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'Make Syria Great Again': how Sunni populism is reshaping post-war Syria
Politics

'Make Syria Great Again': how Sunni populism is reshaping post-war Syria

President Donald Trump's public admiration for Syria's transitional president came as no surprise. The two leaders share a mutual appreciation for…

Malik al-Abdeh 16 May , 2025
People celebrate in Damascus' Omeyyad square after US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions in Syria, on May 13, 2025. Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria's long road to economic recovery can finally begin

In a major landmark moment for Syria as it moves on from the Assad-era dictatorship, the United States announced it will lift economic sanctions that…

Joseph Daher 15 May , 2025
Opinion

Will Trump's peace-through-prosperity blueprint for the region work?

After the difficult relationship the Arab world experienced with the Biden administration, US President Donald Trump’s visit to the region this week…

Con Coughlin 15 May , 2025
Rahaf Ayyad, a 12-year-old Palestinian who is suffering from malnutrition due to an Israeli-imposed starvation campaign, sits at a school-turned-shelter in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on May 4, 2025. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

Sunken faces: kids in Gaza waste away as Israel blocks aid

If Israel doesn't stop its forced starvation campaign in Gaza, Palestinians will officially fall into outright famine, food security experts are…

Salem Al Rayyes 15 May , 2025
Gaza on the brink of all-out famine
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Gaza on the brink of all-out famine

Fares Garabet 15 May , 2025
Opinion

Religious nationalism, not geopolitics, could define India and Pakistan's future

Two days after a ceasefire was declared along the Indo-Pakistani border, officials in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district rededicated a massive statue…

Houssam Itani 15 May , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

Khodr Al Agha 14 May , 2025
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) watching as US President Donald Trump (C) shakes hands with Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace
Politics

Trump's lifting of Syria sanctions solidifies Iran's regional defeat

While in Riyadh on 13 May, US President Trump announced that he was lifting sanctions on Syria, and then followed that up on 14 May by meeting Syrian…

James Jeffrey 14 May , 2025
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman exchange a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 13, 2025. REUTERS / Brian Snyder
Business & Economy

US, Saudi Arabia enter 'golden era' in defence, AI partnership

The United States and Saudi Arabia ushered in what President Donald Trump described as a "new golden era of partnership,’ built on multi-billion…

Maher Chmaytelli 14 May , 2025
Retiring iconic Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (R) and his players hold the Premier League trophy outside the town hall in Manchester, north west England, on May 13, 2013. ANDREW YATES / AFP
Politics

Manchester United: politics, power, and the beautiful game

Wherever you go in the world, people have heard of Manchester United. Whether they remember players like Duncan Edwards, George Best, Bobby Charlton,…

Ahmadu Tijan Bah 11 May , 2025
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Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips
Jason Lyon
Business & Economy

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
Grace Russell
Science & Technology

Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

Marco Mossad
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

Fadi El-Abdallah

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