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Ascending From Chaos?

[escenic_image id="5544141"]Since 9/11, the eagerness of the US to tackle militancy in Pakistan has traditionally clashed with the position of the…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 16 April , 2010
Culture & Social Affairs

Peaceful Islam, Peaceful Counterterrorism

[escenic_image id="5541312"] Combatting Terrorism: Saudi Arabia’s Role in the War on Terror Ali S. Awadh Asseri - Oxford 2009 Following September 11…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 16 April , 2010
Politics

Talking with the Taliban

[escenic_image id="5543766"]As the US prepares to send another troop surge to Afghanistan, hinting that a military solution stands to offer…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 15 April , 2010
Politics

Did America Win?

[escenic_image id="5542814"]Americans think they won the war in Iraq. Scratch that: a significant number of American officials, media pundits, and…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 12 April , 2010
Business & Economy

Gambling in Greenbacks?

[escenic_image id="5541316"]Competing projections for America’s future debts have emerged from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 12 April , 2010
Politics

Baiting Khamenei 

[escenic_image id="5542272"]America’s top expert on Iran is the only serving US official to have had a face-to-face meeting with the Supreme Leader…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 10 April , 2010
Politics

Peace Versus Justice in Afghanistan?

When an ideal stands in the moral high-ground as if it were the only one worth fighting for, the notion of the bigger picture can be lost. This might…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 07 April , 2010
Business & Economy

Russia Walks Fine Line on Iran Sanctions

Moscow benefits most from the current stalemate between Iran and the West—providing it does not escalate into war or lead to Tehran’s acquisition of…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 06 April , 2010
Politics

The President’s Matchmaker

[escenic_image id="5538492"]Rashad Hussain, a second-generation Indian-American and Muslim, was born in Wyoming and raised in Texas. At a young age…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 06 April , 2010
Business & Economy

Time to Invest?

[escenic_image id="5537561"] Sovereign Debt and Market Confidence When EU Finance Ministers met in Brussels on 16 February to consider Greece’s…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 31 March , 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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