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Holding Hormuz Hostage
Politics

Holding Hormuz Hostage

[caption id="attachment_55228859" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="The Al Bakra oil terminal in the north Arabian Gulf - just one of the…

Bryan R. Gibson 12 January , 2012
Voice of the People
Culture & Social Affairs

Voice of the People

[caption id="attachment_55228839" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Muslim women in Cairo walk the streets"][/caption] Reporters are forever…

Alastair Beach 11 January , 2012
The Tightrope Prime Minister
Politics

The Tightrope Prime Minister

[caption id="attachment_55228816" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Hamadi Jebali"][/caption] Tunisian Prime Minister, Hamadi Jebali, has…

Political Editor: Majalla 10 January , 2012
A Shifting Axis
Politics

A Shifting Axis

[caption id="attachment_55228655" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Dr. William Quandt"][/caption] William B. Quandt has been a prominent…

Andrew Bowen 09 January , 2012
The World Mourns Eve Arnold
Culture & Social Affairs

The World Mourns Eve Arnold

[caption id="attachment_55228761" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Eve Arnold. 1912 - 2012"][/caption] The art world mourns an exceptional…

Amy Assad 06 January , 2012
Before Tahrir

Before Tahrir

The Road to Tahrir Square: Egypt and the United States from the Rise of Nasser to the Fall of Mubarak Lloyd C. Gardner The New Press 2011 The…

Noam Schimmel 06 January , 2012
Playing With Fire
Politics

Playing With Fire

[caption id="attachment_55228747" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, tours a nuclear facility"][…

Jacqueline Shoen 06 January , 2012
The New Face of Syria
Politics

The New Face of Syria

[caption id="attachment_55228700" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="The President of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Burhan Ghalioun"][…

Roshan Kasem 03 January , 2012
Getting Egypt Back on its Feet
Politics

Getting Egypt Back on its Feet

[caption id="attachment_55228684" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="South Korean tourists leave Cairo at the beginning of February, 2011. The…

Alastair Beach 28 December , 2011
The Fashion Architect
Culture & Social Affairs

The Fashion Architect

[caption id="attachment_552284" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Osman Yousefzada (Alex Beattie)"][/caption] “I had quite a conservative…

Juliet Highet 28 December , 2011
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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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