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Saudi Arabia’s Women National Football Team Makes History

Saudi Arabia’s Women National Football Team Makes History

Rawan Bou Hassan | Staff Writer

As an avid football fan, I was thrilled to hear such news as this means greater opportunities and equal representation for females, especially athletes, in Saudi Arabia. This also has positive implications on women’s empowerment in the whole Arabian Gulf region, where these players now act as agents of change for future generations.

If the Sidewalk of Raouche Could Talk

If the Sidewalk of Raouche Could Talk

Lea Bdeir | Staff Writer

It’s heard more stories than every book in the library – from business deals and banter to as many confessions as those done at Church. The breakups, professions of love, development of friendships, exposing secrets, and well…gossip. So yalla, “masho aal corniche”

Hariri’s Failed Ventures: A Thread

Hariri’s Failed Ventures: A Thread

By Abed Bsat | Staff Writer

The Daily Star, Lebanon’s oldest English-language newspaper, has become another casualty of the country’s collapse, bringing its almost 70-year existence to an end. The newspaper, founded in 1952 by journalist Kamel Mroueh, was owned by politician and former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.