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Al-Jawf: The key to defeating the Houthis

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Israel's war on Gaza and its regional repercussions

Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, waves an Israeli flag following the exit polls at his party headquarters, on the evening of Israel's national election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 28 October 2026.

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Politics

Is Israel ready for its first non-Ashkenazi prime minister?

Gadi Eisenkot, who may form a government, hails from a Moroccan-Jewish family. Israel's 15 prime ministers have all had European or Russian heritage. Is it time for a change?

Kamal Alam

Diala Khodry’s exhibition Ishtirak (Subscription)

Culture & Social Affairs

Diala Khodry takes on Beirut’s electric wire jungle

Manifestations of hyperreality in the Lebanese capital

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

Sara Padovan

SPECIAL COVERAGE

US midterms: a vote for Democrats or a rebuke of Trump?

Politics

Rejection of the incumbent does not imply confidence in the alternative

Abdullah F. Alrebh

A landslide for Democrats. A rebuke to Donald Trump

The US midterms and Trump's sinking popularity

Republicans set to take a huge hit in US midterms

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

Democrats sweep the US midterms, but can they rein in Trump?

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Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

Kaswar Klasra

Business & Economy

New Black Sea attacks raise threat of global food crisis

Abdel-Rahman Ayas

Politics

Americans care about foreign policy. Now Democrats must listen to them.

Howard W. French

Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

Al Majalla - London

Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

Aqeel Abbas

Politics

A landslide for Democrats. A rebuke to Donald Trump

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Pep Boatella

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Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London

Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026.

IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP

Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra

Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas

Eduardo Ramon

Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed

French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026.

REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

OPINION

Two wounded leaders and a hostage

Ibrahim Hamidi

Trump may be a lame duck at home but not abroad

Con Coughlin

Airstrikes reveal fragile Jordan-Syria security partnership

Haid Haid

Intercultural dialogue and the Iran war

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil

Infographics

Democrats sweep the US midterms, but can they rein in Trump?

2026 US midterms produce new balance of power in Congress

Diana Estefanía Rubio

Politics

US midterms: a vote for Democrats or a rebuke of Trump?

Rejection of the incumbent does not imply confidence in the alternative

Abdullah F. Alrebh

Is Israel ready for its first non-Ashkenazi prime minister?

Gadi Eisenkot, who may form a government, hails from a Moroccan-Jewish family. Israel's 15 prime ministers have all had European or Russian heritage. Is it time for a change?

Kamal Alam

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra

Activists protest near the US Capitol on 24 July 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza.

Americans care about foreign policy. Now Democrats must listen to them.

Here's what Congress can actually do in the next two years

Howard W. French

Profile

Lula da Silva: Brazil's 'champion of the poor'

The incumbent made a historic comeback in the polls to defeat his Trump-backed opponent, giving him the mandate to continue his political project centred on social inclusion and negotiated reform

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

Iran's newly appointed Defence Minister Akhlaghi.

Iran's new defence minister is a missile man, not a military man

Mehrdad Akhlaghi's appointment comes at a time when the regime's survival depends heavily on the quantity and quality of its missile arsenal

Alex Vatanka

A supporter wears a T-shirt of opposition presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro during a rally to launch his runoff campaign in Goiania, Brazil, on 6 October 2026.

Flávio Bolsonaro: Brazil's next president?

Lula's challenger won 47% of the vote in first-round polls. Will he win the run-off, too?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

Ms. Rachel, Gaza, and the power of education

As YouTube star Accurso's influence grew, she transitioned from educator to child advocate. But it only became 'controversial' when she spoke up for Palestinian kids

Hala Al-Naji

Documents & Memoirs

Said Jawish Interview Part 4: Cohen's execution aftermath

05 Oct 2026

The man who caught Israel's most famous spy in the heart of Damascus speaks exclusively to Al Majalla about the aftermath of the operation, Cohen's watch, and where he was buried

Ibrahim Hamidi

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Eduardo Ramón

Documents & Memoirs

Said Jawish Interview Part 3: the days after Eli Cohen’s capture

03, Oct 2026

Now an old man, the Syrian soldier who caught Mossad's man in Damascus in 1965 speaks exclusively to Al Majalla about the famous counter-intelligence operation

Ibrahim Hamidi

Documents & Memoirs

Said Jawish Interview Part 2: tracing the cable to Cohen

02, Oct 2026

Speaking exclusively to Al Majalla, the man who caught one of Israel's most famous spies working undercover in Damascus tells how he broke the rules to catch Mossad's top spy in Syria

Ibrahim Hamidi

culture & social affairs

Diala Khodry takes on Beirut’s electric wire jungle

08, Nov 2026

Manifestations of hyperreality in the Lebanese capital

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arab publishing houses

Khodr Al Agha

A painting by the Yemeni artist Hakim Al-Aqel

Hakim Alakel- facebook

Hakim Al-Aqel’s Yemen: a world ablaze with colour

At Villa Azad in Cairo, Yemeni artist Hakim Al-Aqel…

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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Interview with Dmytro Kuleba - Ukraine's Ex-foreign minister

Science & Technology

Humanoid robots: the industry set to reshape our lives

Engineering and mechanics have helped these products of the future move. Now AI is helping with understanding and autonomous action. Big developments are unfolding across the world

Marco Mossad

Tech is changing the cat-and-mouse game of protests

Who controls the means of communication and who can use it to their best advantage has been a feature of demonstrations over recent years. The recent French student protests were no different

Marco Mossad

Olga Aleksandrova

China challenges the West for the ‘keys to knowledge’

Beijing is building its own scientific publishing system to challenge Western dominance and reshape how research gains global recognition

Mohammed Mansour

Scarlett Yang

How melting Himalayan glaciers will impact the world

The famous mountain range feeds the great Asian rivers like the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra, upon which almost two billion depend. Problems here will ripple across the Arab world

Alaa Emara

The Indian Himalayas are seen from a flight to Srinagar on 22 May 2023.

Sebastien BERGER / AFP

Business & Economy

New Black Sea attacks raise threat of global food crisis

Zelensky has warned the world could see a new food crisis after attacks and insecurity severely disrupted the maritime routes through which millions of tonnes of Ukrainian exports normally pass

Abdel-Rahman Ayas

Al Jawf: Yemen's untapped resource-rich province

A northern region that was captured by the Houthis in 2020 has been the scene of fierce fighting in recent weeks, with some gains by government forces. Why is it important?

Jamal Mujahid

Can China's $3bn loan to QatarEnergy revive LNG exports?

While the financing does not mean Beijing has bought Doha's political loyalty, it demonstrates the growing interdependence between the two countries

Abdel-Rahman Ayas

QatarEnergy headquarters in the capital, Doha, on 8 November 2022.

AFP

The 7-point plan to tackle Lebanon's electricity crisis

Lebanon's energy ministry published a roadmap in July for reform. Al Majalla shares more details of the initiative after speaking to a government source.

Thuraya Shahin