Cruise Ship Saves 19 Migrants from Drowning off Coast of Spain

A group of distressed migrants sailing off the coast of Mallorca, Spain, were rescued by crews of the MSC 'Splendida' cruise ...
Los Angeles Times

Anaheim backs state bill on Middle Eastern and North African data inclusion

The Anaheim City Council lent its full support to a legislative effort to properly categorize Middle Eastern and North African people when government agencies collect demographic data. Introduced by ...

Where did the first people come from? The case for a coastal migration from southern Africa

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...
The Libya Observer

IOM: Immigration route through Libya is the most dangerous in North Africa

The Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, said that Libya remains a dangerous ...
Pew Research Center

12. Religion in the Middle East and North Africa

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 ...
The New York Times

Libya Deports 613 Migrants Headed for Europe

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle migration — have ramped up expulsions of sub-Saharan Africans. By Elian ...
Colorado Public Radio

Palestinian-American and Iranian-American state leaders want to check their own ethnic identity on state forms

This year’s delegation of Colorado legislators now has two people who fall into the ethnic group MENASA, which stands for Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian; Iman Jodeh, a state senator who ...

'Trapped and terrified': warnings as Sudanese militia seize Darfur city

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have taken the city of El Fasher, Darfur — trapping hundreds of thousands and ...