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CHILDREN AT the Beit Lid refugee camp near Pardesiyya, in 1950.

'This Is Not a Cholent': Stories of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa

FILE PHOTO: Governor of Central Bank of Libya, Siddiq al-Kabir gestures during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli, Libya September 1, 2021. Picture taken September 1, 2021.

Libya central bank governor flees in fear for his life, FT says

Darya Mosenzon.

Darya Mosenzon to celebrate Al-Andalus and North African Jewish music in September concerts

By HAGAY HACOHEN

Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba

UN officials warn of further instability in Libya without elections soon

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Migrants, part of a group of 61 migrants on a wooden boat, are rescued by crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), in international waters off the coast of Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea September 28, 2023.

IOM reports 80,000 migrants voluntarily returned from Libya since 2015

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Sub-Saharan African migrants gather in a field where they live, in Jebiniana, Tunisia September 4, 2023.

Tunisians mount anti-migrant protests, citing perceived government failures

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

As African migration to Europe spikes, Tunisia takes center stage in Italy’s foreign policy agenda

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, March 17, 2024, in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency

EU and Egypt forge $8.1 billion deal to tackle migration and boost partnership

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar gestures to the crowd during Independence Day celebrations in Benghazi

Libya has no plans to make peace with Israel, eastern Libyan minister says

By GIDEON KOUTS

A man launched a grenade into a school in Benghazi. Illustrative.

Man throws grenade at school over daughter's punishment

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A badge reads "The power of labor aginst FGM" is seen on a volunteer during a conference on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Cairo, Egypt February 6, 2018.

Global efforts intensify to end female genital mutilation by 2030

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Police officers stand guard near the site of a suicide bombing attack in downtown Tunis, Tunisia June 27, 2019.

Five Islamist convicts escape from Tunisian jail

By REUTERS

RUBBLE AND signs of destruction following floods in Derna, Libya: The chaos in the country came to a breaking point when Libya experienced historic rainfall earlier this month, the writer notes.

Libya is in a spiral of its design - opinion

By JUDAH WAXELBAUM

Tunisian President Kais Saied

Since Tunisia’s Saied seized control, the country’s economic situation continues to deteriorate

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba

Libya rejects peace with Israel, vows to uncover 'what happened in Rome'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Demonstrators burn tires in protest against the meeting which was held last week in Italy between foreign affairs ministers of Libya and Israel, in Tripoli, Libya, August 27, 2023

How will Israel's diplomatic snafu with Libya impact the Arab world?

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Smoke rises as Egyptian firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out in the historic neo-Islamic ministry in central Cairo, Egypt, August 5, 2023.

Blaze engulfs historic ministry building in central Cairo

By REUTERS

Women shop at a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

What do MENA Muslims think about the role of women in society? – study

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD