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"Just in Case" exhibition Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza in metaphors: Taysir Batniji's latest art shown in Beirut

A phone alert rings in Taysir Batniji’s ears, then another, then another. Photos and videos accumulate, many on Telegram, others from news feeds. He…

Nawal Al-Ali 10 March , 2025
Palestinian director Basel Adra (L) and Israeli director Yuval Abraham pose during a photo session in Paris on October 29, 2024. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Oscar winner ‘No Other Land’ fails to highlight the root issue

Any artistic or media production that exposes Israeli occupation practices against Palestinians deserves recognition, praise, and a wider audience…

Samer Abou Hawwach 06 March , 2025
Opinion

Iran's 'axis' laid to rest at Nasrallah's funeral

The funeral of Hezbollah’s former Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (along with his designated successor Hashem Safieddine) in Beirut’s southern…

Ibrahim Hamidi 24 February , 2025
Former US government official Jared Kushner, married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, stands behind Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
Business & Economy

Far from spontaneous, Trump’s plan for Gaza has been plotted

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer Palestinians from Gaza and then rebuild the Strip shocked the war. Rejected by the Arab world and…

Omar Ayyoubi 22 February , 2025
Turkish strikes on October 5 on the Kurdish-controlled region of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria hit a car, killing two people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP
Politics

Stakeholders vie for oil and gas control in a post-Assad Syria

Countless unknown factors make it impossible to predict how developments will unfold in post-Bashar al-Assad Syria. With the new government not…

Giorgio Cafiero 21 January , 2025
Opinion

Why Egypt is wary of the 'new Syria'

Israel's decimation of Syria's military assets has not made headlines in Syrian media nor in countries with vested stakes in the country. Instead,…

Amr Emam 16 December , 2024
From Barakat to Assad: The Syrian presidency in 100 years
Documents & Memoirs

From Barakat to Assad: The Syrian presidency in 100 years

What exactly is Bashar al-Assad’s number when it comes to the long list of Syrian presidents? The answer, quite surprisingly, is debatable, given…

Sami Moubayed 16 December , 2024
The Russian artist who captured Morocco like no other Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

The Russian artist who captured Morocco like no other

Among the most distinctive works of Russian artist Zinaida Serebriakova are the paintings she created in Morocco. She made two trips to the North…

Ismail Ghazaly 28 October , 2024
Alshaikh Idris, “Abstract 5” on view at Sotheby’s London as part of the Hafla exhibition Sotheby’s
Culture & Social Affairs

Sotheby’s exhibition celebrates 50 years of Saudi art

When Sotheby’s, the great auction house, hosted its first major retrospective of Saudi art last month in London, the Saudi ambassador was present and…

Bryn Haworth 26 September , 2024
Kurdistan Workers' Party fighters in the Iraqi city of Dohuk on May 14, 2013. AFP
Politics

In Iraqi Kurdistan, shifting allegiances make for flimsy alliances

Erbil: The three blindfolded Kurdish men kneeling in yellow jumpsuits with their backs to the audience recalled the Baghdad trials of alleged Islamic…

Shelly Kittleson 09 September , 2024
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A picture of Farid al-Madhan, known as "Caesar," wearing a blue robe in the US Congress.
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Politics

Syria's new post-sanctions test

22 December 2025

Damascus finally gets breathing room after the US repealed its draconian Caesar sanctions, but it can't exhale just yet. Al Majalla explains why.

Haid Haid
Opinion

Israeli gas and the crafting of a 'new Middle East'

22 December 2025

The US is poised to use Israeli gas as a lever to keep Iran on the backfoot following its regional setback, and it could even use it to undercut Russia's economy

Ibrahim Hamidi
Women and children at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Zakaria
Politics

After el-Fasher: the trajectory of war in Sudan

16 November 2025

Washington seems to have changed its tone after the RSF committed atrocities in October, putting increasing pressure on the foreign backers of a paramilitary that now controls Darfur. What next?

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb
Despite a new president, a new prime minister, a new government, and a new central bank governor, what has actually changed after Lebanon's economic collapse? Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

A state in crisis: Lebanon’s struggle to restore financial stability 

20 December 2025

Following the appointment of a new president, Lebanon has struggled to come to terms with the deep-rooted challenges of its financial collapse

Toufic Chanbour
Culture & Social Affairs

This year in film: landmark moments across platforms

22 December 2025

Al Majalla looks back at a memorable and haunting year in film, with Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab one of 2025's most powerful works

Wael Said

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