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History Repeats Itself in Zimbabwe
Politics

History Repeats Itself in Zimbabwe

InAugust 2008, I visited a hospital roughly 100 miles outside the Zimbabwean capital,Harare. Hundreds of patients lay in overcrowded wards and on…

Tendai Biti 30 August , 2019
Diplomacy Can’t Solve All of Afghanistan’s Problems
Politics

Diplomacy Can’t Solve All of Afghanistan’s Problems

On the night ofAugust 17, as over 1,000 guests danced at a wedding celebration inDubaiCity, a hall inKabulnamed after the Afghan elite’s favorite…

Barnett R. Rubin 30 August , 2019
A protester makes a gesture during a protest on June 12, 2019 in Hong Kong China. (Getty)
Politics

Hong Kong’s Muzzled Generation Cries Out

As cars idled bumper to bumper on one of Hong Kong’s busiest highways, a gaggle of young people clad in black darted into traffic. Cars swerved…

Suzanne Sataline 05 July , 2019
The Colourful Life of Boris Johnson
Politics

The Colourful Life of Boris Johnson

Christened Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, he is known to the British public simply as “Boris”. Recognised by his trademark blonde,…

Yasmine El Geressi 21 June , 2019
Gallery technicians at Sotheby's auction house adjust 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch on April 12, 2012 in London, England. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream

When I claimed recently that Jonathan Jones, the prolific art critic for The Guardian, used the same method as Boris Johnson…

Bryn Haworth 31 May , 2019
Brexit illustration by Anish Kapoor
Culture & Social Affairs

Brexit: A Very British Carnival

When Andrea Leadsom first came to prominence in the wake of the referendum result, as a possible replacement for David Cameron, was I alone in…

Bryn Haworth 17 May , 2019
Self-Portrait, 1887, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), oil on canvas, 42x34 cm. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Van Gogh and the City

A FRENCH ARTIST IN THE INFERNO? In the days of Queen Victoria, a traveller by the name of Gustave Doré came to witness the greatest city on the…

Bryn Haworth 06 April , 2019
“Kurdistan’s Hiroshima”
Politics

“Kurdistan’s Hiroshima”

It has been 31 years since that bloody Friday which oversaw the diabolical massacre of Kurds living Halabja, one of the cities of Iraqi Kurdistan…

Fayrouz Ramadan Zada 15 March , 2019
U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner: Consumer protection and fair competition are keys to a developing economy
Business & Economy

U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner: Consumer protection and fair competition are keys to a developing economy

Noah Joshua Phillips serves as one of five Commissioners on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, following his appointment to the position by President…

Joseph Braude 06 January , 2019
The Yellow Vest Protests and the Tragedy of Emmanuel Macron
Culture & Social Affairs

The Yellow Vest Protests and the Tragedy of Emmanuel Macron

Franceis a country with a long history of rebellions, but it has never seen anything quite like the revolt of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests), that…

Arthur Goldhammer 14 December , 2018
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A picture of Farid al-Madhan, known as "Caesar," wearing a blue robe in the US Congress.
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Politics

Syria's new post-sanctions test

22 December 2025

Damascus finally gets breathing room after the US repealed its draconian Caesar sanctions, but it can't exhale just yet. Al Majalla explains why.

Haid Haid
Opinion

Israeli gas and the crafting of a 'new Middle East'

22 December 2025

The US is poised to use Israeli gas as a lever to keep Iran on the backfoot following its regional setback, and it could even use it to undercut Russia's economy

Ibrahim Hamidi
Women and children at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Zakaria
Politics

After el-Fasher: the trajectory of war in Sudan

16 November 2025

Washington seems to have changed its tone after the RSF committed atrocities in October, putting increasing pressure on the foreign backers of a paramilitary that now controls Darfur. What next?

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb
Despite a new president, a new prime minister, a new government, and a new central bank governor, what has actually changed after Lebanon's economic collapse? Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

A state in crisis: Lebanon’s struggle to restore financial stability 

20 December 2025

Following the appointment of a new president, Lebanon has struggled to come to terms with the deep-rooted challenges of its financial collapse

Toufic Chanbour
Culture & Social Affairs

This year in film: landmark moments across platforms

22 December 2025

Al Majalla looks back at a memorable and haunting year in film, with Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab one of 2025's most powerful works

Wael Said

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