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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
After Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy this weekend, his vice president, Kamala Harris, has suddenly emerged as a leading candidate. Laura Salafia
Profiles

Kamala Harris: America's first female president?

After US President Joe Biden bowed to the inevitable and withdrew from the November 2024 US presidential campaign, there is mounting speculation that…

Con Coughlin 14 July , 2024
Opinion

UK, France polls could loosen traditional parties' grip on power

Public opinion polls on upcoming elections in Britain and France reveal a lot about the right of the far right in Europe. In Britain, the…

Houssam Itani 28 June , 2024
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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
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Al Majalla
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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