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Weak Foundations

[escenic_image id="5549996"]Yemeni-Swiss scholar Elham Manea speaks with The Majalla about the crisis in Yemen and its impact on the Gulf. Manea was…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 04 May , 2010
Politics

Ten Steps to Downing Street

[escenic_image id="5549961"]The single greatest surprise of the British general election is that it happens so fast. Britain is home to 61 million…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 04 May , 2010
Culture & Social Affairs

The Human Cost of Globalization

[escenic_image id="5548720"] Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex workers in the New Economy Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russel Hochschild …

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 30 April , 2010
Politics

Obama’s Nuclear Offensive

[escenic_image id="5548656"]US President Barack Obama has launched his long-expected campaign to reduce the threat of global nuclear war and nuclear…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 30 April , 2010
Politics

The Power and Perils of Choice

[escenic_image id="5548172"]Professor Charles Tripp, of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, is a world-renowned expert on…

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

The Clash of Cultures

[escenic_image id="5548068"] Kandahar: A joint American-Afghan force had just uncovered a weapons cache in a small mud village known for supporting…

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

Educating For Peace

[escenic_image id="5547447"] Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Published by Wheeler 2008 Long before the Coalition of…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 26 April , 2010
Politics

Nigeria’s Goodluck Charm

[escenic_image id="5547374"]Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has a difficult political history. Since its independence, ethnic and sectarian…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 26 April , 2010
Business & Economy

A Shining City upon the Hill?

[escenic_image id="5526390"]The EU does not quite match the American sense of mission. Even when the European heads of state give their history-laden…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 22 April , 2010
Politics

A Turkish-Russian Alliance?

[escenic_image id="5526375"]Turkey has astonished many observers with dazzling new directions in its foreign policy. Today, Ankara is considering…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 22 April , 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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