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Dead on Arrival?

[escenic_image id="5595448"]For decades since its establishment, the Muslim Brotherhood has had an ambivalent position on political participation…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 05 August , 2010
Politics

Behind the Ummah

[escenic_image id="5595442"]Professor Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, a Turkish science historian, is currently the secretary general of the Organisation of…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 04 August , 2010
Politics

The Public Intelligence Chief

[escenic_image id="5591720"]When the prime minister requests not a retired and respected head of state, but the intelligence chief to defuse tense…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 04 August , 2010
Politics

Tehran’s Mystery Man

[escenic_image id="5594956"]In recent weeks the media have been overrun with bizarre tales of secret agents and Russian moles reminiscent of Cold War…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 04 August , 2010
Business & Economy

The Good German

[escenic_image id="5594941"]Winston Churchill once said of Russia that it was “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” The White House…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 03 August , 2010
Politics

Jordan’s Nuclear Choice

[escenic_image id="5594824"]Washington is asking Amman of Jordan for a favor. In the interests of helping stem further nuclear proliferation, the…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 03 August , 2010
Culture & Social Affairs

Strategies of Survival

[escenic_image id="5592822"] The Time that Remains: Chronicle of A Present Absentee tells the life story of Elia Suleiman, beginning with his father…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 30 July , 2010
Politics

Rising Turkey in a Changing Middle East

[escenic_image id="5592330"] While Turkey is increasingly charting a path based on its own strategic interests, Salem contends, “Turkey is not…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 29 July , 2010
Politics

The Public Intelligence Chief

[escenic_image id="5591720"]When the prime minister requests not a retired and respected head of state, but the intelligence chief to defuse tense…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 28 July , 2010
Culture & Social Affairs

Antidotes to Arab Malaise

The Arabs: A HistoryEugene RoganAllen Lane 2009£23.00In 2005, Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir wrote “Its not pleasant being Arab these days ……

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 27 July , 2010
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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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