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How Umm Kulthum’s voice lives on in the music of today Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

How Umm Kulthum’s voice lives on in the music of today

Since her passing half a century ago, Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress Umm Kulthum has remained a cultural icon, never far from discussion…

Shadi Alaa Aldin 01 February , 2025
Elderly members of the Druze community gather in solidarity with the victims of the attack in Majdal Shams on July 30, 2024, in the Syrian town of Quneitra. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
Politics

Syrian Druze wary of Israel's creeping presence in Quneitra

Hader, Quneitra Province: A convoy of Lebanese-registered vehicles carrying members of the Druze community from across the border snaked through the…

Shelly Kittleson 01 February , 2025
Will Stargate give America an AI advantage over China? Sebastien Thibault
Science & Technology

Will Stargate give America an AI advantage over China?

In the flurry of announcements in the hours and days after Donald Trump returned to the White House, one caught the eye perhaps more than others, not…

Marco Mossad 01 February , 2025
Mohammad Shtayyeh on Trump, Hamas and Israel إدواردو ريمون/المجلة
Politics

Mohammad Shtayyeh on Trump, Hamas and Israel

Ramallah: If Palestinians and Arabs want to address the Palestinian issue effectively, they should bypass Donald Trump’s team and engage with him…

Ahmed Maher 31 January , 2025
US President Donald Trump holds the executive order he signed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump’s tariffs run the risk of tit-for-tat moves on a global scale

There were audible gasps in the audience at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos when President Donald Trump appeared via video link and repeated…

Nazareth Seferian 31 January , 2025
A man walks close to a fire raging at a facility in al-Qahtaniyah in northeastern Syria close to the Turkish border on October 5, 2023.
Politics

SDF-HTS standoff: Best and worst-case scenarios

One of the most important questions for the future of Syria is the role of the SDF. For a decade, the alliance between the US and the Syrian…

James Jeffrey 31 January , 2025
Opinion

Despite new leadership, it's business as usual in Lebanon

Delays in forming a new government have sowed widespread disappointment in Lebanon despite the appointment of a president and prime minister. Before…

Houssam Itani 31 January , 2025
Opinion

Trump walks back timeline for ending the war in Ukraine

US President Donald Trump may have missed his self-proclaimed deadline to end the Ukraine conflict within 24 hours of taking office, but he has lost…

Con Coughlin 02 February , 2025
China's DeepSeek AI crushes the competition
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China's DeepSeek AI crushes the competition

Fares Garabet 30 January , 2025
From jihadists to Syria's new rulers, HTS's evolution explained Axel Rangel Garcia_Al Majalla
Politics

From jihadists to Syria's new rulers, HTS's evolution explained

When Idlib-based fighters launched a major push for Aleppo in late November, it caught everyone by surprise—not least the Syrian army of Bashar al…

Abbas Sharifa 30 January , 2025
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Mark Smith
Politics

Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran’s third Supreme Leader

12 March 2026

The appointment represents one of the most consequential political shifts in the Islamic Republic in more than three decades

Al Majalla - London
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
Demonstrators wave Iranian national flags as they gather for a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on 9 March 2026. AFP
Politics

Why regime change in Iran is unlikely

10 March 2026

There are few examples of successful US regime-change operations in history. And without permanent ground troop presence, these wins can easily be reversed.

Christopher Phillips
Tugboats help an oil tanker dock at Qingdao port in Shandong province, eastern China, on 4 August 2019. AFP
Business & Economy

The US-Iran war could consolidate China’s energy dominance

10 March 2026

Crises often reorder energy geopolitics in unexpected ways. This one may ultimately strengthen, rather than weaken, China's strategic position.

Jason Bordoff and Erica Downs
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

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