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The Murdoch of the Middle East

[escenic_image id="5556105"]Othman Al-Omeir is a Saudi journalist and editor, who has revolutionized the role of media in the Middle East. This media…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 21 May , 2010
Business & Economy

Betting in Commodities?

[escenic_image id="5557809"]In a global economy still inching its way out of a recession, Greece’s recent debt crisis has imbued trade floors with a…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 20 May , 2010
Culture & Social Affairs

From Oppression to Opportunity

[escenic_image id="5555714"] Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into opportunity for Women World Wide Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Alfred…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 20 May , 2010
Politics

Just What the Doctor Ordered

[escenic_image id="5555010"]Iyad Allawi, Iraq’s former interim prime minister and a current contender for the position, has been a prominent figure…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 18 May , 2010
Politics

A Public Truce

[escenic_image id="5555005"]Hamid Karzai, accompanied by a number of senior Afghan officials, recently completed his first visit to Washington since…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 18 May , 2010
Politics

Easier Said Than Done

[escenic_image id="5554608"]On Obama’s second day as president, he made clear his decision to break from his predecessor’s policies by signing an…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 17 May , 2010
Politics

Obama and Arab-Israeli Peace

[escenic_image id="5554600"]President Barack Obama’s second year in office began with no indication that Arab-Israeli peace would figure prominently…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 17 May , 2010
Culture & Social Affairs

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

[escenic_image id="5551112"] Between Two Worlds: My Life in Captivity in Iran by Roxana Saberi Harper Collins 2010 Roxana Saberi captured the…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 07 May , 2010
Politics

Wake Up!

[escenic_image id="558014"]Lebanese leaders have been busy the past few weeks warning European capitals that Israel is dangerously flirting with…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 05 May , 2010
Business & Economy

Trouble in Euroland

[escenic_image id="5550355"]“The Balkan region produces more history than it can consume.” Even though one may find Winston Churchill’s famous…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 05 May , 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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