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Two years after October 7

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Israel's war on Gaza and regional fallout

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A man walks across a bus stand at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Torkham on October 13, 2025, amid cross-border clashes between the two countries.

Abdul MAJEED / AFP

Politics

Border clashes recall Pakistan's tricky history with the Taliban

The flare-up is no isolated episode. Rather, it is the most dangerous chapter in a fraught, decades-long relationship that began during the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s.

Kaswar Klasra

Israeli singer Yuval Raphael parades with the Israeli flag during the dress rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel on May 16, 2025.

Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Culture & Social Affairs

Cultural boycotts: the double standards that expose Western hypocrisy

The international community's contradictory responses to Ukraine and Gaza lay bare the farce of a supposed rules-based global order

Sawsan Jamil Hasan

Nesma Moharam

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Iran, two years after October 7

Politics

A firestorm started by an ally helped unravel the 'Axis of Resistance'– and changed Tehran's own trajectory

Arash Azizi

Two years after October 7

October 7th's long shadow

Two years after October 7: a region between disorder and transition

The Middle East after October 7: a new map and a major loser

Two years after October 7, Gaza unrecognisable

Egypt's post-October 7 balancing act

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After Gaza: what now for the Palestinian national movement?

Asaad Ghanem

Politics

Madagascar's military coup is part of a wider African trend

Sergey Eledinov

Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Book Watch

Khodr Al Agha

Politics

Can Palestinians trust Donald Trump?

Omar H. Rahman

Politics

Why Trump wants the Bagram Air Base "back"

Kamal Alam

Business & Economy

Fake economic news hits states where it hurts

Marcelle Nasr

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A municipal worker fixes a sign in Sharm el-Sheikh, as the Egyptian resort town gets ready to host a US-brokered Gaza peace summit, on October 12, 2025.

Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Politics

Gaza ceasefire takes off, but expect turbulence ahead

11 October 2025

Al Majalla lays out four key hurdles to clear to ensure the truce sticks this time around

Brian Katulis

US President Donald Trump greets Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025.

Evan Vucci / AFP

Politics

Can Palestinians trust Donald Trump?

14 October 2025

Only US pressure will ensure that Israel honours the Gaza ceasefire

Omar H. Rahman

Nesma Moharam

Politics

Two years after October 7

06 October 2025

Al Majalla examines the repercussions of Hamas's attack on Israel, which set into motion a series of significant changes and power shifts in the Middle East

Al Majalla - London

Malagasy Colonel Michael Randrianirina, head of the CAPSAT military unit, reads out a statement in front of the presidential palace, where he announces the army is taking power in Antananarivo on October 14, 2025.

Luis TATO / AFP

Politics

Madagascar's military coup is part of a wider African trend

14 October 2025

A rapid chain of events led to the president fleeing for his life following deadly clashes with citizens. But what happened is not uncommon for Africa. Al Majalla explains why.

Sergey Eledinov

Iraqi painter and sculptor Dia al-Azzawi

Culture & Social Affairs

Dia Azzawi’s latest murals mourn the ruin of Arab cities

09 October 2025

Iraqi sculptor's epic wall-mounted installations evoke the destruction of Aleppo and Mosul, displayed in Beirut in the shadow of ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Mohamed abi Samra

OPINION

Gaza truce rests on Trump's ability to restrain Netanyahu

Con Coughlin

Israel's war on Gaza nearly isolated America

Badia Fahs

Shaibani enters Lebanon through the front door

Alia Mansour

Why Trump can't quit the Middle East

Ibrahim Hamidi

Infographics

What happens when the US government shuts down?

Al Majalla

Politics

Iran, two years after October 7

Mere hours after Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel had started, it was clear that they’d rattle the Middle East like few events had for years. The…

Arash Azizi

Border clashes recall Pakistan's tricky history with the Taliban

On a moonless Saturday night, the mountains of Nushki thundered with fire, the still air cracking under the weight of Pakistani artillery as the army…

Kaswar Klasra

After Gaza: what now for the Palestinian national movement?

The so-called ‘Trump Initiative’ for resolving the war in Gaza—including a cessation of hostilities and their devastating consequences—begs deeper…

Asaad Ghanem

Madagascar's military coup is part of a wider African trend

Madagascar is experiencing its most serious political crisis in recent years. What began as a series of peaceful youth-led protests in late September…

Sergey Eledinov

Profile

Khaled al-Anani: the first Arab head of UNESCO

For the boy who grew up taking family picnics between the paws of Egypt’s Great Sphinx, it is fitting that his ascension to head the United Nations…

Amr Emam

Tony Blair's political career could get a new lease of life

He’s back. That might be one reaction to the news that former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is slated to play an important role in the proposed…

Steve Hewitt

Shabana Mahmood: Britain's 'no-nonsense' home secretary

With the issue of illegal immigration emerging as one of the key issues facing the UK government under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the…

Con Coughlin

Tommy Robinson: the UK's new face of anti-immigration

The appearance of Elon Musk at a London anti-migration rally earlier this month demonstrates the growing influence far-right activist Tommy Robinson…

Con Coughlin

Documents & Memoirs

Armed and dangerous: a history of women in the Mossad

30 Sep 2025

From seducing nuclear whistleblowers in London to orchestrating assassinations in the heart of Beirut, female Mossad agents stand out in the landscape of modern espionage

Michael Horowitz

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Syrian President Nureddin al-Atassi at the United Nations on June 6, 1967.

Alamy

Documents & Memoirs

Syria's history in the United Nations

19 September 2025

Nureddin al-Atassi was the first and last Syrian president to address the UN General Assembly in 1967. But President Ahmed al-Sharaa will break this trend when he is in New York next week.

Sami Moubayed

Al Majalla

Documents & Memoirs

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

23 August 2025

Classified documents from the 1970s obtained by Al Majalla show what led to the killing of the Lebanese Druze politician and how Syria came to occupy Lebanon

Ibrahim Hamidi

culture & social affairs

Cultural boycotts: the double standards that expose Western hypocrisy

16 October 2025

The international community's contradictory responses to Ukraine and Gaza lay bare the farce of a supposed rules-based global order

Sawsan Jamil Hasan

Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arabic publishing houses on topics covering fiction, philosophy, science, history, and politics

Khodr Al Agha

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Culture & Social Affairs

Remembering Norwegian poet Gunvor Höfmo

Weighed down by tragedy and mental health issues, she is known for being one of the most unique Scandinavian voices of the 20th century. Al Majalla looks back at her life 30 years after her passing.

Antoine Jockey

Dia Azzawi’s latest murals mourn the ruin of Arab cities

Standing inside Galerie Saleh Barakat in Beirut, it is…

Mohamed abi Samra

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Casualties, Damage, and Destruction in Gaza and the West Bank

Science & Technology

100 years on, television confronts the digital age

Exactly a century ago, images sent in the form of electronic signals via radio waves heralded a new invention, one that would shape politics, culture, and much else. Where next for TV?

Marco Mossad

The melody of healing: music’s journey from art to therapy

While the science is still catching up in many areas, music therapy is known to have a range of psychological and physiological benefits.

Mohammed Mansour

Yusra Naim

3D printing makes inroads in orthopaedic surgery

Technological advances now bring the process of personalisation a step further, with the ability to print bone scaffolds during surgery

Khaled Yousri

Sara Padovan

Rapid tech innovation brings AI closer to consciousness

The latest large language models appear to question, display emotion, convey preference, possess independent thought, and even offer wisdom. Is this still algorithms, or something deeper?

Marco Mossad

Deena So'Oteh

Business & Economy

Fake economic news hits states where it hurts

The spread of online rumours is thought to cost tens of billions of dollars a year, with some countries more susceptible than others

Marcelle Nasr

Israel can’t survive autarky

Benjamin Netanyahu lacks a realistic vision for navigating Israel's potential economic isolation

Giovanni Legorano

A protester highlights British companies’ involvement in manufacturing F-35 fighter jets used in Gaza, demanding an arms embargo on Israel, outside the offices of Lockheed Martin, in Havant, Britain, October 8, 2025.

REUTERS/Toby Melville

Saudi Arabia ramps up investment in culture

Whether in cinema or heritage, there are dozens of big cultural projects that investors are interested in, as the sector increasingly contributes towards growth and development.

Turki Harbi

A deal being signed at the recently held Cultural Investment Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 30, 2025.

SPA

Qatar’s economic resilience and the road ahead

Qatar is positioning itself not only to weather external shocks, but to thrive in a changing global environment

Neil Quilliam

A shopkeeper looks out through a window displaying replicas of football trophies at a gift shop in Souq Waqif bazaar in Doha on July 24, 2025.

Karim JAAFAR / AFP

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A cat walks in a church damaged by a Russian military strike, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 13, 2025.

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