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Exclusive: The Jerusalem plot held by the UK as future site of embassy to Israel

UK government owns land known as the 'Orange Plot' earmarked for decades for use as an embassy, a Middle East Eye investigation reveals

UK officials considered need for Israel embassy in Jerusalem 'inevitable'‘Palestine is not alone’: Ambassador Husam Zomlot on campaign opposing now scrapped UK embassy move

Saudi Arabia to build two parallel 120km-long skyscrapers in Neom

Russia-Ukraine war

These videos claim to be from Russia and Ukraine. They're actually from the Middle East

King Charles III

Five things King Charles III said about Islam and Muslims

'Impossible to estimate': Erdogan's move to rebrand Turkish Airlines will be costly and hard

'Eyes wide shut': Has Egypt's Great Sphinx really closed its eyes?

Vogue magazine under fire for editing out Palestine from Gigi Hadid Instagram post

The Exiles: Egyptian revolutionaries reunite a decade after Tahrir Square

'Don't wear perfumes': Egypt on alert after shark attacks in Red Sea

The best of 2022

Middle East Eye's picks of the year 2022

Exclusive: The Jerusalem plot held by the UK as future site of embassy to Israel

Shireen Abu Akleh killing

'I was standing next to Shireen': Eyewitness account of killing of Al Jazeera journalist

‘Paid but failed’: Hajj lottery for western pilgrims descends into farce

Inside Saudi Arabia

'We still have no place to go': Saudi Arabia resumes demolition of neighbourhoods in Jeddah

Iraq's 'theft of the century': How $2.5bn in public money 'evaporated'

Pegasus spyware

Digital nightmare: The Arab dissidents ruined by phone hacking

The Star of the East: Umm Kulthum and the birth of the Arab diva

Palestine state

'It can’t be unseen': The survivors of the Sabra and Shatila massacre

Watermelon: A slice of Palestinian resistance

Iran's raging Mahsa Amini protests draw sympathy from all corners of society

The problem is men: Muslim women speak out against abuse in the US

Shireen Abu Akleh killing

Shireen Abu Akleh was executed to send a message to Palestinians

Jonathan Cook

Russian mercenaries near Sudan accused of killing hundreds as African gold rush intensifies

Why a Russian conflict in Ukraine really matters to Turkey

Palestine state

Sabra and Shatila: Jewish nurse recounts horrors of Palestinian massacres

Russia is our enemy too, say Muslim fighters readying for war in Ukraine

'Ripping it apart': How an anti-discrimination law transformed Istanbul

Israel normalisation deals

Mufti Menk, a Zionist rabbi and the politics of faith-washing in Dubai

Azad Essa

Leicester riots: How Hindutva nationalism pushed a city to the brink

Meatballs and militancy: How a Swedish king became the bane of the Ottoman Empire

Chef Joudie Kalla on preserving Palestinian cuisine, activism, and 'shadow banning'

Shireen Abu Akleh killing

How the US tried to bury the report on Shireen Abu Akleh's killing

Middle East Eye's picks of the year 2021

Award-winning stories

MEE journalist Dania Akkad wins award for reporting on violence against women

After #WhereisNoof, Qatari women question how safe they really are

MEE journalist Mohammed Amin wins Rory Peck Trust's Martin Adler Prize

'We lost our sons': The Darfur village reeling from the Wagner Group's CAR massacre

MEE journalists win two Drum Awards for Online Media

I encouraged Nusrat Ghani to stand as a Tory MP. I wish I hadn't

Peter Oborne

The untold tragedy of Iraq's Shia Turkmen women, abducted by Islamic State

MEE journalist Daniel Hilton wins Amnesty International Media Award for Libya report

'Leave no men': The killing fields of Libya's Tarhuna

MEE journalist Maha Hussaini wins Martin Adler Prize

Gaza 2020: 'Our worst nightmare is when it starts raining'

Rashida Tlaib's family disappointed but not surprised by Israeli ban

The US and the Middle East

Why the Muslim-American community shies away from talking about suicide

Ron DeSantis: Republican rising star alarms Muslim, Palestinian communities

Cop27: How US militarism fuels the climate crisis

Azad Essa

Qatar World Cup 2022

American Muslims identify with US team despite off-the-field drama

Confusion and outrage after 'anti-Muslim truck' circles mosques in New Jersey

The forgotten Muslim-American families wounded by the 'war on terror'

'Google chooses apartheid over justice': Workers protest against Project Nimbus

'We have a problem': New York Muslims don't know where to bury their loved ones

The problem is men: Muslim women speak out against abuse in the US

As Iraq's political crisis deepens, US influence dwindles

Will the Biden visit boost stalled Gulf-Israel agri-tech deals?

