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🚨🚨🚨Some personal news: I'm very excited to announce I'm joining the
@NYTimes
as a Dubai-based reporter covering the Gulf and the wider MENA region.
More excited to tell the stories of my people and region.
Please connect with me on ismaeel.naar
@nytimes
.com
We are excited to announce that Ismaeel Naar is joining the Gulf bureau as a reporter based in Dubai.
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Filipino boy band
#SB19
speal to
@TheNationalNews
'
@EvelynTweets
on their rise to fame, touring the US and launching a record label:
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#Jordan
’s Prince Hamza bin Hussein releases a separate video in Arabic this time, with harsher statements compared to English version sent to and broadcast on the BBC.
#الامير_حمزه
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Breaking:
#Iraqi
state television reporting deaths of PMU militas commander Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes alongside IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem
#Soleimani
in airstrike near Baghdad airport.
التلفزيون العراقي الرسمي يعلن مقتل أبو مهدي المهندس و قاسم سليماني #العربية_عاجل
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@alexisohanian
Clearly Quai Quai having the time of her life as well being back on tour. 👶🏾
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#Jordan
’s Former Crown Prince Hamza bin Hussein confirms army commander asked him to stay at home and not contact anyone, says he is no party to any conspiracy/plot or group with “foreign funding”.
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#Breaking
:
#UAE
Ministry of Defense announces the interception and destruction of a ballistic missile launched towards the country by the Houthis.
“The attack did not result in any losses, as the remnants of the ballistic missile fell outside the populated areas.”
وزارة الدفاع تعلن اعتراض وتدمير صاروخ باليستي أطلق تجاه دولة الإمارات
أعلنت وزارة الدفاع الإثنين عن اعتراض وتدمير دفاعها الجوي صاروخ باليستي أطلقته جماعة الحوثي الإرهابية تجاه الدولة، ولم ينجم عن الهجوم أية خسائر حيث سقطت بقايا الصاروخ الباليستي خارج المناطق المأهولة بالسكان.
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#Transformation
I haven’t publicly shared my weight loss journey publicly on Twitter before but felt like it was overdue.
What a journey, more mentally than physically, it takes to realize your full potential.
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📣 Some personal news:
Happy to announce I have joined
@TheNationalNews
as their new breaking news reporter.
I look forward to working with the great team of fellow journalists and editors covering the Middle East and beyond.
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بعد سبعة سنوات من الخدمة، اغادر بيتي في قناة العربية،
@AlArabiya
ووتحديداً موقعها الإنجليزي.
من الصعب أن تقول وداعاً لبيتك وأهلك. شكراً الاستاذ ممدوح المهيني
@malmhuain
و أصدقائي المحاربين القدماء.
لن أكون بعيدا.
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Endless stream of pilgrims making their way to
#JabalRahma
on
#Arafat
day. In a few hours, it will be impossible to see ground.
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I still remember the day Iraq won the Asian Cup in 2007 and how the Arab world rallied behind them.
This time it’ll be Eid on Saturday when we do the same for
@Ons_Jabeur
at the
#Wimbledon2022
final.
#أنس_جابر
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“If you [Hezbollah] think that your intimidation will keep us from standing up and from being true to our conviction, you are wrong,”
@LokmanSlim
told me in Dec. 2019.
RIP #لقمان_سليم
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🚨Some more personal news: 🚨
Happy to announce I’ve started a new role as Arab Affairs Editor
@TheNationalNews
after a year of breaking news.
Thankful to senior management and my editors for entrusting me with the role.
Get in touch for any story ideas/tips on Mena region.
📣 Some personal news:
Happy to announce I have joined
@TheNationalNews
as their new breaking news reporter.
I look forward to working with the great team of fellow journalists and editors covering the Middle East and beyond.
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Leave it to
@AlOraibi
to call out the new shy joiner 🙋🏻♂️on a year-end zoom call with 115 of his new colleagues to speak up.
Thank you to my new team
@TheNationalNews
for welcoming me.
It’s been a great 1st week and I look forward to the things we’ll achieve together in 2022! 🙌🏻
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I began my career at AJE the same week
@yasmineryan
left to begin freelancing in the region. Still remember her last goodbye to the newsdesk and her telling me to call her for advice whenever I needed it. Our industry is just that poorer now she’s gone. RIP my friend.
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Great to host
@NUQatar
students at
@TheNationalNews
visiting Dubai and Abu Dhabi as part of their Global Media Experience annual trip.
I graduated from
@MedillSchool
-Qatar 10 years ago, when all of these students were still 8-10 years old.
A decade can really catch up on you!
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Official statement from the Moroccan royal court read out by state television that
#Rayan
did not survive:
#SaveRayan
#Morocco
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“Jordanians are in the hearts of Saudis” quickly trending on Arabic Twitter in
#SaudiArabia
.
