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African leaders applaud Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) after his speech at the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on September 5, 2024. Greg Baker / AFP
Business & Economy

FOCAC at 25: How a China-Africa forum is moving beyond trade

The main international group bringing China and African nations together marked its 25-year anniversary this month in a display of its unique…

Shirley Ze Yu 22 September , 2024
The pager attack on Hezbollah was most likely the result of the distribution of booby-trapped communication devices ahead of time through a front company that was controlled (or compromised) by the Israeli Mossad. Nash Weerasekera
Politics

By paging Hezbollah, Israel took aim at a chip in Iran’s armour

Supply chains, front companies, and pagers rarely make for a good spy story. Even when used in real life, as they likely were as part of the recent…

Michael Horowitz 22 September , 2024
The longest-living American president is best remembered in the Arab world for the Camp David Accords and for not rescuing the Shah from being toppled by Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979. Péter Csuth
Profiles

Turning 100: A look at the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter

As former US President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday approaches on 1 October, Al Majalla's Sami Moubayed reviews the life and legacy of the longest…

Sami Moubayed 22 September , 2024
Technological and scientific advances have opened the door to military opportunities and threats beyond our atmosphere. Andy Potts
Science & Technology

Stellar competition: Will the next world war be over space?

In the early days of space exploration, there was a prevailing notion that space belonged to everyone. A world far above our own with no borders,…

Marco Mossad 21 September , 2024
The cultural landscape of Al Faw Archaeological Area © Elise Garcia/UNESCO
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Faw: A beacon of tolerance on the edge of the Saudi desert

Around 700km southwest of Riyadh, Al Faw has become Saudi Arabia’s latest site to be added to the World Heritage List kept by the United Nations…

Abdullah Al-Rashid 21 September , 2024
Thick smoke rises above the southern suburbs of Beirut after an Israeli strike on September 20, 2024. Israel says Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and around 10 other commanders were killed. Hezbollah has not confirmed Aqil’s death. AFP
Politics

Israel has bloodied Hezbollah but is stuck in a war of attrition

First, it was pagers; then, it was walkie-talkies. On 18 September, another wave of explosions rocked Lebanon: two-way radios detonated in homes,…

The Economist 21 September , 2024
Sudanese refugees who fled violence in the Darfur region arrived on the backs of their donkeys in search of a place for temporary settlement, near the border between Sudan and Chad. AFP
Politics

Why traditional approaches to protecting civilians in Sudan aren't working

The visit of two senior directors from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to Sudan on 8 September has highlighted what seasoned observers have known…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 20 September , 2024
The discovery that Hezbollah’s communication devices are compromised will have a ripple effect, limiting the ability of Iran’s proxies to act and coordinate Barbara Gibson
Politics

Pager attack transforms 'axis of resistance' into 'axis of paranoia'

The pager attacks against Hezbollah personnel in Lebanon have been extraordinary in scope and impact. Never in the history of Hezbollah has the group…

Lina Khatib 20 September , 2024
The decision to cut interest rates not by 0.25% but by 0.5% lets industry and money markets breathe a sigh of relief after two years of stress and turmoil. Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

What do US interest rate cuts mean for the economy and election?

Finally, the US Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, have reached the moment that the business and financial worlds have been waiting for…

Khaled Kassar 19 September , 2024
Opinion

Biden's inability to restrain Israel bodes badly for the region

The inability of the Biden administration to persuade Israel to show restraint when conducting its military operations risks plunging the Middle East…

Con Coughlin 19 September , 2024
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Politics

Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
Politics

Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
Lina Jaradat
Politics

How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

James Jeffrey

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