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A Neo-Ottomanism

[escenic_image id="5511143"]Ibrahim Kalin has been chief foreign affairs advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan since May 2009, when…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 26 November , 2009
Politics

Dr Ali Al-Khchiban: A Catalyst of Change

The twentieth of November 1979 was not an ordinary day for Saudi society. On that day a group led by a man called Juhayman-Otaibi occupied The Holy…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 21 November , 2009
Politics

Khaled Al-Mushawah: Dissention Inside The Holy Mosque

The incident of Juhayman or the incident of the Holy Mosque, as the Saudi people call it, occurred thirty years ago, at the beginning of the current…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 21 November , 2009
Culture & Social Affairs

Mansour Al-Nogaidan: Of Scarecrows and Social Change

I was ten years old when the Saudi radio broadcasted news about the seizure of the Holy Mosque by dozens of armed men led by Juhayman al-Otaibi. The…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 21 November , 2009
Politics

Dr Turki Al-Hamad: Going Round in Circles

In 1979, many events affected the region socially and politically. The most prominent of these were the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iranian…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 21 November , 2009
Culture & Social Affairs

The Dream That Became A Nightmare

[escenic_image id="5510965"]The place: The courtyard of the Holy Mosque in Mecca. The time: the dawn of the first of Muharram 1400 A.H, 20 November…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 21 November , 2009
Politics

Juhayman’s Sins

[escenic_image id="5510992"]Nasser Al-Huzeimi is a thinker who was witnessed the rise of Juhayman Al-Otaibi, and even approached him from within his…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 21 November , 2009
Politics

The End of Jihad

[escenic_image id="5510973"]November 20, 1979, is the first day of muharram, or the first month of 1400 according to the Islamic calendar. It is also…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 21 November , 2009
Politics

Dangerous Liaisons

[escenic_image id="5510969"]The escalating fighting in Yemen between government forces and the al-Houthi rebels has reawakened concern that Yemen is…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 20 November , 2009
Business & Economy

Shifting the Benchmark

[escenic_image id="5510975"]Globally, the post-crisis economic environment has considerably increased reliance on the bond market.  Governments are…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 20 November , 2009
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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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