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Netanyahu blocks Trump's path to a Nobel Prize

By now it is no secret that US President Donald Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. To this end, he has consistently cast himself as a peacemaker by…

Wahid Abdel Maguid 24 August , 2025
Lebanese abstract artist Saloua Choucair and one of her works
Culture & Social Affairs

Saloua Raouda Choucair: a century of abstraction

In the lap of a pine-covered mountain, just below the town of Ras el-Metn in Mount Lebanon, lies the museum of the late Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda…

Mohamed abi Samra 24 August , 2025
Moazzam Begg, Senior Director at CAGE International, addresses pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice on July 4, 2025, in London. Mark Kerrison / Getty
Profiles

Moazzam Begg: the British activist protesting genocide

When police in London arrested over 460 people during a recent pro-Palestine gathering in Parliament Square, those detained included Moazzam Begg, 57…

Con Coughlin 24 August , 2025
Fghters from Bedouin tribes in western Sweida city on July 19, 2025. AFP
Politics

Sweida is a test case for competing visions for Syria

The recent outbreak of violence in Syria’s southern Sweida province—the birthplace of Syria’s revolution and a Druze-majority region that has managed…

Caroline Rose 24 August , 2025
New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

The story of the Syrian army’s entry into Lebanon remains a subject of controversy, even two decades after it withdrew in 2005. It is significant…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 August , 2025
Opinion

Why some wars are quickly resolved and others left to linger

Two distinct approaches to conflict management can be observed in today's modern conflicts, marking a drastic departure from the principles the…

Houssam Itani 23 August , 2025
An M23 soldier holds damaged weapons in the Stade de l’Unité (Unity Stadium) in Goma, DRC on May 13, 2025. Jospin Mwisha / AFP
Business & Economy

Tariffs and minerals: when trade and resource wars collide

A new 21st-century geo-economic battle is heating up over rare earths, with China using its advantage in trade talks with the United States and the…

Mohamed Sharki 23 August , 2025
Kamal Jumblatt’s letter to Assad days before he was killed Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Kamal Jumblatt’s letter to Assad days before he was killed

On 2 March 1977, just nine days before his assassination, Lebanese politician and leader of the National Movement (NM) Kamal Jumblatt addressed a…

Al Majalla - London 23 August , 2025
Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice

Two-thirds of the way into a trilogy covering the widespread rights abuses of Brazil’s darkest chapter, Henrique Schneider says he wants to highlight…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 22 August , 2025
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand at one of the gates to the Haram Al Sharif during the annual Tisha B'Av commemorating the destruction of ancient Jewish temples some 2,000 years ago. Menahem Kahana / AFP
Politics

Once shrugged off, Al Aqsa violations now irk more Israelis

Every year, religiously-observant Jews commemorate Tisha b’Av, the date associated with the destruction of the Temple Mount 2,000 years ago by the…

Daniel Seidemann 22 August , 2025
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Politics

China is not scared of Trump’s squeeze on Iran

04 September 2026

Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington

Henry Tugendhat
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Raven Jiang
Politics

From the war on terror to networked security

07 September 2026

The main change since 9/11 is that military security has become one component of a much wider security ecosystem

Lina Khatib
Japanese director Takashi Miike at an event for the film 'Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki' IMDb
Culture & Social Affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

06 September 2026

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

Leila Amar
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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