The Middle East's year of pragmatism over politics

The UK and the Middle East

How the FBI trapped 'Islamic State Beatle' Aine Davis

Hajj: How a new Saudi-run travel agency failed western 'guests of God'

Seán McLoughlin

Grenfell Tower fire: UK Muslim community's questions remain unanswered after five years

Labour antisemitism allegations: Are left-wing Jewish party members being targeted?

Avi Shlaim

Keir Starmer has returned western imperialism to the core of Labour policy

Jonathan Cook

Queen's Platinum Jubilee: What are former colonies to make of all this?

Hamid Dabashi

Palestine state

UK trade deal with Israel sends a clear message: Apartheid is rewarded

Sara Husseini

An alternative to Prevent? How about democracy

John Holmwood

The Queen's gambit: The battle to return the ancient Libyan ruins in Windsor's Great Park

Confusion shrouds Egypt’s grand mufti visit to the UK

Elite Chinese police college drew on UK's Prevent strategy for Uyghur policy

Why Britain's plan to offshore refugees must be scrapped

David Davis

Imam tells Manchester Arena bombing inquiry he has been demonised

How London became a financial hub for Gulf rulers and the super-rich

UK officials 'discussing' how to repay £400m Iran debt

Britain helped create the refugees it now wants to keep out

Jonathan Cook

Proscribing Hamas only guarantees more violence

Crispin Blunt

Why British colonial history should be a compulsory subject in schools

Hasan Ali

UK media report finds widespread anti-Muslim bias in press coverage

Newcastle United LGBTQ+ group leaves fan network over Saudi backlash

How Tony Blair courted Hamas leader with invite to London

'Match made in heaven': Qatar eyes chance to strengthen ties amid UK energy crisis

British Army video aimed at recruiting Muslim women widely scorned

FIFA 21-backed Ramadan football league received Home Office support

By David Hearst

Gaza Under Attack

How the West is enabling Israel's orgy of violence against Palestinians

David Hearst

Opec+ row: The US has lost control of its Gulf allies

David Hearst

Biden Middle East visit: Why the Arab world needs a new leadership

David Hearst

'Who are the terrorists?': How a new generation of Palestinians is fighting occupation

Geoffrey Bindman on Labour's antisemitism scandal: 'There has been political manipulation'

Biden's message to Middle East journalists: You are on your own

David Hearst

Shireen Abu Akleh killing

Shireen Abu Akleh killing: The West cannot wash away the stain of complicity

David Hearst

Ukraine and Palestine: How the West embraces one resistance but demonises another

David Hearst

Russia-Ukraine war

When it comes to war crimes, Britain looks the other way

David Hearst

Russia-Ukraine war

Why Putin's war means Mohammed bin Salman has Biden over a barrel

David Hearst

Russia-Ukraine war

Putin is now doing what he accused America of - regime change

David Hearst

Tunisia: Kais Saied's coup does not have a happy ending

David Hearst

Amnesty apartheid report: Why Israel fully deserves its place as a pariah state

David Hearst

US will get three conflicts for the price of one if it allows Israel to attack Iran

David Hearst

Arab despots may have won the battle, but the struggle is not yet over

David Hearst

Why state actors want to bury Jamal Khashoggi

David Hearst

The Middle East explained

Melilla, Ceuta, and the Western Mediterranean migration route explained

Lebanon economic crisis

Explained: The illegal trafficking of Captagon pills in the Middle East

Explained: Turkey's battered economy and Erdogan's attempts to fix it

Tunisia referendum 2022

Tunisia's new constitution: What's new and who's behind it?

Explained: Why did Yemen's Houthis attack the UAE?