#Jordan
#الاردن_في_قلوب_السعوديين
#الأردن
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@YoungTennisGuns
@ReemAbulleil
.
@Ons_Jabeur
is definitely a name and sells tickets/seats, especially in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he looks forward to “new horizons” in relations between GCC states and the bloc of Central Asian countries informally known as the C5, comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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Moment French President
@EmmanuelMacron
was slapped during a walkabout in the Drome region in southeastern France. 2 arrested.
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Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli warplanes target the Palestinian enclave, early on May 17, 2021.
(AFP photos)
#GazaUnderAttak
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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi lands in Riyadh, marking the first visit by an Iranian leader in more than a decade to Saudi Arabia.
فيديو | الرئيس الإيراني إبراهيم رئيسي يصل إلى الرياض للمشاركة في القمة العربية الإسلامية
#قمة_عربية_إسلامية_بالسعودية
#الإخبارية
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Breaking: A Saudi citizen who works for Saudia Airlines was kidnapped Sunday evening in the middle of the commercial district in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
State television
@alekhbariyatv
now breaking the story, releasing details that kidnappers in military clothing used two
اختطاف مواطن يعمل لصالح الخطوط الجوية السعودية في بيروت والمطالبة بـ 400 ألف دولار كفدية
#الإخبارية
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#Bahrain
’s King says Manama stands with
#Jordan
’s King Abdullah’s decisions “to maintain country’s security.” Similar statement released by
#SaudiArabia
.
ملك البحرين: نقف مع الأردن ونساند قرارات الملك عبدالله الثاني لحفظ أمن بلاده #العربية_عاجل
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Congrats
@hnonoo75
on your retirement after 14 years at
@bahdiplomatic
.
Our kingdom salutes you for your service.
🇧🇭
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Just felt a slight aftershock from possible earthquake in
#Dubai
Hills.
Familiar feeling now every couple of months. This time it lasted a good 20 seconds.
Anyone feeling the same?
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Update: Moroccan emergency teams on Saturday reached a young boy trapped down a deep well for over four days, ending in a nerve-racking operation hampered by concerns about ground stability.
#SaveRayan
via
@TheNationalNews
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Back in Jeddah after a four-year absence. The scale of change I’ve seen so far is on par with what we’ve seen in Riyadh and across the Kingdom.
What remains, though, is the natural hospitality that Jeddawis are so known for.
فعلًا جدة غير 💚
#Jeddah
#جدة
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Eight years since I graduated from
@NUQatar
@MedillSchool
and gave a speech on my first real lesson in journalism.
“You just have to listen to those around you.”
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One final podcast recording for
@TheNationalNews
with the best editor and line manager I’ve yet to work with.
Thank you James for your mentorship, but more importantly, your friendship.
See you on the other side.
@JHainesYoung
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On
#WorldCancerDay
I remember loved ones I’ve lost to this terrible disease. My mother 14 years ago and Mohsin Falee earlier this week.
Here’s hoping we find a cure one day.
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اللهم ارحم محسن فالي واغفر له.
Mohsin Falee saved my life more than once and I’ll spend the rest of my life in gratitude for the kindness and friendship he’s shown me and countless others.
Rest in power warrior. 🤲🏻
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Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the face and died soon afterward, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Another Palestinian journalist working for the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds newspaper was also wounded but is in stable condition.
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Snippets of
@TheNationalNews
marking 15 years with 120+ journalists from the UAE, UK, US and our regional bureaus over the weekend.
So proud to have joined this caliber of journalists who are simply the best in their field, bar none.
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#Breaking
:
#UAE
Supreme Council elects
#MohammedbinZayed
@MohamedBinZayed
as President of the country.
Follow
@TheNationalNews
for more news.
#عاجل_وام | المجلس الأعلى للاتحاد ينتخب #محمد_بن_زايد رئيساً لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
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Official comment from
@AdnocGroup
on today’s incident at its
#Mussafah
fuel depot in
#AbuDhabi
.
Follow updates here:
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Constantly impressed by the quality of work coming out of my alma mater
@NUQatar
over the years.
Keep going wildcats.
@MKraidy
@Studio20Q
The
@Studio20Q
premiere will be held at M7 at
@MsheirebDoha
. Prof.
@joaopqueiroga
said the 10 films “are quite diverse and reflect our international student body ... [it] is such a delight to celebrate our filmmakers in a five-day event under the stars.”
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Strong words from Saudi Crown Prince. “The double standards of the western world is clear from the UN Security Council’s failure to act”.
#قمة_عربية_إسلامية_بالسعودية
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Video shows Iraqi youth taking to the streets in celebration upon reports of Qasem
#Soleimani
’s death.
