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Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim during an interview at his home in Cairo. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Sonallah Ibrahim: the maverick novelist who never betrayed his convictions

Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim, who died on 13 August 2025 at the age of 88, recognised early the gulf between the hollow rhetoric of Nasserist…

Khalil Sweileh 18 August , 2025
US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack, also special envoy to Syria, fields questions from journalists after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Politics

Lebanon at a crossroads over Hezbollah arms

The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon was reached on 27 November 2024, yet the process of implementing UN Resolution 1701 is still underway and…

Michael Harari 18 August , 2025
Syria's journey from union to state under French rule ويكبيديا
Documents & Memoirs

Syria's journey from union to state under French rule

"In my naivety, I believed that the union between the states of Damascus and Aleppo was a momentous historical event for Syria. So I rushed to the…

Sami Moubayed 18 August , 2025
US President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Politics

Putin rides high after Alaska

The Alaska summit between Trump and Putin was the latest example of the US president's unpredictability and his weaknesses as a diplomat. European…

Robert Ford 18 August , 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes an address following an emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza at 10 Downing Street in London on July 29, 2025. Toby Melville / AFP
Politics

Performative politics: Palestine recognition pledges ring hollow

Almost 108 years after British troops first occupied Palestine, London appears on the brink of finally recognising a Palestinian state. After France…

Christopher Phillips 18 August , 2025
The rare earths powering industries and fuelling conflicts Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

The rare earths powering industries and fuelling conflicts

For thousands of years, metals have been linked to human advancement, from Stone Age tools made of flint to the iron that fired the factories that…

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 August , 2025
Putin sitting pretty after Alaska summit
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Putin sitting pretty after Alaska summit

Fares Garabet 17 August , 2025
Opinion

Sweida must be a warning, not a blueprint for northeast Syria

As Syria struggles to contain the fallout from the recent clashes in Sweida, tensions in the northeast are rapidly approaching a boiling point. The…

Haid Haid 17 August , 2025
How Gaza’s hakawati use storytelling to cling to memory and life Aliaa Aboukhaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

How Gaza’s hakawati use storytelling to cling to memory and life

In Gaza, stories are told not merely for amusement but as acts of survival, fragile bridges to a life that drifts further away with each passing day…

Houssam Marouf 17 August , 2025
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the 45th meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Kuwait City on December 1, 2024.
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Politics

Kuwait reforms bear fruit after decades of political deadlock

When Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah assumed direct leadership of Kuwait as its emir, he was swift to outline his ambitions for the country…

Khalaf Al-Duwai 17 August , 2025
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A Houthi takeover of Bab al-Mandab cannot be tolerated

12 September 2026

The Iran-backed group's effective takeover of Yemen's western coast comes with serious regional and global implications. The world needs to act.

Alice Gower
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Inside Assad’s nuclear secrets

09 September 2026

Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed

Al Majalla - London
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
Al Majalla/Reuters
Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

09 September 2026

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history

Steve Hewitt
Susan Sarandon in Echo Chamber ANDREA MICONI
Culture & Social Affairs

Susan Sarandon on fear, freedom, and refusing to change

08 September 2026

The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered

Leila Amar

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