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Culture & Social Affairs

'The Substance' lays bare the dangers of obsession with youth and beauty

Coralie Fargeat’s film The Substance is a deafening cry against the objectification of the human body in our modern-day culture. The plot's title…

Samer Abou Hawwach 26 November , 2024
Aleksandr Dugin: Russia has lost the West but has rediscovered the world Michelle Thompson/Majalla
Politics

Aleksandr Dugin: Russia has lost the West but has rediscovered the world

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, Russian political philosopher Aleksander Dugin—widely known as “Putin’s brain”—voiced his criticisms over…

Ahmed Maher 26 November , 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right) at the G20 Summit on November 18, 2024, in Rio de Janeiro. ERIC LEE / AFP
Politics

Turkey tiptoes through the melee to soften al-Assad

With the support of Russia and Iran, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad outmanoeuvred the opposition during his country’s civil war, which began with…

Omer Onhon 26 November , 2024
Opinion

Even if we get a Lebanon truce, expect another war down the line

Israeli attacks on the Lebanese capital are increasingly becoming routine news, with recurring air strikes resulting in casualties and destruction…

Alia Mansour 25 November , 2024
G20 Leaders meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. Countries like Turkey, Argentina and India have welcomed Trump's win. Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP
Politics

Why emerging powers are welcoming Trump’s victory

Emerging powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East have showered US President-elect Donald Trump with congratulations since he won…

Christopher S. Chivvis and Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner 25 November , 2024
A currency exchange agent counts Iraqi Dinars at his company in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on December 12, 2023. Hussein Faleh / AFP
Business & Economy

To tackle the future, the Iraqi Development Fund needs to break with the past

Baghdad: The head of Iraq’s Development Fund waxed lyrical about the long-lost but once ubiquitous scent of apricot trees in a much-cleaner capital…

Shelly Kittleson 25 November , 2024
Emojis: Tiny symbols with big meaning in the digital age Pep Boatella
Science & Technology

Emojis: Tiny symbols with big meaning in the digital age

The first was sent 25 years ago. Today, ten billion are sent every day. They were named Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year in 2015, and there is now…

Marco Mossad 25 November , 2024
US slams ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
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US slams ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Fares Garabet 25 November , 2024
Opinion

Amid a distant peace, Trump eyes a Nobel Prize

US President-elect Donald Trump has set his sights on the Nobel Peace Prize. The last Oval Office incumbent to scoop one was Trump’s antithesis:…

Ibrahim Hamidi 26 November , 2024
Opinion

What a flurry of Iran-Syria visits says about Assad's next move

A recent flurry of high-profile visits between Iranian and Syrian officials has drawn significant attention, even amid the region’s ongoing turmoil…

Haid Haid 24 November , 2024
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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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