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What global apathy over Gaza says about the modern world

The daily massacres in the Gaza Strip, coupled with the world’s apathy and unwillingness to halt them, demand a renewed examination of modern human…

Houssam Itani 15 August , 2025
Opinion

Hezbollah and the end of the militia era

On 30 September 1989, Lebanon’s warring factions met in the Saudi city of Taif and agreed on the “National Accord Document”. On 22 October of the…

Alia Mansour 15 August , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

Khodr Al Agha 15 August , 2025
Traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls, Matryoshka dolls, depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are displayed for sale in Saint Petersburg on August 7, 2025. Olga MALTSEVA / AFP
Politics

Trump-Putin meeting already seen as a win for the Kremlin

The White House may describe US President Donald Trump’s meeting with his Russian opposite number, Vladimir Putin, as a ‘listening exercise’, but it…

Con Coughlin 14 August , 2025
Israel's war on Gaza is deadliest ever for journalists
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Israel's war on Gaza is deadliest ever for journalists

Fares Garabet 14 August , 2025
Demonstrators raise placards during an anti-government rally calling for action to secure the release of Israeli captives in Gaza near the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on August 12, 2025. Jack GUEZ / AFP
Politics

Israelis are finally fed up with Netanyahu's endless war on Gaza

In July, two video clips emerged from Gaza showing visibly emaciated and malnourished Israeli captives—soldiers captured by Hamas during the Gaza war…

Ziad Al Halabi 14 August , 2025
How Saudi Arabia harnessed its oil boom to foster development Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How Saudi Arabia harnessed its oil boom to foster development

Saudi Arabia’s economy has been transformed in phases of ambitious reform going back to the 1970s, when the country redeveloped its urban and…

Hussein al-Sharaa 14 August , 2025
What Larijani's return tells us about Iran's security policies Al Majalla
Politics

What Larijani's return tells us about Iran's security policies

For the first time since the 12 Day War with Israel and the US, Iran has made notable changes in its security leadership. On 7 August, Ali Larijani…

Arash Azizi 13 August , 2025
Damascus and the SDF in looming standoff over a 'new Syria' Al Majalla
Politics

Damascus and the SDF in looming standoff over a 'new Syria'

A high-profile conference convened by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in territories controlled by the Syrian…

Al Majalla - London 13 August , 2025
The newly opened teamLab Phenomena, an immersive artwork experience museum, in the Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi, on May 8, 2025. Giuseppe CACACE / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

TeamLab Phenomena in Abu Dhabi: where tech meets art

Light conquers darkness, asserting its presence through infinite hues and forms, moving to rhythms that seem to come from distant realms. These…

Abeer Younis 13 August , 2025
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The "Unity of Position" conference, held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Hasakah on August 8, 2025. Social media
Politics

Heading for a showdown? SDF conference riles Damascus

13 August 2025

Syria's government needs to centralise decision-making and bring armed groups to heel, but Kurds in the north-east want to establish a 'coalition of the unwilling' with Druze and Alawites. What now?

Subhi Franjieh
Laura Salafia
Profiles

Tom Barrack: the businessman with a huge Middle East remit

08 August 2025

Donald Trump's ambassador to Türkiye and envoy to Syria has been having some critical conversations in regional capitals since April, from disarming Hezbollah to preventing another war with Israel

Omer Onhon
Demonstrators raise placards during an anti-government rally calling for action to secure the release of Israeli captives in Gaza near the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on August 12, 2025. Jack GUEZ / AFP
Politics

Israelis are finally fed up with Netanyahu's endless war on Gaza

14 August 2025

The gulf between the political and military establishments is widening. Politicians speak of a delayed victory, but military leaders warn of an inescapable quagmire.

Ziad Al Halabi
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How Saudi Arabia harnessed its oil boom to foster development

14 August 2025

The first in a two-part series explains how the country capitalised on its black gold decades ago to expand its economy horizontally, a stunning success that paved the way for Vision 2030

Hussein al-Sharaa
US President Donald Trump (C), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan display the agreement they signed in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
Politics

A new Trump-sponsored link in the South Caucasus causes a stir

11 August 2025

The Zangezur Corridor, a route through Armenia linking Azerbaijan and Türkiye, will be built and managed by Americans and will pass along the Iranian border, creating winners and losers

Omer Onhon

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