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Business & Economy

Paved with Good Intentions?

[escenic_image id="559397"]Two CEOS stand in an office examining a chart showing plunging world GDP. One turns to the other, and says, “We can only…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 24 October , 2009
Culture & Social Affairs

The Dilemma of Sunna and Reform

[escenic_image id="559460"] Abdallah Al-Arawy The Arab Cultural Centre 2008 Sunna and the Reform Process by Abdallah Al-Arawy is the author's…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 24 October , 2009

Dr. Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Kuwaiz: Turning a crisis into a solution

The global crisis began as a banking crisis before it dominated all the aspects of economic life.There are several angles for understanding the way…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 24 October , 2009

Abd Al-Hamid Al-Amry: The global financial crisis - A faint signal in the noise

The capital losses of the markets of the GCC countries at the beginning of the global economic crisis are estimated to be approximately $ 480 billion…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 24 October , 2009
Politics

Battle In The Shadows

[escenic_image id="559435"]It is hard to win a war no one remembers you are fighting.  With more than 100,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, the United States…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 24 October , 2009
Business & Economy

An Opportunity For Reform

[escenic_image id="558971"]Although the Gulf economies have weathered the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) relatively well, the same cannot be said…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 17 October , 2009
Politics

The Aging Party

[escenic_image id="558977"]The longevity of the Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood is perhaps the most successful high-wire act in a region all too…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 17 October , 2009
Culture & Social Affairs

Shifting Paradigms: New ways of understanding global politics

[escenic_image id="558970"] Joshual Cooper Ramo Little Brown and Company, March 2009 The Age of the Unthinkable by Joshua Cooper Ramo attempts to…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 17 October , 2009
Politics

The Talk of the Poor

[escenic_image id="558974"]Gamal Mubarak originally pursued an economic career in London. However, it was not long before he was drawn to politics,…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 17 October , 2009
Politics

The Manufacture of Illusion

[escenic_image id="558975"]Dr. Mufid Shihab is one of the most prominent figures in the Egyptian "political kitchen"; he is the Minister of…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine 17 October , 2009
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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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