Escape from the Islamic State: Iraqis paying people smugglers to get out of extremist-controlled Mosul
Many Iraqis wonder why anyone would stay in the northern city of Mosul, living under the control of the extremist group known as the Islamic State. The extremists base their ideology on their own version of Sunni Islam and this involves meting out brutal and arcane punishments to locals who do not agree with their self-made religious views.
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Our love-in-war pictures to remind you of us, of Yemen
There’s no match to what is happening in Yemen. It is the biggest war in the country’s history. Has the world forgotten us? Or you just never heard of our war? The war between the mighties and the weak state. All rich Arabs with their high-tech weapons and Western allies against us, the poorest Arabs. We are under siege by battleships and countless fighter jets. It is David against Goliath, but with no heroes.
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Sons of Yusuf release motivational hip-hop music video
"Sheikh The World!” The Kuwaiti hip-hop duo Sons of Yusuf collaborated with employment platform Bayt.com to produce a motivational hip-hop music video which encourages fulfilling your passion. Named Still Got a Lot To Go, the collaboration is the first video of the Bayt.com What’s Your Story series.
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