The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/news/middle-east)
In her own words, an Iranian Pagan recounts life, faith, and fear under Iran’s theocracy, explaining how ancient stories, seasonal rites, and spiritual identity have become tools of survival and resistance against the regime during the current protests.
A recent arrest in Kuwait and similar cases in Sudan and India highlight the dangers of witchcraft accusations worldwide, underscoring the importance for Pagans and Witches to remain cautious and mindful of local customs and laws when traveling or practicing abroad.
President Trump’s Executive Order claims to protect religious groups from debanking, but its language and its context with other executive orders may exclude minority faiths, potentially leaving other religious and small nonprofits vulnerable to selective enforcement and institutional bias.
After two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum will open this summer near the Giza’s pyramids. The museum will span over 120 acres and showcase over 100,000 artifacts, including Tutankhamun’s treasures.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: A Blood Moon rises tonight, Paganicon preparations are underway, and new research dates England’s oldest henge. This week’s observances include the Feast of Anna Perenna and the Akitu Festival. And a word of advice—no matter what demonic forces you fear may be lurking, swallowing rosary beads on an airplane won’t save you… but kicking and screaming will get you arrested.
A bronze head of the Roman emperor Septimus Severus, illegally trafficked from a shrine where he had been worshiped as a deity in antiquity, will be repatriated from Denmark to Turkey.
