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Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

A prominent voice within Egypt’s ‘Nineties Generation’, the novelist and short story writer May Telmissany has explored the themes of exile, loss,…

El-Sayed Hussein 14 September , 2025
Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on January 31, 2019. GREG BAKER / AFP
Politics

Pivot to China? Gulf states mull options after Doha strike

Israel’s unprecedented attack on Qatar could significantly alter the China-US stalemate in the Gulf. Before the 9 September attack, even as …

Xiaotong Yang 13 September , 2025
A girl stands embracing a man as they inspect destroyed bulldozers and other heavy vehicles at the Jabalia municipality garage, which was hit by Israeli bombardment, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 22, 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP
Politics

Exploding robots: Israel's latest hammer to level Gaza

In early August, Israel’s Security Cabinet granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approval to implement military plans aimed at securing full…

Salem Al Rayyes 13 September , 2025
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed delivers his remarks during the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on September 9, 2025. Luis TATO / AFP
Business & Economy

Cheers and jeers: Ethiopia inaugurates controversial dam

Ethiopia has inaugurated its long-awaited hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, putting the spotlight back on one of the most controversial projects in…

Sharif Mohammad 13 September , 2025
Opinion

Israel’s strike in Qatar dashes hopes for Gaza ceasefire

Israel’s surprising strike against Hamas leaders in Qatar this week was the latest indication that the second Trump administration has fallen well…

Brian Katulis 12 September , 2025
From covert to overt: Netanyahu's Doha strike is telling
Politics

From covert to overt: Netanyahu's Doha strike is telling

In 1997, a younger Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the assassination of the newly appointed head of Hamas’s political bureau in exile, Khaled Meshaal…

Michael Horowitz 11 September , 2025
Fathy Embaby on using history to understand the present Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Fathy Embaby on using history to understand the present

The Egyptian historical novelist Fathy Embaby is one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Arab literature, and he has recently published the…

El-Sayed Hussein 11 September , 2025
Opinion

Russian drones over Poland rattle NATO

Russia’s violation of Poland’s airspace, which resulted in NATO shooting down a number of drones flying over Polish territory, represents a serious…

Con Coughlin 11 September , 2025
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa (L), accompanied by Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (C), arrives at an airport in El-Arish on August 18, 2025, to visit Palestinians wounded in Israel's war on Gaza. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

If Qatar taps out, Egypt can pick up the Gaza mediation baton

The reverberations of Israel’s airstrikes against Hamas negotiators in Qatar on 9 September are still being felt, as diplomats, policymakers, and…

Amr Emam 11 September , 2025
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

Since US President Donald Trump re-entered the White House in January, he has pursued with vigour a new US model linking security to economic…

Souraya Chahine 11 September , 2025
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03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

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Zohran Mamdani becomes first Muslim mayor of New York

04 November 2025

The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances

Tarek Rashed
Details of the remains of Palestinians released by Israel are shown on a screen in order to help family members to identify their relatives, at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 18 October 2025. OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

Closure denied: the agonising search for Gaza's vanished

05 November 2025

Those who are able to bury their dead are among the lucky. For others, not knowing the fate of their missing loved ones or receiving mutilated corpses impossible to identify adds insult to injury.

Salem Al Rayyes
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Khalil al-Neimi: All I can do is expose what I see

02 November 2025

After 54 years in exile, a prominent Syrian novelist returns to a Damascus he no longer recognises 

Khalil Sweileh

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