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A Reluctant Leader
Politics

A Reluctant Leader

[caption id="attachment_55229050" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Abd Rabbu Mansour Al-Hadi"][/caption] After months of reneged promises…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 26 January , 2012
Saleh for Sale
Politics

Saleh for Sale

[caption id="attachment_55229037" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Though Ali Abdullah Saleh has departed Yemen, his influence remains strong…

Jacqueline Shoen 25 January , 2012
Egypt’s IMF Lifeline
Business & Economy

Egypt’s IMF Lifeline

[caption id="attachment_55229024" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Egyptians demonstrate on 25 January 2011, carrying banners to protest…

Paula Mejia 24 January , 2012
A Democratic Exception
Politics

A Democratic Exception

[caption id="attachment_55229018" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A protestor outside the newly opened Egyptian parliament waves a flag…

Alastair Beach 24 January , 2012
Net Investments
Business & Economy

Net Investments

[caption id="attachment_55228925" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Social media websites, such as Twitter, are becoming increasingly…

Desné Masie 19 January , 2012
A League of their Own
Politics

A League of their Own

[caption id="attachment_55228958" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A child watches on as an Arab League observer arrives at a Damascus…

Alastair Beach 18 January , 2012
Inside the Iron Lady

Inside the Iron Lady

[caption id="attachment_55228931" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady"][/caption] No one walks quite like…

Nicholas Blincoe 18 January , 2012
The Saudi Economy in 2012
Business & Economy

The Saudi Economy in 2012

[caption id="attachment_55228910" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A Saudi man counts out money. The Saudi oil sector is predicted to slow…

Thomas Alberts 17 January , 2012
Threatened Freedom
Politics

Threatened Freedom

[caption id="attachment_55228898" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Thousands of weapons remain unaccounted for in the wake of Libya's…

Jaleel Alsaadi 16 January , 2012
Redefining American Power
Politics

Redefining American Power

[caption id="attachment_55228876" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="President Obama is seeking to reshape America's defense policy"][…

Jacqueline Shoen 13 January , 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
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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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