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Khaled al-Anani: the first Arab head of UNESCO Axel Rangel Garcia
Profiles

Khaled al-Anani: the first Arab head of UNESCO

For the boy who grew up taking family picnics between the paws of Egypt’s Great Sphinx, it is fitting that his ascension to head the United Nations…

Amr Emam 12 October , 2025
100 years on, television confronts the digital age Al Majalla
Science & Technology

100 years on, television confronts the digital age

A century ago, on 2 October 1925, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird transmitted the first televised image using a mechanical prototype. It was of a…

Marco Mossad 12 October , 2025
A protester highlights British companies’ involvement in manufacturing F-35 fighter jets used in Gaza, demanding an arms embargo on Israel, outside the offices of Lockheed Martin, in Havant, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Business & Economy

Israel can’t survive autarky

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said his country should reduce its dependence on trade with other countries, as the state faces a…

Giovanni Legorano 12 October , 2025
Opinion

Syria’s new parliament raises old questions

On 5 October, Syria marked what transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa described as a “historic moment”: the country’s first parliamentary elections…

Haid Haid 11 October , 2025
Patience wears thin for Arabs from Syria's SDF areas Shelly Kittleson
Politics

Patience wears thin for Arabs from Syria's SDF areas

Deir ez-Zor: “That was where military security would shoot at us,” a young man in uniform told Al Majalla on a ride through some of the parts of this…

Shelly Kittleson 11 October , 2025
Iraqi painter and sculptor Dia al-Azzawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Dia Azzawi’s latest murals mourn the ruin of Arab cities

Standing inside Galerie Saleh Barakat in Beirut, it is difficult not to feel dizzy before the overwhelming mixture of human and material fragments…

Mohamed abi Samra 11 October , 2025
Palestinians, who were displaced to the southern part of Gaza at Israel's order during the war, make their way along a road as they return to the north after a ceasefire went into effect on October 10, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Politics

Six reasons why a Gaza ceasefire was finally reached

As Trump announced that Hamas and Israel had signed off on the first phase of his “Peace Plan”, the region is holding its breath, wondering whether…

Michael Horowitz 10 October , 2025
A deal being signed at the recently held  Cultural Investment Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 30, 2025. SPA
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia ramps up investment in culture

Over the past seven years, Saudi Arabia has transformed its approach to policy across all sectors, from trade and tourism to culture and sports, with…

Turki Harbi 10 October , 2025
Dashed dream: no Nobel for Trump Ewan White
Politics

Dashed dream: no Nobel for Trump

Speaking recently to senior US military leaders about his achievements in ending wars, US President Donald Trump expressed frustration that he would…

Aqeel Abbas 09 October , 2025
Opinion

Trump's push pays off as Gaza ceasefire finally takes hold

Celebrations have broken out in both Gaza and Israel following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have managed to reach an agreement on…

Con Coughlin 09 October , 2025
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Eduardo Ramon
Politics

China is not scared of Trump’s squeeze on Iran

04 September 2026

Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington

Henry Tugendhat
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Raven Jiang
Politics

From the war on terror to networked security

07 September 2026

The main change since 9/11 is that military security has become one component of a much wider security ecosystem

Lina Khatib
Japanese director Takashi Miike at an event for the film 'Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki' IMDb
Culture & Social Affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

06 September 2026

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

Leila Amar
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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