemmy

تحريرها كلها ممكن 5d ago

China's medical tech wins over Middle East

https://lemmy.ml/post/43072083

China's medical tech wins over Middle East - Lemmy

Lemmy

sayzard 6d ago

Luma AI (@LumaLabsAI)

Luma가 리야드(사우디아라비아)로 확장한다고 발표했습니다. MENA 지역 전반에서 AI 기반 크리에이티브 제작과 파트너십을 가속화하겠다는 계획으로, 현지 시장 진출 및 지역 협업 확대 소식입니다.

https://x.com/LumaLabsAI/status/2021658301667389538

#luma #expansion #mena #creativeai

Luma AI (@LumaLabsAI) on X

Luma is expanding to Riyadh. Accelerating AI-power creative production and partnerships across the MENA region. https://t.co/bgSWboFjCv

X (formerly Twitter)

EmailWire Feb 11

Winning the Saudi Newsroom: 5 Tips for Crafting Press Releases That #Saudi Journalists Will Actually Publish - adopting a “Journalist-as-Partner” perspective. #pressreleasedistribution #KSA #GCC #Gulf #MENA https://zurl.co/6PKf4 #pressrelations #Media #newsrooms #pressreleases

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Feb 10

On #ThisDayInHistory in 2003 an intelligence committee told UK's gov. that the #IraqWar would raise the #terrorism threat - the opposite of #Blair's lies. I know #MENA experts told US gov. the same thing, that #Bush lied too, & I have colleagues who gave testimony to that effect.