Since it was first published in 1980 from its head office in London, <em>Majalla</em> has been considered one of the leading political affairs magazines in the Arab world. We offer a wide array of articles addressing the most significant political, economic and social issues facing the Middle East today, as well as the evolving cultural scene in the region. <em>Majalla</em> prides itself in being an ideas-driven publication that goes beyond reporting and headlines to provide original analysis.

The Puppet or the Puppeteer?

[escenic_image id="5514423"]Former cell mates of Mohammed Bade'a cannot forget the weeping that used to haunt him from time to time, while he was…

How Al-Qaeda Turned Algerian

[escenic_image id="5514924"]On the morning of April 11, 2007, the center of Algiers was shaken by a devastating blast, when a suicide-car exploded in…

Al Qaeda in Algeria

[escenic_image id="5514921"] For some time, Algeria, and the Islamic Maghreb more generally, saw a surge in the occurrence of terror attacks. The…

Mahmoud Al-Naggar : Algeria's Base

Al Qaeda’s base in the Islamic Magreb begun its armed activities in the area under the name the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat. It was…

Keynes Trade Mark

[escenic_image id="5515420"]2009 was a crisis year for international trade, which suffered its steepest decline since the 1930s. Protectionism…

Al-Qaeda’s Traveling Ideology

[escenic_image id="5515728"]The heads of major U.S. intelligence agencies told a Senate committee Tuesday that an attempted terrorist attack on the…

The Never-ending Story

[escenic_image id="5514916"]Anniversaries are a time for reflection, and twentieth anniversaries all the more so.  In Europe, 2009 saw much…

he Kiss of Judas

[escenic_image id="5514943"]In various terrorism cases in the US, Britain and Canada, suspects have claimed a devotion to Anwar Al-Awlaki— an…

The Future of Black Gold

[escenic_image id="5514421"]To understand global energy markets is to understand the global economy, and Fareed Mohamedi knows them as well as anyone…