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Lebanese novelist Hassan Daoud on the science behind his craft Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Lebanese novelist Hassan Daoud on the science behind his craft

Since publishing his first novel four decades ago, Hassan Daoud has earned a reputation for being a unique writer. With his deliberate, unhurried…

Hussein bin Hamza 14 September , 2024
The technology powering our current industrial revolution needs so much energy and water that data centres are now competing with cities, with the environment and net-zero targets losing out Pep Boatella
Business & Economy

How AI is draining the world of its energy sources

The promise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is so revolutionary, and the dangers of its misuse so catastrophic, that the environmental…

Khaled Kassar 14 September , 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L), Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy attend a meeting in Kyiv on September 11, 2024. Leon Neal / AFP
Politics

Will Ukraine get the green light to strike deep into Russia?

With the Ukraine conflict reaching a critical stage, how the West responds to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to conduct long-range…

Con Coughlin 14 September , 2024
Opinion

Palestine is far bigger than Hamas

It has now been over 11 months since Hamas's “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation and the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which has brutally killed tens of…

Alia Mansour 13 September , 2024
On 13 September 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed between Israeli and Palestinian leaders under US auspices. Since then, Israel has put facts on the ground that make a Palestinian state impossible. Andrei Cojocaru
Documents & Memoirs

31 years later, Oslo takes its last dying breaths

On 4 December 1992, Israeli history professor Yair Hirschfeld and top Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurei (aka Abu Alaa) secretly met at the Cavendish…

Sami Moubayed 13 September , 2024
Saudi investment law updated to attract $100bn by 2030 Andre Cojocaru
Business & Economy

Saudi investment law updated to attract $100bn by 2030

It is the economic goal of most forward-looking countries: to bring more money in from the outside. This is no surprise. Foreign direct investment …

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 13 September , 2024
Gaza ceasefire deal as elusive as ever
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Gaza ceasefire deal as elusive as ever

Fares Garabet 12 September , 2024
If Lebanon is greylisted by the FATF, its reputation will be further damaged and it's economy further weakened. Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Will Riad Salameh's arrest keep Lebanon off the FATF greylist?

The arrest and court appearances of the former governor of the Bank of Lebanon (BOL) in recent days have made headlines around the world. Riad…

Salwa Baalbaki 12 September , 2024
Egyptian actress Magda Al-Sabahi is honoured at the Damascus International Film Festival in the Syrian capital on November 7, 2010. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Magda El-Sabahi: The 'saint' of Egyptian cinema

Magda El-Sabahi almost never was. She was almost never born, and once born, she almost never made it to his first birthday. Born into the…

Wael Tawfik 12 September , 2024
Former US President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris faced off in a highly anticipated presidential debate on Tuesday night, in what was their first—and potentially only—showdown ahead of the Nov. 5 election. Al Majalla
Politics

Top foreign policy moments from the Harris-Trump debate

Former US President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris faced off in a highly anticipated presidential debate on Tuesday night, in what was…

Christina Lu and Amy Mackinnon 11 September , 2024
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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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