A death mask from the third or second century bc found in the Phoenician trading city of Carthage in what is now Tunisia. An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread ...

As of 2020, the Middle East-North Africa region – the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam – is home to 440 million people, up 24% since 2010. Muslims make up the vast majority of the ...

In a wide-ranging interview, a senior Israeli diplomat has shared with Newsweek his nation's strategy for realizing lasting change across several fronts that have been embroiled in a nearly two-year ...

Over the last 15 years, the Middle East has been racked by war, destruction, and displacement. Hundreds of thousands of people have died as fighting raged in Gaza, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Syria, and ...

A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle Easterners and North Africans in the city. A New York Public Library exhibition ...

So few dishes are game changers. A dish that you consistently strongly long for when it is not on the table. American dealbreakers might be turkey, or some big roast, at both Thanksgiving and ...

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...

Israel is striking at will in Lebanon, killing enemies and innocents. Hezbollah is weakened, but its supporters remain defiant. A fragile cease-fire teeters on the edge of collapse. Is this the region ...

On September 9, Israel shocked the world by bombing a villa in a residential neighborhood of Doha in an attempt to kill senior Hamas officials. It was the second time Qatar was struck this year. (In ...