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A new book on Syria zeroes in on the impact of absence
Culture & Social Affairs

A new book on Syria zeroes in on the impact of absence

The Dubious Novelist by Syrian author Fawwaz Haddad is a densely woven story of a nation in the iron grip of a dictatorship. Teeming with characters…

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 10 September , 2025

Zebra doves, Banksy art and more from the world

September, 2025
DEVI RAHMAN / AFP
DEVI RAHMAN / AFP

Cages with zebra doves are seen during the Piala Raja (King’s Cup), an annual bird song contest in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on September 7, 2025.

JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP

An artwork by street artist Banksy depicts a judge using a gavel to beat a protester using a placard as protection on an exterior wall of the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in London on September 9, 2025.

Eyad BABA / AFP
Eyad BABA / AFP

A vehicle towing a cart and transporting displaced Palestinians fleeing southbound from Gaza City moves along the coastal road in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on September 9, 2025.

REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui
REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

A member of the Global Sumud Flotilla speaks at a press conference after they announced that one of their main boats was likely struck by an Israeli drone in Tunisian waters in Tunis on September 9, 2025.

REUTERS/Abdelaziz Boumzar
REUTERS/Abdelaziz Boumzar

An Algerian salt farmer works, preserving a centuries-old tradition of hand-harvesting salt from a natural high-altitude lake, in Bejaia, in the Kabyle mountains of northeastern Algeria, August 30, 2025.

WANG Zhao / AFP
WANG Zhao / AFP

Artists take part in a performance at the Great Hall of the People, following a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on September 3, 2025.

AFP
AFP

Japan’s Prince Hisahito (R) attends his coming-of-age ceremony, Kakan-no-Gi, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on September 6, 2025.

Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP
Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP

The full moon also known as "Blood Moon" during a lunar eclipse with a statue of the ancient Greek goddess Irene holding a child in the foreground, in central Athens, Greece, on September 7, 2025.

Prabin RANABHAT / AFP
Prabin RANABHAT / AFP

Nepal police carry an injured comrade as demonstrators pelt stones during a protest outside the Parliament in Kathmandu on September 8, 2025, condemning social media prohibitions and corruption by the government.

Anup OJHA / AFP
Anup OJHA / AFP

Fire rages through the main administrative building for the Nepal government, in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025, a day after a police crackdown on protests over social media prohibitions and corruption by the government.

Opinion

Sharaa faces pushback over his vision for a new Syria

At a meeting held two weeks ago at the Syrian presidential palace in Damascus, President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with an Arab delegation comprising…

Alia Mansour 11 September , 2025
How global giants' GDPs and spending stack up to the US Al Majalla
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How global giants' GDPs and spending stack up to the US

The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, where Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and…

Al Majalla - London 09 September , 2025
Thorium: Egypt’s mineral treasure lying in its black sands Shutterstock
Business & Economy

Thorium: Egypt’s mineral treasure lying in its black sands

Among the more exciting prospects in the world of nuclear energy is the use of thorium metal, and technological breakthroughs in the field have…

Marcelle Nasr 09 September , 2025
Activists protest near the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza. Alex Wong/ AFP
Politics

Americans are tiring of Israel. Will US policy follow?

Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement, felt that the future Jewish state would have allies, declaring that “nations will be compelled to…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 09 September , 2025
Opinion

When it comes to crypto, even Bhutan is getting in on it

The mountainous Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas is the size of Switzerland but with roughly a tenth of the population. Known for its temples,…

Khaled Kassar 09 September , 2025
For many in Gaza, there is no 'day after'
Cartoons

For many in Gaza, there is no 'day after'

Fares Garabet 08 September , 2025
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

If there is one defining feature of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, it is the staggering number of children killed on a daily basis. According to the…

Samer Abou Hawwach 08 September , 2025
Israel looms large over Daraa as displaced recount horrors Shelly Kittleson
Politics

Israel looms large over Daraa as displaced recount horrors

Daraa: “Israel has a much larger plan than ‘protecting the Druze’ in Sweida,” the deputy governor of Syria’s Daraa governorate told Al Majalla in a…

Shelly Kittleson 08 September , 2025
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Pep Boatella
Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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