Topic: Saudi Arabia
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Starmer’s Saudi trip showed PM trying to walk at least two fine lines
On a visit to meet controversial Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the prime minister hailed Assad’s fall in Syria — but what of the group that toppled him?
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A personal portrait of Umrah
Photographing my first pilgrimage to Mecca as a new mother allowed me to capture the beauty, chaos and peace of this sacred journey
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A death in the desert — Hajj and the fatal impact of global warming
Extreme heat contributed to the deaths of more than 1,300 people at Hajj this year, including nine British pilgrims. Aruf Rahman from Rotherham was one
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‘People in the Arab world don’t know that they have classical music of their own’
Oud player, academic and archivist Mustafa Said on his mission to preserve and revitalise a rich cultural legacy
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British Muslims retrace sacred prophetic footsteps from Mecca to Medina
The hikers are believed to be the first Brits to have performed the hijrah as closely to the exact route of the prophet Muhammad’s own journey
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Five hijab-wearing athletes to look out for at the Paris Olympics
France has stopped its own athletes wearing headscarves, but many others will continue to do so proudly
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‘When you see what’s happening on the ground you see the truth’
Egyptian photojournalist Asmaa Waguih’s new coffee table book documents the human scale of the war in Yemen
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How Botox had a facelift
When everyone in your family has had their nose done, Botox is less a matter of if than when
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Why the fashion world is filled with the fragrance of the Middle East
A new trend for scents from the Muslim world is being celebrated at an extraordinary new exhibition in Paris
