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The Long Game
Politics

The Long Game

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Thomas Alberts 13 September , 2011
Once is Enough
Politics

Once is Enough

[caption id="attachment_55226026" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Amr Moussa"][/caption] Moussa’s fame—he has been sung about by Egyptian…

Safaa Azab 12 September , 2011
East meets East
Politics

East meets East

[caption id="attachment_55225988" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="The Sino-Arab business forum is a testament to the developing business…

Omar H. Rahman 12 September , 2011
Ibrahim Dogus: From Teen Refugee to Potential MP
Politics

Ibrahim Dogus: From Teen Refugee to Potential MP

Ibrahim Dogus came to London from Turkish Kurdistan at age 14 as a political refugee. Since then, through tireless determination he has opened three…

Yasmine El Geressi 24 May , 2017
Politics

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

[escenic_image id="55225919"]It takes just a few days of reading the local press to see why many ordinary Saudis are frustrated with their court…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 29 December , 2010
Politics

Not So Secret Wars

[escenic_image id="55220965"]What do a clandestine fiber-optic communications network in Beirut, Najaf’s Shamsah Travel and Tourism Agency, and a…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 22 December , 2010
Culture & Social Affairs

At the Vanguard of Contemporary Arab Cinema

[escenic_image id="55220880"]Amin Matalqa is an Arab-American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His last feature film, Captain Abu Raed, set in Jordan,…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 22 December , 2010
Politics

Jihad Jane

[escenic_image id="55220819"]October saw Al-Qaeda once again prove its determination to undermine western security: the “parcel” bomb dispatched by…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 22 December , 2010
Politics

Deadly Embraces

[escenic_image id="55220808"]Bruce Riedel is a former CIA officer and currently a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 22 December , 2010
Business & Economy

PENTAGON INC.

[escenic_image id="55220796"]You are an accountant tasked with evaluating the world’s largest conglomerate. Its finances are so poorly managed that…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 22 December , 2010
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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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