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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in front of a map of the Middle East during a press conference at the Government Press Office (GPO) on 4 September 2024. ABIR SULTAN / AFP
Politics

Israel's lack of strategy makes for aimless wars

Both opponents of Israel and its supporters in the Middle East and beyond share a common misconception: that Israel has an overall strategy guiding…

Elizabeth Tsurkov 22 March , 2026
How trauma leaves a lasting imprint on the brain Eoin Ryan
Science & Technology

How trauma leaves a lasting imprint on the brain

Research increasingly suggests that wars, conflicts, and major political ruptures do not pass through human life without consequence, but rather…

Alaa Emara 21 March , 2026
Joe Kent testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on 11 December 2025, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker / AFP
Profiles

Joe Kent: the US counter-terrorism chief who resigned over Iran war

The very public resignation of Joe Kent, Director of the United States' National Counter-terrorism Centre, on 17 March 2026 sent shockwaves across…

Kamal Alam 21 March , 2026
Opinion

Damascus alcohol ban bodes badly for Syria’s transition

Damascus governorate has banned the serving of alcohol across the city and restricted takeaway sales to licensed shops in just three Christian…

Haid Haid 21 March , 2026
The skyrocketing cost of Epic Fury Matt Murphy
Business & Economy

The skyrocketing cost of Epic Fury

Three weeks after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran, the world has entered an exceptionally dangerous phase. The confrontation has expanded…

Thuraya Shahin 21 March , 2026
US public opinion is decisively shifting against Israel Sara Gironi Carnevale
Politics

US public opinion is decisively shifting against Israel

For decades, American support for Israel was one of the most durable constants in US foreign policy, to such an extent that successive…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 21 March , 2026
Al Majalla's Film Watch: motherhood in cinema
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Film Watch: motherhood in cinema

On the occasion of Mother's Day, we tour the newest movie releases that tackle the complex theme, while also reviewing an older classic for good…

Wael Said 21 March , 2026
Why modern-day wars can easily go regional AFP / Reuters / Al Majalla
Politics

Why modern-day wars can easily go regional

The world is now passing through an era of ‘strategic unravelling’, and its proportions are catastrophic. Conflicts no longer remain confined to…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 20 March , 2026
Opinion

The US and Israel have different goals in the Iran war

Donald Trump’s claim that he knew nothing about Israel’s attack on Iran’s main gas field suggests that significant tensions exist between the US…

Con Coughlin 19 March , 2026
The Hormuz Strait: a vital oil lifeline to the world Pete Reynolds
Business & Economy

The Hormuz Strait: a vital oil lifeline to the world

On maps, the Strait of Hormuz appears as a narrow indentation in the coastline separating Iran from the Musandam Peninsula of Oman. Its modest width…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 19 March , 2026
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Business & Economy

How a tiny waterway put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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