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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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Pep Boatella
Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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