MALAK HARB

Saudi Arabian teacher Mansour bin Abdullah Al-Mansour, left, receives the Global Teacher Prize trophy from Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum at a ceremony awarding the Global Teacher Prize in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Saudi educator known for charity and prisoner work wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize
A Saudi educator known for his charity work and instructing prisoners has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize.
 
Abdullah Zahra demonstrates how he was tortured in a cell at Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence during Bashar Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad
The system of detention, torture and death run by Syria’s former ruler, Bashar Assad, is starting to come out into the open.
 
Sara the lion cub plays in an apartment where she was sheltered by the rescue group Animals Lebanon in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse
When Sara first arrived at her rescuers’ home, she was sick, tired, and was covered in ringworms and signs of abuse all over her little furry body.
 
Hassan Mikdad, holds his son Hussein Mikdad, 4, who was injured on Oct. 2 in an Israeli airstrike at a densely-populated neighborhood south of Beirut, as he cries during a check up by his doctor at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon’s children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional
Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month. His mother, three siblings and six relatives were killed.
 
Volunteers prepare meals at a women's art center that was turned into a kitchen for displaced people who fled southern Lebanon amid the ongoing Hezbollah-Israel war, in the town of Aqaibe, northern Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
As Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon, fear rises in communities where the displaced took refuge
Israel has concentrated its bombardment of Lebanon mostly in the country’s south and east and in Beirut’s southern suburbs. These are Shiite-majority areas where the Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence.
 
FILE - A man wearing a keffiyeh looks at the U.S. Capitol during a pro-Palestinian rally, on May 18, 2024, on the National Mall in Washington. At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi in May, 2024, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted “Free Palestine!” as he crossed the stage to receive his diploma, witnesses say. Days later, he reportedly was deported from the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
University student who yelled ‘Free Palestine’ reportedly deported as UAE weighs Israel-Hamas war
At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi this May, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted “Free Palestine!” as he crossed the stage to receive his diploma, witnesses say.
 
Mitchell Dougherty, the brewmaster at Side Hustle Brews and Spirts, pours a pint of beer at their brew pub in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, May 13, 2024. Abu Dhabi has overhauled its laws to allow for the micro and craft breweries that have taken the rest of the world by storm, part of a wider reconsideration of alcohol policies in this Islamic nation increasingly drawing tourists. (AP Photo/Malak Harb)
Abu Dhabi, once an untapped desert city, sees its first brewery open as UAE relaxes its alcohol laws
In 2018, Chad McGehee opened Side Hustle Brews and Spirits, an Abu Dhabi-branded brewery and distillery with funky camels on its cans and playful names familiar to anyone living in the United Arab Emirates.
 
FILE - An abandoned vehicle stands in floodwater caused by heavy rain with the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, seen on the background, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on April 18, 2024. Dubai Airports announced on Thursday, May 2, the cancelation and diversion of flights due to unsettled weather conditions in the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Christopher Pike, File)
Flights to Dubai disrupted as rain hits the UAE 2 weeks after its heaviest recorded rainfall ever
Airport authorities in Dubai say several flights have been cancelled and diverted as heavy rains hit the United Arab Emirates for the second time in a month.
 
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators participating in a protest against the Israel-Hamas war hold a sign at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
At COP28 summit, activists and officials voice concern over Gaza’s environment, devastated by war
As leaders, officials and activists descend on Dubai for United Nations climate talks to discuss saving Earth, another environmental crisis is nearby.
 
Hadeel Ikhmais, a climate change expert with the Palestinian Authority, speaks to The Associated Press at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
The resumption of the Israel-Hamas war casts long shadow over Dubai’s COP28 climate talks
As world leaders gathered for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the collapse of a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war has plunged the conflict back into open combat and cast a long shadow over the talks.
 
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber walks through the venue for the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Emirati-designated COP28 leader forcefully denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit
The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has forcefully denied a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals, a day before the summit was due to begin.
 
Twelve-year-old Amr Jandieh, who was wounded in the Israel-Hamas war, gestures, while surrounded by Emirati officials as he is brought down from the plane to an ambulance in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Jandieh is one of thousands of children in Gaza who have been injured by the ongoing Hamas-Israel war. But he’s one of the slightly luckier ones who was able to leave the besieged enclave to get treatment outside. (AP Photo/Malak Harb)
First group of wounded Palestinian children from Israel-Hamas war arrives in United Arab Emirates
The first planeload of Palestinian children wounded in the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip has reached the United Arab Emirates, part of a pledged relief effort by the country to aid 1,000 children.
 
