Published by Al-Araby The clouded sky over the Ain Samiah Valley gives the early morning a cold grey tone, as Tareq Othman walks with heavy steps along the muddy road down to the Bedouin village. Grass has already grown after the first rains of the year, forming a thin green carpet on the surrounding hills, falling in between the tents. Some 32 families live in the community classified as area ‘c’, without public services or infrastructure, and until late November, without a school. “These people arrived here right after 1967 when the Israeli occupation expelled them from the Jordan Valley where they had lived for …

Published by TDPel Media UAEU celebrates International Women’s Day AL AIN, 7th March, 2022 – The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has highlighted the role of its female graduates in advancing the UAE’s progress, success, and development, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Since its foundation in 1976, the UAEU has produced 17,783 graduates, many of whom hold vital positions. Included in graduates who have gone on to have influence in society are Maryam Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of Social Affairs in 2006, Jamila bint Salem Masbah Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Public Education in 2016, Najla Mohamm…

Published by Al-Araby Iraq still needs airstrikes from the US-led coalition to snuff out what remains of the Islamic State group, a military spokesperson said a few days after combat troops from the coalition left the country. The Iraqi forces need strengthening and support “especially in the air force, air defense, army aviation and intelligence system fields,” The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister site Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported spokesman Yehia Rasool as saying. Iraq particularly needs the coalition’s aviation to carry out strikes on IS remnants of the Iraq-Syria border, Rasool said. The Iraqi government said We…