North Africa

America, beware: The battle over Israel’s identity could be coming for the US - opinion

Israel is confronting a battle over its identity and legitimacy. The US should pay attention before that battle reaches its own shores.

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A wildfire rages in a mountainous area near the town of Al Hachimia, Bouira Province, on July 21, 2026.

At least 12 killed as wildfires rage across several Algerian provinces

A general view shows a detail of the Zawiya Oil Refinery, some 40 kms west of Tripoli, on October 27, 2011. The complex built in two different stages in 1974 and 1976 receives crude oil from the desert oil fields and treats 120,000 tons of crude daily.

Drone strike causes diesel tank fire at Libya's Zawiya oil depot - statement

 Arkia airplane

Arkia Israel Airlines to resume flights to Marrakesh, Morocco, after wartime hiatus


Morocco targets diplomatic goals after World Cup run

The country aims to turn admiration for its team and expanded ties with African football federations into diplomatic capital in the Western Sahara dispute.

Merchandise with the Morocco flag on sale ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup game against Spain, December 6, 2022.

The stories of MENA Jews are the stories of our people - opinion

To face immense challenges, we need the strongest roots. The roots of identity, history and culture of all Jews are essential to our national narrative, to give the fullest picture possible.

 SPEAKING FROM the General Assembly podium on Wednesday, UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan holds up a headline story from the ‘New York Times,’ in the aftermath of the establishment of the State of Israel, which warns of the ‘grave danger’ facing Jews in Muslim lands.

Tunisia is facing a mass exodus of youth

After the optimism of the Arab Spring, Tunisia’s youth are now trying to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe for a better life.

 The main souk in Tunis.

Forgotten Arabian Jews recount lives of happiness and horror

A new book gives voice to some of the million or so Sephardi Jews who once lived harmoniously in the Mideast and North Africa, but who left everything behind after an explosion of antisemitism.

  Jews praying at Ezekiel's Tomb in Al-Kifl, Iraq in 1932.

In Paris, Jewish childhood friends open restaurant serving Tunisian couscous

Alexandre David and Alexis Memmi channel their grandparents' Tunisian foods in Mabrouk, a kosher-style restaurant they opened in 2019.

 Mabrouk is located near Le Marais, the historically Jewish district of Paris.

Pascale’s Kitchen: Welcome to Mimouna!

Below, you will find four recipes for cookies that are perfect for serving at Mimouna celebrations. They include cookies made with marzipan, meringue, sesame and jam.

 Marzipan cookies

Six Israeli restaurants makes ‘Top 50’ in MENA region list

A handful of Israeli restaurants were chosen to be on the ranking of the top 50 restaurants in the MENA region.

 Raz Rahav of OCD restaurant and his kitchen crew

Moroccan boy trapped in well dies before rescue

Rayan Awram, aged five, fell into the well at his village of Ighara in the hills near Chefchaouen on Tuesday.

Rescue workers carry 5-year-old child, Rayan Awram, who has been trapped for five days in a well, to an ambulance, during a rescue operation near Chefchaouen, northern Morocco, February 5, 2022.

Case of American detained in Libya shines spotlight on North African country

Libya has become synonymous with the kind of chaos that some countries sunk into after the 2011 Arab Spring.

 Members of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces fire during a fight with Eastern forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya April 28, 2019.

Book review: Gorenberg demythologizes the ‘Desert Fox’

While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not the central theme of this book, it is always lurking in the background because of the threat posed by Rommel and his military ambition.

War of Shadows. Codebreakers,  Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East Gershom Gorenberg Public Affairs, 2021 496 pages; $34