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Teaching Arabic has been affected by the rise in Islamaphobia across Europe. In part 1 of a three-part series, Al Majalla looks at the experience of Arab immigrants in Germany. Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

Arabic in Germany: The latest hot-button issue

Teaching Arabic to Arab youth living in Germany had fallen by the wayside in the country’s public education system since the late 1950s when…

Mohamed abi Samra 24 March , 2024
Mohammad Mustafa, a respected technocrat, is the latest in a revolving door of prime ministers under Mahmoud Abbas. He arrives at a critical time when Palestine's future is at stake. Lina Jaradat
Profiles

From World Bank to West Bank: Mohammad Mustafa, the new Palestinian PM

Since establishing the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah, 19 governments have been formed under the leadership of eight prime ministers.The…

Majed Kayali 24 March , 2024
Washington must seriously reform its notoriously slow and complex foreign military sales process to help regional partners meet the rising strategic challenge of Iran Ewan White
Politics

The technology requirements of US Middle East policy

Greater policy coherence, political willingness, and multilateral cooperation can help manage (and even solve) most of the United States's security…

Bilal Saab 24 March , 2024
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, right, and former Chinese counterpart Qin Gang in Beijing April 6, 2023. Reuters
Politics

A year after Saudi-Iran reconciliation, concrete progress can be seen

On 10 March 2023, Riyadh and Tehran unexpectedly announced they would reinstate diplomatic ties.In a brief statement, they confirmed, "In response to…

Hesham Alghannam 23 March , 2024
Picture released by the Lebanese Prime Minister's office shows US President George W. Bush (R) shaking hands with Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri after their meeting in Washington on 17 April 2002. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

Khaddam Files: Bush tells Hariri of intention to remove Saddam

When Syria’s former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam left for Paris in 2005, he took reams of papers, reports, notes, and files with him.A trusted…

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 March , 2024
Delegates leave after the closing session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2024. AFP
Business & Economy

China’s new ten-year industrial strategy shows its priorities

China’s annual congressional sessions have recently concluded. They lasted just six days. While those who attend conferences may think that six days…

Shirley Ze Yu 23 March , 2024
Opinion

Russia entices Syrians to fight in Ukraine using citizenship

"Today, these men received a Russian passport, along with new phones and cigarettes, all completed within a mere five days.”Subsequently, 10 Syrians…

Haid Haid 23 March , 2024
Opinion

Don't get your history from TV dramas

TV series, movies and plays are not accurate sources of historical knowledge. This is especially true in the Arab world, where political, religious,…

Houssam Itani 22 March , 2024
A still from the movie 'Perfect Days'. Alamy
Culture & Social Affairs

'Perfect Days' shows how a quiet life can have bold ambitions

Renowned German filmmaker Wim Wenders has enjoyed an illustrious career with masterpieces such as Alice in the Cities, Wings of Desire, and The…

Samer Abou Hawwach 22 March , 2024
Officials celebrate the first public offering of Aramco on the stock market in Riyadh, December 11, 2019. AP
Business & Economy

How Saudi Aramco became the world's biggest oil company

Aramco has long been one of the main pillars of Saudi Arabia's economy. The industry it leads transformed the country into a powerhouse for oil…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 22 March , 2024
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

18 June 2025

Years of painstaking intelligence work went into the operation that activated vast networks of operatives and involved multiple layers of subterfuge

Michael Horowitz
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

17 June 2025

Israel sees an opportunity to eliminate a strategic regional rival, but the future course of events primarily hinges on what Trump decides to do next

Houssam Itani
Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

18 June 2025

The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Will Iran-Israel strikes derail Trump's Mideast vision?

14 June 2025

Trump and Netanyahu disagree on whether to use military force to stop Iran's nuclear programme, and Israel's punishing attack on Iran places the region on a worrisome trajectory

Robert Ford

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