FIFA

Arab teams aim to show strength in numbers

For the first time in history, eight Arab teams have qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026 – an extraordinary milestone for the region. Not so long ago, a single Arab nation qualifying for the FIFA ...
Khaleej Times

Burj Al Arab restoration explained: Why Dubai’s icon needs an 18-month closure

Burj Al Arab has never been a hotel that does things halfway, not when it first rose out of an artificial island in the late 1990s, and not now, as it prepares to disappear behind hoardings for an ...
New York Post

ChatGPT users flummoxed after AI bot starts inserting Arabic into responses

English-speaking ChatGPT users were caught off guard after OpenAI’s chatbot started increasingly injecting Arabic words into its responses, as seen in viral social media posts. “It did it twice on my ...
WBUR

A new exhibit celebrates Massachusetts’ hidden Arab histories

From the late 1800s through the 1950s, Boston was home to Little Syria, an Arab enclave in what is now Chinatown and the South End. Immigrants from Lebanon and Syria lived side by side with other new ...
Newsweek

Fact Check: Is Mamdani Introducing Arabic Numerals To New York Schools?

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Posts circulating on social media claim Mamdani is expected to ...
FIFA

View the Arab Cup match schedule

View fixture details and kick-off times for the second edition of the FIFA Arab Cup, which runs from 1-18 December. The match schedule for the second edition of the FIFA Arab Cup™ has been released, ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fed’s ‘Gain of Function’ Monetary Policy

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...
CNN

Arab states call on Hamas to disarm and relinquish power in unprecedented move

Arab and Muslim states including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have for the first time issued a joint call for Hamas to disarm and relinquish power in the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to end the war ...
Forbes

The State Of Arab Luxury: The Major Players Behind The Brands

Trump’s Gulf tour highlights the booming Arab luxury sector that’s worth $16.9 billion. Riyadh’s mega malls challenge Dubai’s luxury brand dominance, which is second only to London’s. On the heels of ...
Cal Alumni Association

Eight of Our Favorite Arab American Children’s Books

April is Arab American Heritage Month, but stories about and for Arab American children remain relatively rare. Despite the population of Arabs in the United States totaling 3.7 million people with ...
Reuters

Arab states and the Palestinians: an uneasy relationship

DUBAI, April 7 (Reuters) - Arab states formally support the Palestinian cause but security, regional and sectarian tensions have strained their ties with the Palestinians scattered across the Middle ...