Following weeks of mass protests and a day of nationwide turmoil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yielded to pressure and agreed to postpone his controversial judicial reforms as of March 27th. This decision was a significant reversal for his government, which had fired the defense minister just a day earlier in response to his demands for a delay in the divisive law.
The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, currently taking place, is not only a time of spirituality but also the season for new TV series to debut across the Arab world. This industry is worth tens of millions of dollars in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon alone, and in recent years, producers have increasingly crossed social and political boundaries. To discuss this phenomenon, we're joined by France 24 Arabic channel's Thameen Al-Kheetan.
Ahmed Naser, a former footballer, was one of the many civilians whose lives were upended by the sectarian violence that engulfed Iraq after the US-led invasion. In a bomb blast in Baghdad, he suffered life-altering injuries that killed one of his teammates. More than twenty years later, he has retrained as a basketball player and will represent Iraq in the Paralympics next year.
