Our special nine-page issue marking the beginning of the annual pilgrimage to Makkah included coverage by Arab News’ first all-female team.
Hajj 2019
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- Conflicts, disasters, and rising conservatism have rolled back women’s rights, says Oxfam’s Hadeel Qazzaz
- Despite laws setting 18 as the minimum marriage age in many Arab countries, legal loopholes undermine progress
- Eyewitnesses in the area reported seven rounds of shelling rocking residential neighborhoods controlled by the army
- In recent days, the army regained most of central Khartoum’s government district from the RSF
- Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are set to hold separate talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia