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Ali El Shamy

“My Poetry Depicts You” Offers a Lens on Modern Kurdish Poetry 

A Kurdish man, standing beneath the Kurdish flag, raises his hand as several thousand sing the Kurdish national anthem while they…

11 September 2020

India and China Skirmishes Expose Old Colonial Wounds

Since the mid-twentieth century, India and China have had a complex relationship. China and India have engaged in three major military conflicts,…

03 September 2020

Johnson’s Constant U-turns Leave Voters Frustrated 

Last year’s December election gave the Conservatives an 80-seat majority, which has effectively gave them the ability to pass legislation with little…

21 August 2020

Maya Diab: The Lebanese Star Who Joined Humanitarian Volunteers After the Beirut Blast

Early Life and Education   Maya Diab was born on November 12, 1980 in Achrafieh, one of the…

14 August 2020

Hezbollah Draws International Criticism After Beirut Explosion

The political landscape of post-civil war Lebanon has been precarious. The events of 1990 resulted in 15 years of Syrian occupation, which would only…

07 August 2020

Europe’s Split Response over Turkish Intervention in Libya

Turkey’s intervention in Libya has been garnering media attention for the past two weeks. The two main warring factions in Libya, the Government of…

24 July 2020

Kanye West: The Outlandish Rapper With the 10-Day Presidential Run

Early Love for Music   Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Unlike many rappers of his generation,…

22 July 2020

Oussama Rahbani: The Composer, the Poet and the Political Philosopher

A Family of Composers   Oussama Rahbani was born on December 9, 1965 in Lebanon to Terez Abou Jouda and Mansour Rahbani. His father,…

14 July 2020

Sir Ringo Starr: Former Beatle Celebrates his 80th Birthday with Peace and Love

A Childhood of Unfortunate Events   Sir Richard Starkey, better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, was born on July 7, 1940 to…

10 July 2020

Beijing’s Takeover of Hong Kong Sovereignty

Hong Kong’s semiautonomous status is due to run out in 2047, 50 years after the UK transferred its powers over the city-state to Beijing. Because…

10 July 2020
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The Saudi crown prince's interview on Fox News was packed with messages intended for his citizens, neighbouring nations, and major global powers. Reuters
Politics

The seven messages of Mohammed bin Salman

22 September 2023

The Saudi crown prince's interview on Fox News was packed with messages intended for his citizens, neighbouring nations, and major global powers.

Hesham Alghannam
The conflict over Karabakh had been the longest-running in the post-Soviet space. Al Majalla explains the origins of the conflict and how it has evolved over the decades. Majalla/Agencies
Politics

Nagorno-Karabakh's perpetual conflict shows Soviet Union still crumbling

25 September 2023

Al Majalla explains the origins and evolution of the longest-running conflict in the post-Soviet space

Anna Borshchevskaya
France’s Suez Moment has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains. Majalla/Agencies
Politics

France’s African empire may have had its ‘Suez Moment’

24 September 2023

France's 'Suez Moment' has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Mazloum Abdi (Kobani), commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks with AFP during an interview in the countryside outside the northwestern Syrian city of Hasakah. AFP
Politics

Mazloum Abdi: Syria, Iran, and Turkey 'incited' Arab tribes to attack the SDF

24 September 2023

The SDF commander rejects demands to disband his forces and tells Al Majalla in an exclusive interview that US-Russian tension east of the Euphrates is 'under control'

Ibrahim Hamidi
A woman spreads bulgur to dry in the sun after grinding it in the Lebanese southern town of Marjayoun, on July 15, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Culture & Social Affairs

Harvesting the homeland: How the Syrian bulgur season used to bring joy to villagers

24 September 2023

Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa recalls the joy that bulgur season used to bring to his village in Syria. Now the simple pleasure is disappearing from households as a harrowing consequence of war.

Khaled Khalifa

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