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TOPSHOT - A workers carries away dyed yarns at a traditional hand-dying workshop in the Egyptian capital Cairo's centuries old district of Darb al-Ahmar on January 21, 2020. - In Cairo's centuries-old Darb al-Ahmar district, Salama Mahmoud Salama's dye workshop is a multi-coloured den of textiles and busy workers colouring all kinds of fabrics. Salama and his relatives lay out the long, flowing threads, which will be used for everything from handmade shoes to rugs and drapes, and dip them in huge, piping-hot colour baths -- no gloves or masks protecting them from the dyes and chemical fumes. The workshop in Islamic Cairo has been going strong for over a hundred years. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Egypt's population nears 100 million, putting pressure on resources, jobs

CAIRO: A worker carries away dyed yarns at a traditional hand-dying workshop in the Egyptian capital Cairo's centuries old district of Darb Al-Ahmar. - AFP CAIRO: Sitting in her sister's apartment on a noisy Cairo street, Rania Sayed one day hopes to leave a city that is becoming more congested as Egypt's population ticks up to 100 million, a milestone it will pass next month. Like many others, she wants to move to one of the new satellite...

A resident of Quinta do Mocho neighbourhood walk past a mural by French artist Stew, in Sacavem, outskirts of Lisbon, on November 11, 2019. - The image of a black woman removing her white-woman mask is one of the hundreds of murals that cover the buildings of the underprivileged district of Quinta de Mocho in Lisbon, that has been transformeded by street art. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

Street art creates a splash of new life for Lisbon barrio

A resident of Quinta do Mocho neighborhood walk past a mural by French artist Stew, in Sacavem, outskirts of Lisbon.-AFP photos In a poor neighborhood north of Lisbon, tourists contemplate a huge mural of a black woman pulling off a white mask-a potent symbol in a "no-go" neighborhood that has been transformed by art. The painting by Angolan-Portuguese artist Nomen is undoubtedly "the most important one" for people who live in the Quinta do...

Abigail Hansmeyer (L) gives insulin medicine to Annette Gentile (R) on January 17, 2020 in Minnetonka, Minnesota. - It's the wealthiest country on the planet but the sometimes staggering cost of health care means that Americans in need of everyday items such as insulin to treat diabetes resort to the black market or pharmacies across the border to source cheaper drugs. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP)

In US, diabetics turn to black market or Canada for life-saving insulin

MINNETONKA: Abigail Hansmeyer (left) gives insulin medicine to Annette Gentile on January 17, 2020 in Minnetonka, Minnesota. - AFP MINNEAPOLIS: On a frosty January morning in a Minneapolis suburb, Abigail Hansmeyer leaves her car engine running and takes out a brown paper bag carrying needles and a vial, handing it over to its recipient in an anonymous shopping center parking lot. The exchange is technically illegal, but these aren't illicit...

Pastry chef Kamel Guechida poses with chocolate Oscars during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball press preview at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center, in Hollywood, California, on January 31, 2020. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)

Oscars party menu goes (almost) vegan

Pastry chef Kamel Guechida poses with chocolate Oscars during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball press preview.—AFP photos Organizers have touted plans to go mostly vegan at this year's Oscars party but celebrities need not fear-there will still be plenty of caviar, smoked salmon and wagyu, the event's main chef assured Friday. "We work with everything because a lot of people like vegan but still, the big majority eats meat and...

An employee controls health protection masks in a production chain of the Kolmi-Hopen company's factory, on February 1, 2020 in Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou, western France. - The company indicated receiving hundreds of millions of orders for health protection masks due to cases of coronavirus that emerged in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The coronavirus outbreak has so far killed more than 250 people and infected thousands in mainland China and beyond and has forced governments around the world to take drastic measures. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

Asian community pushes back amid the rise in xenophobic incidents in France

MAINE-ET-LOIRE: An employee controls health protection masks in a production chain of the Kolmi-Hopen company's factory in Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou, western France. - AFP PARIS: In a southeastern Paris district known as the go-to place for Asian cuisine, business is down at Pascal Corlier's Vietnamese restaurant, a side-effect of China's coronavirus health scare that has sparked panic and a rise in xenophobic incidents. Some nervous customers...

