Slideshows

The fiesty lot at FEMEN have called for a day of international tit-thrusting at Tunisian embassies. April 4th is International Topless Jihad day.

On the eve of Topless Jihad, we give you a sneak preview of the action straight from the sextavists Facebook pages so far. These are women in support of their Muslim or Arabian sisterhood, fighting the patriarchal infidel with only their inked breasts.

Already an icon among the liberal latte drinking classes of Alexandria, Bassem Youssef's court appearance this week has shot the star into the global spotlight.

With the world’s press following his every move, this ‘man of the people’ is struggling with the proper etiquette as he hobnobs with the great and the good.

We catch up with the current spread of Jewish Arabs who still live in the Middle East, outside of Israel. These are the Jews that got left behind in their Arab homelands when many others fled to Israel, Europe or South America soon after the creation of the state of Israel, or else after the war of ‘67. Some Jewish communities chose to hold their ground and cleave to their Muslim and Christian Arab neighbors.

For the first few weeks of dire auditions and tuneless wannabes, fans thought the judging panel might be the only ones with the X Factor on the second season of the hit talent show.

Mother’s Day in the Middle East is a time for people across the region to celebrate and appreciate the women who brought them into the world.

Iraq ten years on: How has the fabric of society and culture changed?

On the 10-year anniversary of the iraq war and the US's invasion leading to occupation, we take a look at the political and economic costs to both sides of the 'mess' that is arguably Iraq today.

Two years on from the Syria's Dara'a spark, we mark the anniversary of revolution with a look at the human casualty of a country torn apart - the refugee. Where are these survivors of the bloody conflict now? A look at the Syrian people displaced internally and in neighboring Arab countries from Jordan to Iraq.