Vue lecture

Targeted by the Emirates, an Arab Dissident Vanished Across Borders

After criticizing the United Arab Emirates on social media, an Egyptian activist was extradited to the Gulf country, where he has been detained without trial for months.

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Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi addressed a crowd at a demonstration in Istanbul in 2018, following the disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s Engagement Raised Eyebrows in Saudi Arabia

The soccer star has been living in the country with Georgina Rodríguez, the mother of his children, testing the boundaries of social change in the conservative Islamic kingdom.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez attending an event held by the Saudi team he plays for, Al Nassr, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2023.
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Israel-Qatar Tensions Escalate After Israel Kills Al Jazeera Journalists

Israel and Qatar, which backs Al Jazeera and has hosted Hamas leaders, have long had a relationship marked by both public hostility and quiet collaboration.

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The bodies of the journalists killed in the bombing of an Al Jazeera Channel in Gaza City tent are carried down a street, while Palestinians and other journalists look on.
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