North Africa
Egypt-Israel peace accord strains as Sinai militarization grows - opinion
Egypt’s expanding Sinai military presence, once justified by anti-ISIS needs, is raising Israeli concerns over the 1979 peace deal’s erosion.
Africa's Mali crisis widens as extremist groups advance and state control erodes - analysis
DNA analysis reveals ancestry of man buried in ancient Spanish tomb, shows mixed heritage - study
Why Mimouna matters - opinion
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.
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.
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.
Ancient synagogue in Libya turned into Islamic center, Jewish group says
Libya once had about 40,000 Jews, who left following the establishment of the State of Israel.
Arab countries that started off strong against pandemic struggle today
Hospitals in Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan packed far beyond capacity.
One historian saves North African Jewish musical heritage
Silver has amassed a collection of rare phonograph records from the era of Jewish musical stardom in North Africa, a period roughly corresponding with the first half of the twentieth century.
Remembering the the Jews of MENA on Holocaust Remembrance Day
On this Yom Ha’Shoah / International Holocaust Commemoration Day on January 27, we should contemplate what the fate of MENA Jewry would have been had German general Rommel won the Desert Campaign.
UNESCO announces couscous a world cultural heritage
This new prestigious status of couscous reflects the cultural cooperation and deep connection between the four countries that share its heritage: Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.
Jewish women's organizations celebrate "Id Al Banat," Girl's Day
The women are mainly celebrating the history behind Book of Judith.
Israelis of Moroccan origin can ‘bridge’ and strengthen ties with Rabat
"It is not a coincidence that in Morocco there was no Reform, Conservative, or Orthodox [communities]. It is because the leadership said ‘we accepted everyone,'" said Shimon Ohayon.
