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No going back: where most creative writers dare not tread Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

No going back: where most creative writers dare not tread

It may seem curious to readers, but it is nevertheless true that most authors of creative writing shy away from revisiting their texts once they have…

Marwan Yassin Al Dulaimi 27 June , 2025
A worker inspects pipes at the Amal oil field in eastern Libya, October 7, 2011. Reuters
Business & Economy

The Israel-Iran war dealt another economic blow to North Africa

Thousands of kilometres away from where the bombs dropped, people in North Africa watched footage of Israeli and Iranian missiles targeting one…

Kawthar Zantour 27 June , 2025
Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar Al Majalla - Getty - AFP - Reuters
Science & Technology

Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar

While the world watched open-mouthed at the volleys of missiles launched by Israel and Iran at one another during their ‘12-Day War’ in June, another…

Marco Mossad 26 June , 2025
Artists bring Ala Tannir’s family home in Beirut back to life again Supplied
Culture & Social Affairs

Artists bring Ala Tannir’s family home in Beirut back to life again

After a photo of a beautiful house in Beirut overlooking the Ain Mreisseh Corniche was posted on social media, people expressed their interest and…

Charbel Khoury 26 June , 2025
Opinion

NATO members relieved as summit concludes with no hiccups

The collective sigh of relief that came from NATO leaders when US President Donald Trump left the annual summit at The Hague to return home to the US…

Con Coughlin 26 June , 2025
US President Donald Trump stands next to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as NATO leaders pose for a group photo at a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Politics

Trump scores NATO win as members agree to spend 5%

NATO heads of state and government held their annual summit in The Hague on 24-25 June, against the backdrop of the Ukraine-Russia war and the…

Omer Onhon 26 June , 2025
Trump puts the 'theatre' in war theatre
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Trump puts the 'theatre' in war theatre

Fares Garabet 25 June , 2025
Late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrive together at the Arab Summit venue in Rabat on December 23, 1969. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

The time Abdel Nasser tried his hand at peace with Israel

Two months ago, an audio recording from August 1970 went viral, with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser telling a young Muammar Gaddafi that…

Sami Moubayed 25 June , 2025
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
Business & Economy

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

The war between Israel and Iran that briefly included a US air force bombing run sent oil prices skyrocketing, disrupted global shipping routes,…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 25 June , 2025
Opinion

Israeli and Iranian claims of victory ring hollow

The announcement of a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Iran was as startling as the eruption of hostilities itself. The general sentiment…

Houssam Itani 25 June , 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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