Israeli raids and incursions in al-Aqsa Mosque explained

What is Hanukkah? The Jewish festival of lights explained

Explained: Saudi Arabia’s takeover of Newcastle United

Seven facts about the Arabic language that may surprise you

War, riots, torture: The luxury hotels that shaped the Middle East

Seven Middle Eastern flags and the symbolism they carry

Explained: Sisi, Macron and the dubious history of France's Legion of Honour

Who are the Harkis? The Algerians who fought against independence

COP26 summit: 15 ways that the Middle East is under threat

Blackface and anti-blackness in the Arab world

Illegal Israeli settlements explained

Iran crisis: How attacks on US embassies have shaped America’s future

The Armenian genocide explained

How to plan an Arab-American wedding that will please everyone (except you)

Trojan Horse Affair

The Trojan Horse affair explained: The hoax plot to radicalise Birmingham schools

Sudan's military coup explained

Hajj explained: the past and present of the most important Muslim pilgrimage

Sheikh Jarrah explained: The past and present of East Jerusalem neighbourhood

48 Palestinians

Explained: Who are Israel's Palestinian citizens?

Laylat al-Qadr: The holiest night in Islam explained

Arabic poetry: 10 writers, classic and modern, you need to read

Ramadan: 10 tips for healthy eating during holy month

Ramadan: 13 questions you have about Muslims' holy month - answered

Discover

Moon Knight versus Ms Marvel: What lies beyond representation?

32 Middle Eastern recipes you can make at home

Meatballs and militancy: How a Swedish king became the bane of the Ottoman Empire

Posidonia oceanica: The sea plant protecting life in and around the Mediterranean

Musician Dana al-Fardan on influences, activism and being the sound of Qatar Airways

The two faces of western cinema: Righteous anger on Ukraine, silence on the Middle East

Wedding traditions from five countries across the region

Experiencing Ramadan with an eating disorder

Riz Ahmed: Five movies that helped define the British Muslim Oscar winner's career

Art and photography

How Turkey hopes to nurture new artists and its contemporary art scene

Cannes Film Festival: Saudi soft power and money make a splash

The digital effort to save Ankara's Jewish history

Six things we learned from Arab TV shows this Ramadan

Five of the Middle East's oldest cities that are still inhabited

From mandrakes to spring onions: Five foods the Ancient Egyptians used to eat

The ghostbuster of Jerusalem: Meet the Palestinian man tracking down ghouls and jinn

Seven Middle Eastern flags and the symbolism they carry

While you were sleeping: The importance of dreams in Middle Eastern culture

Five Islamic expressions that have gone mainstream

Tokyo drift: How a growing number of Muslims are making Japan their home

COP26 summit: 15 ways that the Middle East is under threat

How Ertugrul resurrected the Muslim imagination

Arabic poetry: 10 writers, classic and modern, you need to read

Let's play: Learning Arabic, one Lego brick at a time

Art and photography

Iranian gangsters: Tattoos, drug deals and a hidden underworld revealed

‘All my work is Libya’: Five emerging Libyan artists to watch

Teaching Arabic to kids: How families are putting the fun back into reading

Plague and poetry: How Middle East authors have written about disease

The Middle East in pictures

Qatar World Cup 2022

Morocco fans celebrate around the world after historic World Cup win

Qatar World Cup 2022

Qatar World Cup 2022: Region's fans revel in first Arab hosted tournament

In pictures: The veterinarian saving Egypt's abused and injured horses

The woman reviving Yemen’s dressmaking heritage through dolls

The Strangers' Cemetery: Living among the dead in Lebanon

In pictures: Palestinian-Syrian refugee opens Iraq's first cat and dog hotel

Art and photography

In pictures: Beirut Image Festival makes a triumphant return despite Lebanon's economic crisis

