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The Arabian Peninsula: A cradle of ancient kingdoms Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arabian Peninsula: A cradle of ancient kingdoms

Everyone interested in Arabic literature, poetry, and prose must familiarise themselves with the history of the Arabian Peninsula, its events,…

Abdullah Al-Rashid 22 February , 2025
Opinion

Trump, Zelenskyy trade barbs as US moves to end Ukraine war

With diplomatic efforts intensifying to bring an end to the three-year-old Ukraine conflict, there is genuine optimism about the possibility of a…

Con Coughlin 22 February , 2025
Members of the Egyptian Special Forces during their deployment at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in Rafah, October 20, 2023. AFP
Politics

Competing visions for the Middle East ahead of Cairo Summit

There is an old proverb: “May you live in interesting times.” The Middle East, particularly the Levant, seems to experience nothing but interesting…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 22 February , 2025
Former US government official Jared Kushner, married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, stands behind Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
Business & Economy

Far from spontaneous, Trump’s plan for Gaza has been plotted

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer Palestinians from Gaza and then rebuild the Strip shocked the war. Rejected by the Arab world and…

Omar Ayyoubi 22 February , 2025
Diversification and reform bring Saudi Vision 2030 closer to fruition Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Diversification and reform bring Saudi Vision 2030 closer to fruition

A few years ago, the words ‘Saudi Arabia’ would have elicited images of Mecca, the Kingdom Tower in Riyadh, and oil installations amidst the dunes…

Maher Chmaytelli 21 February , 2025
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Science & Technology

Boost road safety for people, the planet and prosperity 

This article was jointly authored by ministers and officials who attended the Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, which concluded on 20…

Al Majalla - London 20 February , 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. SPA/AFP
Politics

Trump breaks the ice with Russia, leaving Europe in the cold

When US President Donald Trump took office for a second time, it was widely known that his policies would cause a stir on the world stage. A few…

Omer Onhon 20 February , 2025
Opinion

America's 'betrayal' of Ukraine is nothing new

Ukraine is currently grappling with what may aptly be termed the American Withdrawal Syndrome. Having grown almost entirely dependent on US military,…

Houssam Itani 20 February , 2025
Opinion

When Iran and Israel team up, Palestinians always lose

Israel's longstanding strategic goal has always been the erasure of Palestine and the expulsion of its people. For its part, since the 1979…

Badia Fahs 20 February , 2025
A nosedive into philosophy’s forgotten sense shutterstock
Culture & Social Affairs

A nosedive into philosophy’s forgotten sense

“And I knew, in the sense that it was Arafa, by what he smelled."-Ragheb al-Isfahani, the 11th-century Muslim scholar of Quranic commentary and the…

Abdel Salam Ben Abdelali 20 February , 2025
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IRGC soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on 22 September, 2018. AFP
Politics

The US-Iran war could empower the IRGC

09 March 2026

When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response

Alex Vatanka
A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on 9 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Iran’s defiant regime picks a new supreme leader

09 March 2026

The appointment suggests the Revolutionary Guards have the upper hand

The Economist
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is greeted by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the D-8 summit in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 December 2024. AFP
Politics

Egypt fears an unrestrained Israel if Iran collapses

06 March 2026

Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.

Amr Emam
A boy plays with his sheep next to an unexploded missile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on 5 March 2026. DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria may escape war but not its economic fallout

08 March 2026

Even if it stays on the sidelines of the US-Iran war, the country is fragile. Unlike larger economies that can absorb shocks in global markets, it has little room to cushion the impact.

Haid Haid
The displaced Palestinian Abu Mustafa family sits together as they break the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast during Iftar in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 26 February 2026. Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Ramadan in Gaza: food scarcity compounds suffering

03 March 2026

The iftar table, if it still exists, no longer represents joy, but anxiety and scarcity

Hala Al-Naji

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