Censored Internet

4 Egyptian Restaurants Make it to MENA’s Top 50 Photo credit: World’s 50 Best RestaurantsThe World’s 50 Best has released a 2023 list of the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) most appreciated restaurants, with four Egyptian restaurants making the cut: Zööba, Kazoku, Sachi Cairo, and Reif Kushiyaki Cairo. The…

Launched in 2021, Orfali Bros Bistro is an unlicensed gastronomic bistro and test kitchen located in Dubai’s Wasl 51 neighbourhood. Founded by three brothers originally from Syria, its menu features dishes with a core Middle Eastern theme paying homage to the brothers’ Aleppian roots, while capturing 'the multiculturalism and avant-garde…

Some of the best restaurants across the Middle East and North Africa were celebrated in a ceremony on Monday night, as Mena's 50 Best made its return to Abu Dhabi. The list features venues across 14 cities in the Mena region, with 18 from the UAE and 15 newly added…

U S Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a trip to the Middle East by calling for calm beween Israeli and Palestinian forces amid flaring violence. Mr Blinken’s visit was planned prior to the heightened unrest, which has seen dozens of people killed this month across the two sides.…

CAIRO —  As Israel in recent weeks put together its most right-wing, religiously conservative government in history, senior U.S. officials insisted on waiting and seeing just how radical things would get. They emphasized “policies,” not “personalities.” Now, nearly a month into a government led by returning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…

The Biden administration’s proposal to add a “Middle Eastern or North African” identifier, or MENA, to official documents like the census is the latest progress in a decadeslong fight to secure representation for a historically statistically invisible community, advocates say. In a Federal Register notice published Friday, the Federal Interagency…

Published January 29, 2023 10:45pm VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a resurgence of violence in the Middle East, calling on both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to engage in a "sincere search for peace." "The death spiral that increases day by day only closes the few…

The U.S. diplomat's visit comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. (January 29, 2023 / JNS) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt Sunday at the start of a Middle East tour in which he will also visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority and meet with…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, seen speaking to the US Conference of Mayors on January 18, 2023, hopes to ease tensions in the Middle EastWASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look…

The country stressed the need to support all regional and international efforts to advance the Middle East Peace Process By Wam Published: Fri 27 Jan 2023, 11:39 AM The UAE has condemned Israeli forces' storming of the Palestinian camp of Jenin, which resulted in numerous deaths and injuries. In a…