Queen Elizabeth II

In pictures: Queen Elizabeth II and the Middle East

A glimpse of life in the Middle East before colonial borders

Unrequited love: The epic romances of the Arab world

In pictures: Yemen's kickboxing girls

In pictures: Eighth sandstorm in two months envelops Iraq

In pictures: the female beekeeper of war-torn Sanaa

In pictures: The rise of Tunisia's tennis ace Ons Jabeur

In pictures: Eighth sandstorm in two months envelops Iraq

In pictures: The iconic stained glass windows of al-Aqsa Mosque

In pictures: Palestinian villages before the Nakba

In pictures: Saving Iraq's last Jewish tomb

Standing on history: The Jerusalem fabric shop built on a Crusader church

Varzesh Baastani: The ancient Persian sport influenced by Sufism

In pictures: Tunisia's devoted cat guardians

In pictures: Ram-fighting in Tunis suburbs continues despite calls for ban

In pictures: Wildfires ravage northern Algeria

In pictures: Life in Palestine from 1890 to 1937

By Peter Oborne

Qatar World Cup 2022

World Cup 2022: What's behind the sustained condemnation of Qatar?

Imran Mulla

Liz Truss is gone. The only way out of this chaos is a general election

Peter Oborne

Rishi Sunak’s blatant lies about Corbyn show he’s no different to Johnson

Peter Oborne

Jeremy Corbyn was right all along about Putin. And right about his oligarchs too

Peter Oborne

Liz Truss is finished. And so are the Tories

Peter Oborne

'It felt so close to civil war': When Hindu nationalism came to Britain

Peter Oborne

British Royal Family

Charles III: How the new king became the most pro-Islam monarch in British history

Peter Oborne

Boris Johnson and the decline of Thatcherism

Peter Oborne

Shireen Abu Akleh killing

Shireen Abu Akleh killing: Why all journalists must push for justice

Peter Oborne

Douglas Murray and the mainstreaming of the 'Great Replacement' theory

Peter Oborne

Boris Johnson is using the Rwanda refugee flights to win the next election

Peter Oborne

Life after death for Tony Blair

Peter Oborne

It's time Liz Truss spoke out in defence of democracy in Egypt

Peter Oborne

Douglas Murray and the mainstreaming of the 'Great Replacement' theory

Peter Oborne

Life after death for Tony Blair

Peter Oborne

Boris Johnson, just like Richard Nixon, will be brought down by vanity

Peter Oborne

Pakistan political crisis: Why Imran Khan's enemies want him out

Peter Oborne

Trojan Horse Affair

Trojan Horse affair: We need the truth. Only the New York Times has tried to tell it

Peter Oborne

If Boris Johnson survives Sue Gray and police inquiry, the UK will lose

Peter Oborne

Tony Blair and Boris Johnson: A simple morality tale about western values

Peter Oborne

Guantanamo: An enduring symbol of the savagery unleashed upon innocent Muslims

Peter Oborne

North Shropshire was a calamity for Boris Johnson. But it's about to get much worse. Here's why

Peter Oborne

Boris Johnson's departure is only a matter of time

Peter Oborne

Iran nuclear deal: Could Vienna talks mark the start of a new Cold War?

Peter Oborne

As Tories fete Boris Johnson, a social catastrophe looms

Peter Oborne

Lebanon economic crisis

With Nasrallah's oil shipment to Lebanon, only Hezbollah is left standing

Peter Oborne

Afghanistan: US defeat stems from its ruinous response to 9/11 attacks

Peter Oborne

US humiliation in Afghanistan could be a turning point in world history

Peter Oborne

A bitter Middle East crisis at the heart of the Conservative Party

Peter Oborne

Euro 2020: The battle of two Britains

Peter Oborne

Yemen war: Britain cannot be both arms dealer and peacemaker

Peter Oborne

Batley by-election: Blaming Muslims for why Labour could lose is despicable

Peter Oborne

Qatar World Cup 2022

Qatar World Cup 2022

Why Qatar's World Cup has been a magnificent success

Imran Mulla

Qatar World Cup 2022

Moroccan national team comes home to massive hero's welcome

Qatar World Cup 2022

Qatar World Cup: Why Americans just don't get football

Hamid Dabashi

Qatar World Cup 2022

Qatar World Cup: What is the bisht?

Qatar World Cup 2022

Qatar World Cup: Fans adorned in Henna tattoos and immersed in Qatari culture

Qatar World Cup 2022

Seven times the Palestinian cause took centre stage at the Qatar World Cup

Israeli forces crack down on Palestinians celebrating Morocco World Cup win

Qatar World Cup 2022

Why do some British Muslims find it difficult to support the England team?