The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

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Israel’s newly established Migration Directorate is already working to change the future of Gaza in an attempt to derail Arab efforts against its…

As of March 2025, the ongoing standoff between the United States, Israel, and Iran over the latter's nuclear programme reached a critical juncture…

Denmark is deploying warships to Greenland in a bid to reassert its sovereignty over the northern island while allocating $2bn to boost its defence…

On this day in 1949, a group of soldiers stormed the home of Syria’s constitutionally elected president, Shukri al-Quwatli, nestled in the tranquil…

Wall Street risk analyst Nassim Taleb is well-known for having predicted the 2007-08 financial crash in his April 2007 book, The Black Swan. Taleb…

Certain ideals shaped the life of Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015). He outlined them as “awakening the spirit of freedom within us, telling small stories…

In December 2024, OpenAI—one of the world’s leading AI firms—announced a partnership with Anduril, a defence technology firm specialising in…

Since the Assad regime crumbled in December 2024, the issue of foreign fighters in Syria has emerged as a major topic of debate confronting the new…