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Plumes of smoke rise from the sites of Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on 3 March 2026. IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP
Politics

Lebanon front opens up amid US-Iran war

The US-Iran war that began on Saturday, 28 February, when Washington and Tel Aviv launched surprise attacks on Iran, officially expanded to Lebanon…

Elie Kossaifi and Fayza Diab 03 March , 2026
Markets brace for possible oil shock amid US-Iran war
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Markets brace for possible oil shock amid US-Iran war

Amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, traders are pricing in the possibility of an oil shock, particularly if tensions threaten traffic through the…

Al Majalla - London 03 March , 2026
The Arabic historical novel: between justification and inquiry Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arabic historical novel: between justification and inquiry

The Arab historical novel enters our lives through the threshold closest to the heart: the threshold of story. As the narrative unfolds, our sense of…

Bahaa Iy'ali 03 March , 2026
Trump is betraying his base by waging war on Iran Reuters /Al Majalla
Politics

Trump is betraying his base by waging war on Iran

On Saturday, US President Donald Trump, head of the Board of Peace, winner of the FIFA Peace Prize, and ardent opponent of America’s pointless wars…

Emma Ashford 03 March , 2026
Alireza Arafi: the cleric charged with selecting Iran's next Supreme Leader Al Majalla
Profiles

Alireza Arafi: the cleric charged with selecting Iran's next Supreme Leader

Following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US and Israeli military strikes on 28 February 2026, a three-member…

Alex Vatanka 02 March , 2026
Trump bored of peace
Cartoons

Trump bored of peace

Fares Garabet 01 March , 2026
US-Iran war: economic costs already start to stack up Al Majalla
Business & Economy

US-Iran war: economic costs already start to stack up

With the outbreak of the US and Israeli war on Iran, the global economy braces for a stress test shaped by energy security and the resilience of…

Mohamed Sharki 01 March , 2026
Khamenei's killing opens up a strategic abyss Deena So Oteh
Politics

Khamenei's killing opens up a strategic abyss

For years, I have argued that the Islamic Republic of Iran was approaching a strategic breaking point. That moment has now arrived—but not in the way…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 01 March , 2026
Opinion

When he sat in his isolated office negotiating with history

When a decision maker approaches the autumn of life, he is no longer speaking only to allies, adversaries, and mediators. In the solitude of their…

Ibrahim Hamidi 01 March , 2026
A vendor sells merchandise to people paying their respects to the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson outside of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition national headquarters on 27 February 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. SCOTT OLSON / AFP
Profiles

Jesse Jackson made a black president possible

He heard the crack of the gun. Then saw the impact: blood gushing from the neck and jaw, the tie blown off. The date was 4 April 1968; the place was…

The Economist 01 March , 2026
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How a tiny waterway put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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