ARLINGTON, VA - JANUARY 27: Defense Minister Florence Parly speaks during a bi-lateral news conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper at the Pentagon on January 27, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Zach Gibson/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Sexual assaults rise at US military academies

ARLINGTON: Defense Minister Florence Parly speaks during a bi-lateral news conference with US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. - AFP WASHINGTON: Incidence of sexual assault in US military academies rose again last year, the Pentagon said, despite efforts to combat the problem. During the 2018-2019 school year, there were 149 sexual assaults officially reported to authorities at three military...

Muna Al-Fuzai

Muna Al-Fuzai By Muna Al-FuzaiIn the past few weeks, everyone has followed the news of the spread of a new virus that leads to illness and death. This article is not medical or scientific, but it reflects general thoughts and concerns about the new coronavirus - a large family of viruses that causes illness. Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can...

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Photo of the Day

KUWAIT: A man snaps a photo of migratory birds from a beach in Kuwait City yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Austria's Dominic Thiem hits a return against Spain's Rafael Nadal during their men's singles quarter-final match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29, 2020. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP) / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE

Thiem floors Nadal, Wawrinka out

MELBOURNE: Austria's Dominic Thiem hits a return against Spain's Rafael Nadal during their men's singles quarter-final match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFP MELBOURNE: Dominic Thiem shocked top seed Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev ousted former champion Stan Wawrinka as tennis's young pretenders stole a march on the old guard to reach the Australian Open semi-finals yesterday. Austria's Thiem,...

Palestinian demonstrators pray next to Israeli soldiers standing guard during a protest outside the West Bank village of Tubas, near the Jordan Valley, on January 29, 2020, against the US President Donald Trump's peace proposals. - President Donald Trump's long delayed Middle East peace plan won support in Israel but was bitterly rejected by Palestinians facing possible Israeli annexation of key parts of the West Bank. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Trump Mideast plan, rejected by Palestinians, faces dim prospects

TUBAS: Palestinian demonstrators pray next to Israeli soldiers standing guard during a protest outside this West Bank village near the Jordan Valley yesterday against US President Donald Trump's peace proposals. - AFP JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump's long delayed Middle East peace plan won support in Israel yesterday but was bitterly rejected by Palestinians facing possible Israeli annexation of key parts of the West Bank. Trump, who...

Temperature scanners are used to screen passengers for fever with upon their arrival at Kuwait international airport in Kuwait City on January 29, 2020. - The disease has spread to more than 15 countries since it emerged out of Wuhan late last year, with the death toll soaring to 132 and confirmed infections nearing 6,000.All confirmed fatalities have so far been in China. Cases have been reported across the Asia Pacific region and in North America and Europe, but the Wuhan family in the UAE are the first in the Middle East. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Kuwait warns against visiting China; first virus cases in UAE

KUWAIT: Thermal temperature scanners are used to screen passengers for fever upon their arrival at Kuwait international airport yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Samih Johar Hayat called on Kuwaitis to refrain from visiting China unless truly necessary due to the spread of the coronavirus. In a statement yesterday, the ambassador warned Kuwaitis against going to affected areas in China, especially Hubei province and its...

Protesters from Shaheen Bagh hold placard as they take part in a demonstration against India's new citizenship law at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi on January, 29, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

India school faces sedition charges; airlines ban comic for midair rant

NEW DELHI: Protesters from Shaheen Bagh hold a placard as they take part in a demonstration against India's new citizenship law at Jantar Mantar yesterday. - AFP NEW DELHI: Indian police have launched a sedition investigation against a primary school over a play that allegedly criticized a contentious citizenship law, officials said yesterday. There have been widespread street demonstrations against the law introduced by the Hindu-nationalist...

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