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Great to write a piece featuring
@Manirostom
, face of
#NikeProHijab
as she steps it up for female Muslim athletes!
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My
@CareemUAE
driver just told me good night and sweet dreams. I nearly said “I love you baba”.
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Aftershocks from a magnitude 6.5
#earthquake
in southern
#Iran
have been felt across several emirates, according to the
#UAE
’s Meteorological Center.
#Dubai
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#HAJJ2017
EXPLAINER: All you need to know about the steps, rituals and significance of the pilgrimage
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Just filmed a video for
@TheNationalNews
testing out Google's new AI chatbox Bard. It claims to understand 43 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, German, Hindi and Spanish.
I just tested it out while speaking in the Bahraini dialect and surprisingly it picked up accurately.
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A lot of my colleagues in the
#journalism
industry quit their jobs (me included) due to burnout. It’s not feasible anymore to peg the whole “dog eat dog world” BS by editors who work their staff to the bone for the sake of “clicks” and little to no pay.
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The National can today reveal the full extent of the prosecution case against Riad Salameh, the Lebanon central bank chief accused of embezzling $330 million from the financially stricken country.
Exclusive reporting from
@TheNationalNews
'
@MaucourantNada
:
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Area close to the small Jamarat (Pillars representing the Devil) where pilgrims will fill the compound in 2 days.
#Hajj2017
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Great finally meeting
@SultanAlQassemi
and talking about
@NUQatar
. Thanks for inaugurating
@AlArabiya_Eng
's blogs.
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Our correspondent
@Ghaya_BM
reports from the scene after a devastating wildfire spread on the Tunisian-Algerian border
The National reports from Tabarka as wildfires spread on the Tunisian-Algerian border
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On one of the several C-130 hercules
#UAE
military aircraft that have landed so far on
#Syria
’s
#Damascus
to deliver much needed himanitarian aid after
#TurkeyEarthquake
.
Full story out on
@TheNationalNews
soon.
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The Arab League has granted Syria a conditional return to the alliance.
The decision was made by Arab foreign ministers holding an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday, according to a senior Egyptian diplomat who told
@TheNationalNews
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Everyone who’s fortunate enough to work with you knows you uplift your colleagues whether they’re the intern or the editor-in-chief.
That’s a great mark of a journalist in any newsroom.
معظم اللي اشتغلت معهم بجدة بعرفهم. والرائعة
@aljehaniya
بتعرفوها. بس زميلنا الحبيب سالم الزبيدي أول مرة بشتغل معو. كمية النشاط والانضباط والتعاون والطاقة الإيجابية اللي عندو عظيمة جدا لدرجة فاجأتني. متأكد أن مستقبلا زاهرا بانتظارك 🌹❤
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After seven years, I leave my home at
@AlArabiya_Eng
. It’s bittersweet to say farewell to a place I called home and family I chose to make my own.
It’s been an honor of a lifetime to work alongside some of the best in the business.
بعد سبعة سنوات من الخدمة، اغادر بيتي في قناة العربية،
@AlArabiya
ووتحديداً موقعها الإنجليزي.
من الصعب أن تقول وداعاً لبيتك وأهلك. شكراً الاستاذ ممدوح المهيني
@malmhuain
و أصدقائي المحاربين القدماء.
لن أكون بعيدا.
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#SaudiArabia
's King Salman has said he hopes
#Iran
will abandon its policy of destabilisation and aggression in the region and instead choose dialogue and co-operation.
My latest -
via
@TheNationalNews
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One of the hardest to write, but cathartic in retrospect.
As we continue to debate against use of Ozempic and weight-loss surgeries, please read my own journey on why losing weight helped me reclaim not just my life - but also salvaged my career dream.
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@LeahHardingAJE
Ya’ll neep to stop taking them spoons and forks otherwise we gotta pay for them ourselves and y’all need to start eating with your hands. Check yourself! 🤷🏻♀️
Hope that helps!
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Worked with the team during election night. Proud of the work at
@AlArabiya
as we strive to bring quality journalism amid a market of noise.
Al Arabiya wins international award for best virtual Studio
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Front page of the 99-year-old Umm Al Qura newspaper showing its headline news of the unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on September 23, 1932.
#SaudiMediaForum
#المنتدى_السعودي_للإعلام
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#Oscars
recognises
#Palestine
as state |
http://t.co/YJyTk4kLol
Excited for
@HanyAbuAssad
even if they don't win tonight!
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#Jordan
’s King Abdullah appears with
#PrinceHamzah
for the first time since tensions rose following allegations of a coup attempt.
