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Al Majalla's Book Watch
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. At Al Majalla, we highlight some of our favourite picks—from philosophy and history to science,…

Khodr Al Agha 15 March , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Basel Adra: I wanted to make a film as disturbing as my reality

When he first picked up a video camera, Hebron-born Palestinian activist Basel Adra had no idea that it would take him, his cause, and his land to…

Houssam Marouf 14 March , 2025
Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi during the signing of the agreement to integrate the SDF into state institutions, Damascus, March 10, 2025. AFP
Politics

Reading between the lines of the Sharaa-Abdi deal

Syria is standing at a crossroads. Its new government, led by Ahmed al-Sharaa as interim president, raised hopes for restoring a sense of unity…

Omer Onhon 14 March , 2025
Trump's tariff storm brings the world closer to economic Armageddon Brian Stauffer
Business & Economy

Trump's tariff storm brings the world closer to economic Armageddon

In 1983, German-born American economist Theodore Levitt published an article titled The Globalisation of Markets. He had coined a term that meant the…

Toufic Chanbour 14 March , 2025
Opinion

Ukraine ceasefire hinges on Moscow's conditions and Kyiv's concessions

Vladimir Putin has set out several conditions before accepting a ceasefire deal on Ukraine, saying that "questions" still remain over it but that he…

Con Coughlin 13 March , 2025
A new regional security order in the Middle East? Eduardo Ramon
Politics

A new regional security order in the Middle East?

As long as states in the Middle East exhibit political fragility, Iran will find a way to spread its nefarious influence through a mix of coercion…

Bilal Saab 13 March , 2025
Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi during the signing of the agreement to integrate the SDF into state institutions, Damascus, March 10, 2025. AFP
Politics

Sharaa's political pragmatism and the myth of sectarianism

Syria’s new President Ahmed al-Sharaa is acutely aware that national unity is crucial for his country's survival after the downfall of long-time…

Ahmed Maher 13 March , 2025
Trump's leverage over Ukraine
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Trump's leverage over Ukraine

Fares Garabet 13 March , 2025
Martta Kaukonen‬ Otto Virtanen‬
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Finnish writer Martta Kaukonen on film, fame, and fjords

Martta Kaukonen is a Finnish author and film critic whose acclaimed first novel featured a serial killer in therapy. Born in 1976, she interviewed…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 13 March , 2025
Opinion

Ukraine’s mineral wealth, not peace, is the prize Trump seeks

The Trump administration’s primary aim in Ukraine is not a desire for peace or the protection of Kyiv but the country’s valuable mineral wealth,…

Tarek Rashed 12 March , 2025
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Politics

A Houthi takeover of Bab al-Mandab cannot be tolerated

12 September 2026

The Iran-backed group's effective takeover of Yemen's western coast comes with serious regional and global implications. The world needs to act.

Alice Gower
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Inside Assad’s nuclear secrets

09 September 2026

Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed

Al Majalla - London
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
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Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

09 September 2026

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history

Steve Hewitt
Susan Sarandon in Echo Chamber ANDREA MICONI
Culture & Social Affairs

Susan Sarandon on fear, freedom, and refusing to change

08 September 2026

The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered

Leila Amar

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