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Kais Saied is Elected as Tunisia’s President

As one of the world’s youngest democracies, the 2019 Presidential election marked an important milestone for the North African country. First and…

19 October 2019

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte: The Stabilizer of an Unbalanced Government

​ Early Life and Education Giuseppe Conte was born on August 8, 1964 in the small Italian village of Volturara Appula. His father…

12 October 2019

Greta Thunberg: The Teen ‘Eco-Warrior’ Who’s Inspired Worldwide Strikes

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is the favorite to win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize after she rose to lead…

05 October 2019

The Global Repercussions of the Attack on the Heart of the Oil Industry

The attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, which targeted what one analyst called the ”Achilles heel of the world economy”, was a direct attack…

20 September 2019

Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam: The ‘Nanny’, the ‘Good Fighter’, and ‘Beijing’s Puppet’

Carrie Lam, a Roman Catholic, was born in Hong Kong and comes from a working class background. 1982, as a civil servant, the Hong Kong…

13 September 2019

Is It Time for Britain to Adopt a Codified Constitution?

Despite all its shortcomings, Brexit has some redeeming factors. For one thing, it has highlighted how disenfranchised the country’s voter base feels…

13 September 2019

What John Bolton’s Sacking Means for US-Iran Tensions

President Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton is known as the man who never met a war he didn't like and for managing to be in the…

13 September 2019

Tunisia’s Youssef Chahed: Agricultural Expert, Prime Minister, and Presidential Candidate

Youssef Chahed was born on Thursday 18 September 1975 in Tunis, Tunisia.  He studied to become an…

06 September 2019

Sudanese Raja Abdul Masih:  Coptic Lawyer and Eleventh Member of the Sovereign Council

Raja Nicola Abdul Masih was born in the Masalma neighbourhood of Omdurman in Sudan in the 1950s. She is a member of Sudan’s Coptic…

30 August 2019

Nadine Njeim: Beauty Queen Turned Screen Queen

Nadine Njeim was born in Baalbek District, Lebanon, in 1984 to a Lebanese Christian father and a Tunisian Muslim mother. Her multi…

16 August 2019
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Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on January 31, 2019. GREG BAKER / AFP
Politics

Pivot to China? Gulf states mull options after Doha strike

12 September 2025

Israel's attack in Qatar erodes Gulf states' trust in the US and serves as a stark reminder that they cannot depend on American security guarantees

Xiaotong Yang
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

11 September 2025

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine
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Politics

From Idlib to New York: Sharaa’s winding road the UN

12 September 2025

From the plains of Idlib to the presidential palace in Damascus and now the UN headquarters in Manhattan, Al Majalla traces the Syrian president's journey to get to this historic moment

Ibrahim Hamidi
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

14 September 2025

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein

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