Women's freedoms in Sharar's home country were abruptly curtailed in 2021 with the arrival of a government that enforces a strict interpretation of Islam.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Jerusalem and the West Bank has made little progress in deescalating the Israeli-Palestinian tensions, experts said.
With NGOs, interest groups, a wave of new thinking and lifestyle, some silver-linings have started to appear over the transformation of old and new cities in the years to come.