President of the long-haul airline Emirates Tim Clark speaks to journalists at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Long-haul carrier Emirates signaled Tuesday it will hold off on a major purchase of Airbus A350 aircraft over concerns about their Rolls Royce engines, marking a major blow for the European manufacturer as it hopes to close the sale during the Dubai Air Show this week. (AP Photo/Lujain Jo) ///
Long-haul carrier Emirates signals it will hold off on major Airbus purchase over engine worries
Long-haul carrier Emirates has signaled it will hold off on a major purchase of Airbus A350 aircraft over concerns about their Rolls Royce engines, marking a major blow for the European manufacturer during the Dubai Air Show.
 
Palestinians walk on a damaged road in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, after the Israeli army withdrew its forces from the militant stronghold. The withdrawal of troops from the camp ended an intense two-day operation that killed at least 13 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. One Israeli soldier was also killed. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
As Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive, Palestinian residents emerge to scenes of vast destruction
Palestinian residents of the Jenin refugee camp encountered scenes of widespread destruction as they emerged from their homes and returned from nearby shelters following the most intense Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades.
 
Members of the Wildlife Rescue program of Environment Agency Abu Dhabi carry a sea turtle to release on Saadiyat Island of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Scientists hope the turtle will thrive back in its natural habitat, joining about 500 sea turtles that have been rescued, rehabilitated and released since Abu Dhabi's Environment Agency (EAD) launched a program three years ago to aid turtles distressed by climate change and other issues. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
In United Arab Emirates, struggling sea turtles get a helping hand
As sea turtles around the world grow more vulnerable due to climate change, the United Arab Emirates is working to protect the creatures. Turtles that wash ashore in Abu Dhabi are rescued, rehabilitated and then released back into the ocean.
 
Protesters outside US Embassy in Lebanon decry Trump plan
More than 200 Lebanese and Palestinians have held a protest near the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon against a White House plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
 
Saudi Aramco seeks record-setting IPO with value up to $1.7T
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco says it will sell a 1.5% stake in the company as it looks to raise as much as $25.6 billion from the sale.
 
For Huda Kattan, beauty has become a billion-dollar business
Iraqi-American Huda Kattan has become one of the most recognizable names in makeup around the world. Her eponymous empire Huda Beauty, a makeup line valued at $1.2 billion, is now a favorite among A-list celebrities and artists around the world.
 
A shimmering night in Dubai as Dior shows its haute couture
Under a large circus-style tent, Dior has showcased its latest haute couture collection to a crowd of Mideast-based fashionistas, social media figures, celebrities, buyers, designers and editors.
 
UAE says its first astronaut going into space in September
The United Arab Emirates has announced the date the first astronaut from the Gulf Arab nation will go into space.
 
Car dealers gear up for Saudi women to hit the roads
Car companies are looking to boost their sales in Saudi Arabia by pitching their brands to women, who’ll be allowed to drive for the first time starting Sunday.
 
Saudi women spend big on makeup, even if it’s just a glimpse
Most women in Saudi Arabia cover their faces and hair in public, yet makeup sales are booming in the conservative Middle Eastern country.
 
A decade in the making, Louvre Abu Dhabi opens to the public
The Louvre Abu Dhabi has opened to the public after a decade-long wait. Online tickets sold out and hundreds more stood in line Saturday morning for the chance to see the works of the likes of Pablo Picasso and Rodin.
 
5 pieces of art you should see at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
This plaster statue, dating to around 6,500 B.C. and discovered in Ain Ghazal, Jordan, is one of the oldest known in human history. It’s among the earliest large-scale representations of human form. The settlement in which it was found, spread across 30 acres (12 hectares) along the Zarqa River, was
 
Al-Jazeera a target in Gulf confrontation with Qatar
The Arab news network Al-Jazeera has been thrust into the center of the story this week as Qatar came under virtual siege by its Gulf neighbors, pressuring it to shut down the TV channel that has infuriated them with its coverage for 20 years.
 
‘I am lucky': Refugee family celebrates arrival to US
An Iraqi family celebrated their arrival to the United States as a federal court blocked a travel ban that would have kept others like them out of the country for 120 days.
 
Prince Charles, Camilla in Oman at start of Gulf royal visit
Britain’s Prince Charles has brandished a sword and taken part in a traditional dance on his trip to Oman with his wife Camilla. Saturday marked the first full day of the couple’s three-nation, weeklong royal tour of the Gulf.