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A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a picture of jailed Saudi Sheik Nimr al-Nimr during clashes with riot police in Sanabis, Bahrain, a suburb of the capital Manama, Wednesday night, Oct. 15, 2014. The well-known Shiite cleric was sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters in the kingdom and neighboring Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Saudi court convicts outspoken Shiite cleric

Aya Batrawy · October 15, 2014 9:13 pm

Rights group: Saudi silencing peaceful activists

Aya Batrawy · October 9, 2014 9:04 pm

In this Oct. 5, 2014 photo, Summer Albarcha, owner of photo-sharing Instagram account "Hipster Hijabis", talks during a Fashion Forward session in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. By fusing both their sense of fashion with their faith, Muslim women are reinterpreting traditional notions of what it means to dress conservatively. Some have also pioneered businesses around this growing demand, finding unexpected supporters among some mainstream brands, as well as conservative Christian and Orthodox Jewish women. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Muslim hijabi hipsters fusing fashion with faith

Aya Batrawy · October 8, 2014 9:36 pm

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to students faculty and staff at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Biden calls UAE prince to clarify remarks on Syria

Aya Batrawy · October 6, 2014 12:05 am

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 1954 file photo, Muslims visit the Kaaba, the Sacred House of Allah, during a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. As Muslims from around the world stream into Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage this week, they come to a city undergoing the biggest transformation in its history. (AP Photo, File)

Saudi overhaul reshapes Islam’s holiest city Mecca

Aya Batrawy · October 1, 2014 4:12 pm

Arab states lag in media war against extremists

Aya Batrawy · September 21, 2014 3:52 pm

Verdict postponed on Saudi Shiite cleric

Aya Batrawy · September 16, 2014 1:38 pm

Libya’s embattled premier seeks support from UAE

Aya Batrawy · September 10, 2014 11:07 pm

Gulf secures $19 billion in West African projects

Aya Batrawy · September 9, 2014 8:17 pm

Kuwait questions 2 on US terror-funding list

Aya Batrawy · August 21, 2014 5:00 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday Oct. 5, 2009, a visitor looks at the Palm Jumeirah model at the Nakheel stand at the Cityscape exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai's developer Nakheel behind the famed man-made palm-shaped islands said Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, that it is repaying 7.9 billion dirhams, or roughly $2.15 billion this month - nearly four years before the last installment is due. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Dubai’s Nakheel to pay $2.1 billion in debt early

Aya Batrawy · August 20, 2014 6:37 pm

Palestinian May Amin, 2, rides a swing while celebrating on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. The Amin family, originally from the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, moved in with relatives in another part of town because of heavy Israeli strikes in heir area. As Muslims began celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday on Monday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, there was mostly fear and mourning instead of holiday cheer in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Muslims mark end of Ramadan with Eid celebrations

Aya Batrawy · July 28, 2014 3:48 pm