#الأردن
#الامير_حمزه
HM King Abdullah II, HRH Crown Prince Al Hussein, and TRH Princes El Hassan bin Talal, Feisal bin Al Hussein, Ali bin Al Hussein, Hamzah bin Al Hussein, Hashim bin Al Hussein, Talal bin Muhammed, Ghazi bin Muhammed, Rashid bin El Hassan visit the tomb of HM the late King Talal
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They biked from London to Medina for this year's
#Hajj
to raise funds for
#SyrianRefugees
, Read our story on them:
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The ace team who are the faces of
@AlArabiya
's
#Hajj
coverage this year.
@Nayef_tv
@baderalshehri
@AHAlosaimi
@H_alsufayan
@KhaledAlamry1
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What is
#Lebanon
's Mecattaf case and why is Riad Salameh set to be quizzed?
@MaucourantNada
reports:
via
@TheNationalNews
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اللهم أرحم جدتي حبيبتي و جازها بأحسن ما لديك اللهمّ أبدلها داراً خيراً من دارها و أهلاً خيراً من أهلها، و أدخلها الجنه.
May God have mercy on my Grandma Latifa Janahi’s soul.
Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.
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BREAKING NEWS: Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Meshal has issued a decree suspending parliament for not more than four years, citing a constitutional right after weeks of political tensions following recent elections.
عاجل/ سمو الأمير: أمرنا بحل مجلس الأمة ووقف بعض مواد الدستور لمدة لا تزيد عن أربع سنوات.
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Just landed at Benina airport in Benghazi where humanitarian and aid planes from around the world are offloading crucial aid and medical supplies.
Cargo from UAE Aid also included dozens of boxes of Cetirizine Hydrochloride tablets in anticipation of an increase of disease
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Missing from the glamorous spotlight under which a foreign correspondent is placed: the fixer, i.e., the one who ensures that the job gets done, that no one is hurt and that obstacles are surmountable.
Another geeat piece from
@KhattabAsser
@newlinesmag
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So
#Medvedev
calls an umpire stupid, loses his shit and gets away with it but when
@serenawilliams
does it’s verbal abuse and a warning?
Cool, cool, cool.
#AusOpen
#AO2022
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Breaking: Official report from the Moroccan diwan confirms young Rayan has passed away.
Unfortunate news that has gripped the Middle East and the world.
#SaveRayan
#Morocco
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Breaking: The incident in
#Mussaffah
,
#AbuDhabi
, resulted in the death of 3 individuals (One Pakistani, two Indians) while 6 others were injured.
#UAE
#شرطة_أبوظبي : الحادث أسفر عن وفاة شخص من الجنسية الباكستانية و شخصين من الجنسية الهندية و إصابة 6 آخرين إصاباتهم بين البسيطة و المتوسطة.
#وام
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Security camera footage shows Russian military vehicles crossing into Ukraine from Russian-annexed Crimea.
#RussiaUkraineConflict
#russianinvasion
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During my time at
@NUQatar
- 2009-2013 - I was repeatedly told by a journalism professor I'd never make it as a print/online reporter since English wasn't my native language and that I'd be better off focusing on photojournalism or broadcast.
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Fun story of the day:
#SaudiArabia
has unveiled what it says is the world's first camel hotel, dedicated to the service and grooming of camels during the sixth King Abdul Aziz Camel Festival.
via
@TheNationalNews
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#India
and
#Pakistan
at 76: How countries compare since independence, in seven charts
By
@TommyHilton1
: via
@TheNationalNews
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#Tunisia
’s President Kais Saied has fired Prime Minister Najla Bouden, the first woman to lead a government in the North African country.
He replaces her with former central bank head Ahmed Hachani.
via
@TheNationalNews
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@NUQatar
Nearly a decade later, I make a living working primarily in print and digital with a focus on news writing. Lesson here is that everyone's work needs editing/writing at some level, whether English is your mother tongue or not. Working with subs and editors is always a good thing.
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#Russia
's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday called for direct talks between the Palestinians and Israelis to be renewed to solve the decades-long conflict.
He's in Manama and is expected in Riyadh on Wednesday to meet with GCC counterparts.
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The Saudi-led Coalition says it has destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi rebels in
#Yemen
toward
#SaudiArabia
's Dhahran Al Janub early on Monday, with shrapnel from the destroyed missile landing in the city’s industrial zone.
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Proud to be part of
@mbc_group
via
@AlArabiya_Eng
these past several years.
This company gave a kid with a dream of becoming a journalist one day hope he could make it a reality and then more.
Mabrook to
#MBC30
years and here’s to another 30 more.
#مع_بعض_مكملين_MBC30
تاريخ عريق لنجمة أبصرت النور منذ 30 عامًا، ومازالت تبهرنا ببريقها
#مع_بعض_مكملين_MBC30
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