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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
Basel Adra GettyImages
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
Culture & Social Affairs

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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Pep Boatella
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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