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Parthenon marbles row derails talks between UK’s Sunak, Greece’s Mitsotakis
The Greek PM expressed ‘displeasure’ that Sunak axed their meeting, saying he avoided talks on the disputed marbles.
Published On 28 Nov 2023
From: UpFront
A second Nakba? What history tells us about Palestine and Israel
In this episode of UpFront, we look back at the history and context leading up to the current Israel-Gaza war.
Video Duration 24 minutes 45 seconds
Published On 24 Nov 2023
What do the keffiyeh, watermelon and other Palestinian symbols mean?
Al Jazeera visually showcases eight symbols that represent Palestinian identity and resistance to Israeli occupation.
Published On 20 Nov 2023
‘A metaphor for life’: Bollywood’s stormy love affair with Indian cricket
Bollywood has had a rocky relationship with cricket over the decades, often reflecting India’s changing society.
Published On 13 Nov 2023

While the cricketing rivalry has often been bitter and influenced by colonial history, it has changed in recent years.

The Amazon region’s worst drought in more than a century exposed human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago.

Beijing’s claim is embodied by its nine-dash line that an international court rejected more than seven years ago.

From the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to the Israeli surveillance of Palestinians, films to help you understand the conflict.

With India and Pakistan facing off at the ICC World Cup, we look at the long history of cricket as a diplomatic tool.

It is 50 years since the start of the war between Israel, Egypt and Syria, known to Arabs as the October War.

Fifty years later, it’s clear the war not only transformed Arab-Israeli relations, but also global alliances.

The new video game offers a glimpse of Baghdad, once the capital of an empire and the centre of the Islamic world.

The game brings to life a city that was the intellectual and artistic heart of the mighty Abbasid empire.

Egypt and Syria were determined to recapture land previously taken by Israel. Things did not go according to plan.

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