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Lady Evelyn Cobbold, a Scottish aristocrat who converted to Islam and performed the Hajj in 1933, becoming the first British Muslim woman to do so. Getty Images
Culture & Social Affairs

The Orientalists who entered Mecca in disguise

Mecca, this sacred city that draws the hearts of Muslims from every corner of the globe, where souls yearn to visit the House of God and…

Abdullah Al-Rashid 06 June , 2025
Arms outstretched where once artillery did the talking Fares Garabet
Cartoons

Arms outstretched where once artillery did the talking

Fares Garabet 05 June , 2025
Opinion

Hezbollah bristles as Lebanon’s new PM declares the obvious

The late Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, was never accused of lacking clarity when it came to weapons and the organisation’s right…

Alia Mansour 05 June , 2025
Syria's oil and gas reserves could fire an economic recovery but investment is needed. Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Syria’s oil and natural gas fields offer opportunities for investors

Syria has a wealth of resources and related industries, such as agriculture. In the 1950s, the country produced vast quantities of wheat—both hard…

Hussein al-Sharaa 05 June , 2025
A Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter flies by a military drone in US military exercises with European states on 4 June 2025. Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters
Politics

Putin and Trump prompt Europe to scale up defence spending

With Europe experiencing its largest conflict since the Second World War in Ukraine, it is no surprise that European governments are suddenly…

Con Coughlin 05 June , 2025
Steve Witkoff's proposal (in Arabic) for a 60-day ceasefire.
Documents & Memoirs

Full text of Witkoff’s US Gaza ceasefire deal, plus Hamas response

A proposed framework for Israel and Hamas to implement a 60-day ceasefire with the support of US President Donald Trump, as well as Egypt and Qatar,…

Al Majalla - London 04 June , 2025

Protests, floods, prayers for rainfall, and the King of the Sea

Raul Arboleda/AFP
Raul Arboleda/AFP

A demonstrator faces water cannon by riot police during clashes after a protest demanding social reforms outside the National University in Bogota, Colombia.

Gustavo Rodas/AFP
Gustavo Rodas/AFP

Indigenous Maya Mam women in Guatemala offer flowers at a 'prayer for rainfall' ceremony at the Chicabal Lagoon, formed in the crater of an extinct volcano and considered by Mayan people as a sacred place.

Patrick Meinhardt/AFP
Patrick Meinhardt/AFP

The Saacuur (C), the 'King of the Sea,' who is a spiritual figure in the Serer ethnic group, during his crowning ceremony in Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal.

Chaideer Mayhuddin/AFP
Chaideer Mayhuddin/AFP

Palm oil seeds at a plantation in Meulaboh on the west coast of Aceh province, Indonesia.

Qassem al-Kaabi/AFP
Qassem al-Kaabi/AFP

Fish float on the surface of the water during a mass die-off at the Ibn Najm marsh, about 25km northeast of Najaf in Iraq.

John Wessels/AFP
John Wessels/AFP

Handprints on the wall of a school that was abandoned following attacks by Israeli settlers in the Bedouin village of Khirbet Zanuta in the occupied West Bank.

Biju Boro/AFP
Biju Boro/AFP

Villagers cross flood waters after heavy rains in Kampur at Nagaon district, in India's north-eastern state of Assam.

AFP
AFP

Worshippers pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Jorge Bernal/AFP
Jorge Bernal/AFP

Andes villagers who support Bolivian presidential candidate Andronico Rodriguez march in La Paz against rising prices for basic goods and shortages of fuel.

Delil Souleiman/AFP
Delil Souleiman/AFP

A shepherd fills up a water tank for his flock of sheep in a drought-affected field on the outskirts of Qamishli, northern Syria.

Restructuring the US State Department lets President Donald Trump withdraw from the country from its global leadership position in areas such as human rights and gender equality. Jay Torres
Politics

Trimming the fat? Rubio’s US State Department reorganisation

Earlier this year, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced what many State Department employees had feared since Donald Trump took office in…

Caroline Rose 04 June , 2025
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan sits between military chief Metin Gurak and intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in the second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul on 2 June 2025. Murad Sezer/Reuters
Politics

Russia-Ukraine talks in the shadow of showstopping military action

The second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine were held at the historic Çırağan Palace on the Bosphorus in Istanbul this week, a fortnight…

Omer Onhon 04 June , 2025
Gas from Nigeria could supply Europe via a pipeline through Algeria, or a pipeline through Morocco. One has several advantages. Shutterstock
Business & Economy

Nigeria-Niger-Algeria gas pipeline: challenges and stakes

As energy infrastructure projects go, building a 4,120km gas pipeline from Nigeria to Europe via Algeria’s Mediterranean coast and the Sahara Desert…

Rabia Abdul Salam 04 June , 2025
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Politics

Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
Politics

Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
Lina Jaradat
Politics

How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

James Jeffrey

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