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Opinion

Trump's reported approval of Iran strikes could set the region ablaze

The revelation that US President Donald Trump has given his private authorisation for the US military to attack Iran raises the alarming prospect of…

Con Coughlin 19 June , 2025
'Arab in the Corridors of Parliament: My Story and Politics in Israel' by Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

A window into the experience of Palestinian citizens of Israel

A new book by the former Arab Israeli politician Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi raises complex, painful, and enduring questions both for Palestinians, Arabs,…

Mohamed abi Samra 19 June , 2025
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while gathering with others during a rally in solidarity with the government against Israel's attacks on Iran on June 14, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Iran is further from regime change than Israel thinks

Israel's unprecedented attack on Iran is hardly surprising. It follows decades of animosity, proxy battles and covert intelligence operations. But…

Houssam Itani 19 June , 2025
What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz? Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

Former Iranian Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi has said that tankers and LNG cargoes should only transit the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 19 June , 2025
How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

In the early hours of 13 June, Israel launched one of the most ambitious and meticulously planned operations in its modern history—an unprecedented…

Michael Horowitz 18 June , 2025
Israel-Iran missile fire drowns out calls for diplomacy
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Israel-Iran missile fire drowns out calls for diplomacy

Fares Garabet 18 June , 2025
Activists from a local youth organisation wave Iranian flags and chant anti-Israel slogans during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 15, 2025.
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Politics

Pakistan sides with Iran, but may only be able to offer words

In a region already teetering on the edge of madness, where every drone strike sounds like the whisper of apocalypse and every televised funeral…

Kaswar Klasra 18 June , 2025
Heading towards a ‘war economy,’ Egypt prepares for the worst Barbara Gibson
Business & Economy

Heading towards a ‘war economy,’ Egypt prepares for the worst

The regional economic fallout from the Israel-Iran war has shaken trajectories, transformed expectations, and caused headaches in Arab capitals, not…

Marcelle Nasr 18 June , 2025
Opinion

The contours of Israel's imperial project are taking shape

On 9 April 2003, as US forces entered Baghdad’s Firdos Square, a group of young men emerged from a nearby alley and made their way toward the…

Houssam Itani 18 June , 2025
Philip K. Dick: the novelist whose ideas inspired a sci-fi generation
Culture & Social Affairs

Philip K. Dick: the novelist whose ideas inspired a sci-fi generation

Philosophising through cinema can be done in one of two ways. Philosophical thought can either be reinterpreted through film, or else filmmakers can…

Khalid al-Ghannami 18 June , 2025
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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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