Tunisia voted on Sunday September 15 to elect a successor to Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi, who died in July aged 92. Turnout was lower than the previous election — just 45.02% turned out to vote, the Independent High Authority for
As of 2019, Egypt’s population reached 99 million according to official statistics by CAPMAS. Throughout history, the number of males has always been equal to the number of females.This GIF showcases the growth of Egypt’s population since 1920 all the
In Lebanon, the presence of Syrian refugees has been part of the discourse of public influential figures. As investigative journalists, we were prompted to analyze this discourse. Over the course of 10 months, we have documented, filtered and analyzed thousands
Egyptians’ top migration destination since 2010 has been the Arab Gulf. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait have become the most popular countries to move to, with the number of Egyptians going there in 2015 reaching over 2
Although female genital mutilation (FGM) is not only of no health benefit but also harmful on the physical and physiological levels, more than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle
The number of tourists coming into the Middle East and North Africa has gone up from 24.2 million to 1.3 billion, according to the World Bank. Several countries witnessed a downturn because of the Arab Spring, others had a boom.
The tech industry diversity statistics in 2018 show that the industry is overwhelmingly white and male. The number of women in Apple and Google barely passed the 30% mark, while Microsoft has a mere 26%. Only 3% of Google’s employees are
Only 17% of the United States’ public today say they can trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (3%) or “most of the time” (14%), according to Pew Research Center. This makes the statistics
This year is on its way to be the third hottest on record globally, according to Climate Central. Last year was the fourth warmest, behind 2016 (the warmest), 2015, and 2017. With the climate drastically changing to become warmer comes disaster
Unemployment affects everyone in Egypt, but women more so than men, as shown by comparing figures between 2007 and 2017. The unemployment rate among men went from 5.9% to 8.2%. Meanwhile, unemployed women were at 18.6% and went up to
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