Slideshows

For anyone planning on trying Ramadan abroad, whether for the experience of a travelling Ramadan, or out of necessity in times of political unrest in the Middle East, here's our Ramadan tourist special - a cross section of Arab world cities and capitals for a state-of-the-art Ramadan experience.

The Syrian Files: Just days after the first Syria Leaks are trickling through, since the 5th of July, 2012, Al Bawaba brings you up to speed with the most salient files so far. Wikileaks' latest dispatch of emails, dated from August 2006 til March 2012, have been allocated the unique label "Syrian Files" by the notorious champions of electronic transparency. We launch this latest 'dump' in bite-sizes, bringing you the first batch of incisive findings in one user-friendly picture-slide panel.

In this Arab Spring Redux - we attempt to give a run-down of the Arab Spring at its various respective stages by individual country. Featured are the Arab Revolution pros and pop-idols who have got it down to a protest, spring and vote! This school report takes a look at each country's progress and stage of the Arab Spring 18 months later. Top of the Pops: the Arab Spring charts. The top ten!

Tis the season to be disgraceful! No we're not talking about British tourists abroad this time, but still harping on Arabs and their unique bad habits, as observed from the vantage of the region, rendering these editors quite fit to judge. Inspired by the notion of Arabs holidaying abroad, we thought we'd take a look at Arabs touristic habits from Gulf to Levant.

The biggest footballing event of the summer 2012 has just ended and before the dust settles, we take a look at how it all went down from start to finish in a dramatic one-sided final that saw Spain clinching the title most deservedly. The highs, lows and all the action in a nutshell leading up to the unprecedented victory for Spain.

The last show of Arabs Got Talent season 2 ended with a montage of cuts linked together in one digest of a show-piece. The Saudis were winners, in the form of the light-artsist set, known as 'Thoughts of Darkness' from the Arabic 'Khawater fi Zalam' as they dazzled us into a different dimension. They won from a final draw of top three of Emirati protegee Shama Hamdan; young Algerian Dalia Sheih and owner of the big voice; and the Saudi light brigade.

Arab stars speak out on Syria's sticky situation. Some are forthcoming and candid with their opinions on Assad; while others hold back and are more circumspect than to share their political views in the heat of the messy situation as it still plays out.

With the QFs behind us, the Editors at Al Bawaba present their picks from the teams that played the quarter final round in the Euro Championships, 2011. We have selected a pool of best individual performances during this stage of the competition, and present it in the formation 4-5-1. They are, 2 Italians, 4 Germans, 2 England, 2 Spaniards, 1 Portuguese

The line-up for the Arabs Got Talent final includes a dozen acts. A close-up of the twelve lucky finalists and their talents.

Euro 2012 has seen its share of outstanding performances as well as the flops every tournament needs to be complete. All groups face tough matches in the upcoming games. Before plunging ahead with the Quarter Finals tonight, we take a look back upon the national teams best and worst performances. Here are the tops and the flops.