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Finding an economic off-ramp to avert a US-Iran war Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Finding an economic off-ramp to avert a US-Iran war

Economic considerations appear to be taking over political and security calculations in the US approach to Iran, particularly as negotiations between…

Thuraya Shahin 19 February , 2026
Opinion

Price hikes compound economic misery in Lebanon

A Lebanese government decision to raise fuel prices and VAT has angered citizens across the country. The latest price hike adds $3.50 on every 20…

Houssam Itani 19 February , 2026
Medusa as our ambivalent self: Racha Mounaged’s new poetics
Culture & Social Affairs

Medusa as our ambivalent self: Racha Mounaged’s new poetics

Racha Mounaged’s debut poetry collection, The Metamorphoses of Medusa, reveals an imaginative mind interrogating the philosophical legacy of Greek…

Alfred J. Naddaff 19 February , 2026
The Arab Summit and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Riyadh on 11 November 2024.
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Politics

An Arab vision for regional security

The Middle East is used to conflict, but the current moment is fundamentally different. Wars overlap, alliances are in flux, and long-standing…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 19 February , 2026
Trump pushes EU states to reduce US dependence
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Trump pushes EU states to reduce US dependence

Fares Garabet 18 February , 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi @USAMBTurkiye via X
Politics

SDF presence in Munich raises eyebrows in Ankara

At the recently concluded 2026 Munich Security Conference, the issue of Syria’s Kurds dominated discussions about the Middle East. The leader of the…

Omer Onhon 18 February , 2026
Is Israel quietly annexing the West Bank? Lina Jaradat
Politics

Is Israel quietly annexing the West Bank?

The Israeli government has scrapped a longstanding rule preventing Israeli citizens from buying land directly from Palestinians, in a bid to…

Ahmed Maher 18 February , 2026
US bolsters its regional military assets amid Iran talks Al Majalla
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US bolsters its regional military assets amid Iran talks

The United States is bolstering its military presence across the Middle East ahead of scheduled nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva, while…

Al Majalla - London 17 February , 2026
Trump has few good options on Iran Reuters / Al Majalla
Politics

Trump has few good options on Iran

There are two Donald Trumps staring at Iran, and neither the Islamic Republic nor Israel knows which one will ultimately prevail. The first is the …

Michael Horowitz 16 February , 2026
What war with Iran would look like Reuters / Al Majalla
Politics

What war with Iran would look like

Washington and Tehran may be closer to military confrontation than at any point in memory, but they are not on the brink of war in any conventional…

Arash Reisinezhad and Arsham Reisinezhad 14 February , 2026
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Business & Economy

The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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