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Egab's Latest Articles

How West Bank Palestinians navigate Israeli checkpoints through Telegram

"I never expected the group to grow this large, which shows people's urgent need for a reliable source that provides accurate information about road conditions."

‘Educational defiance’: In Gaza, makeshift classrooms keep hope alive amid war and hunger

“The message is clear: you bomb our universities, and we will teach in tents. You starve us, and we will learn by candlelight. That’s the Palestinian way.”

How a digital archive is fighting to save memories of pre-Nakba Palestine

In a story familiar to Indigenous Canadians, an archive has been created to preserve the memories and truths of Palestinians

Morocco’s overlooked waste pickers building a cleaner, fairer future

Yassine Mazouat has seen the horrors of being a waste picker; he now leads a company to bring the country's thousands of 'invisible' waste workers to decency and fair jobs

Report from the ground: How U.S.A.I.D. cuts are crippling Yemen’s healthcare system

Like so many others, displaced people in the middle eastern country are directly suffering due to the U.S.A.I.D funding cuts.

How an Egyptian app developer fixed his own speech impediment with AI-powered tech

Lothgha App now has an Arabic and an English version.

Egypt’s first charity thrift shop opens amidst widening gap between rich and poor

The store was an immediate hit: its inventory was intended to last several months, but it was sold out within one month of its launch.

How villages banded together to rebuild Yemen’s schools amid war

Yemen’s decade-long war has left the education system in shambles. More than 2,436 schools have been destroyed, damaged or repurposed for non-educational purposes. But that hasn't stopped locals from working together to get their schools back up and running.