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Egypt Mourns Pope Shenouda
Culture & Social Affairs

Egypt Mourns Pope Shenouda

[caption id="attachment_55230035" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Egyptian Coptic Christians carry the coffin of Coptic Pope Shenouda III"][…

Alastair Beach 21 March , 2012
Voice of the People?
Politics

Voice of the People?

[caption id="attachment_55229971" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="President of the SNC Borhan Ghalyoon at the press conference in Tunisia of…

Andrea Glioti 16 March , 2012
Egypt's Hijacked Revolution
Politics

Egypt's Hijacked Revolution

[caption id="attachment_55229965" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A demonstration in Tahrir Square against the expansion of Egypt's…

Alastair Beach 16 March , 2012
Bin Laden in the Crosshairs
Culture & Social Affairs

Bin Laden in the Crosshairs

Osama: The Making of a Terrorist Jonathan Randal I.B Tauris 2012 (revised edition) Strangely, for a book named after its subject, the new,…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 15 March , 2012
One Night for Syria

One Night for Syria

[caption id="attachment_55229925" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A Flood in Bath Country (Director: Omar Amiralay)"][/caption] For once…

Helena Alves 13 March , 2012
A Region Transformed?
Politics

A Region Transformed?

  The Arab World has experienced a number of shifts and shocks since the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the Great War. It has never been…

Andrew Bowen 12 March , 2012
The Met’s Bold New Galleries
Culture & Social Affairs

The Met’s Bold New Galleries

[caption id="attachment_552298" align="aligncenter" width="495" caption="Reception Room (Qa'a), dated A.H. 1119/A.D. 1707Syria, Damascus (Photo…

Noam Schimmel 09 March , 2012
MP’s Nose Job Scandal has Egyptians Snorting with Laughter
Science & Technology

MP’s Nose Job Scandal has Egyptians Snorting with Laughter

[caption id="attachment_55229812" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Disgraced politician Anwar Al-Balkimy"][/caption] As disgraced former US…

Alastair Beach 07 March , 2012
No Nuclear Compromise
Politics

No Nuclear Compromise

[caption id="attachment_55229792" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Ayatollah Khamenei criticizes Western influence on Iran, during a speech…

Mehdi Khalaji 07 March , 2012
From Violence and Barricades to an Open Air Gallery
Culture & Social Affairs

From Violence and Barricades to an Open Air Gallery

[caption id="attachment_55229778" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Mohamed Mahmoud Street"][/caption] Mohamed Mahmoud Street is where the…

Ati Metwaly 06 March , 2012
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Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
Al Majalla
Politics

Netanyahu's Iran victory claim falls on deaf ears in Israel

29 April 2026

Many Israelis actually believe that they lost the war, with opposition leader Yair Lapid accusing the Israeli premier of having led the country into "strategic collapse and diplomatic catastrophe"

Asaad Ghanem
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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