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Eye-watering: playing host to the Games is not for shallow wallets
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Eye-watering: playing host to the Games is not for shallow wallets

The cost of hosting the Olympics has varied massively in recent years, from Sochi’s $59.7bn in Russia to Salt Lake City’s $2.9bn in the United States…

Al Majalla - London 30 July , 2024
Opinion

Defined in November: Joe Biden’s legacy is still to be confirmed

After months of escalating pressure from various quarters, including his own party, US President Joe Biden has withdrawn his candidacy for the 2024…

Haid Haid 30 July , 2024
Opinion

Netanyahu won the applause of victors. Meanwhile, in Gaza…

It ever was that the world applauds the victor. Such was the welcome Israel’s prime minister got as he strode into Washington last week. Meanwhile,…

Alia Mansour 30 July , 2024
When there's nothing left except to call a truce Fares Garabet
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When there's nothing left except to call a truce

Fares Garabet 29 July , 2024
Opinion

The Golan Heights would form an eighth (and unique) front

The ‘front’, if it can be called that, of the Syrian Golan Heights is unique and presents a complex problem.This is now a foremost issue, given the…

Ibrahim Hamidi 29 July , 2024
Opinion

Biden has had his day. Alas, political violence will be seen again

Since a 20-year-old shooter tried and failed to kill Donald Trump, a lot has happened. Trump not only survived and picked up where he left off, but…

Steve Hewitt 29 July , 2024
Outrage over interest charges and astronomical land prices have reverberated around Kuwait Shutterstock
Business & Economy

Taming Kuwait’s personal real estate debt

Household financing and bank lending has become a hot political issue in Kuwait, where there have been populist calls for the state to pay off…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 29 July , 2024
Venezuela's combative President Nicolas Maduro faces the people's votes on Sunday. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Maduro fights for Chávez legacy in Venezuela’s election

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is facing a moment of truth as the country votes in what could be a transformative election.He has been in power…

Paul Achkar 28 July , 2024
Singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024.
Culture & Social Affairs

Celine Dion overcomes rain and illness to save Olympics opening

Celine Dion astonished the world at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics, especially those who had watched her recent documentary.This…

Samer Abou Hawwach 28 July , 2024
Indiaís Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) flashes victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the partyís win in country's general election, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024 AFP
Politics

India's electoral politics and religious hatred

There are growing concerns in India over deliberate attempts to deepen the polarisation of its politics into the next set of regional elections,…

Shakir Husain 28 July , 2024
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Lina Jaradat
Politics

The Houthis: the new Hezbollah?

24, Sep 2026

Just as Iran used Hezbollah to expand its influence in the Levant, it is now using the Houthis to give it leverage in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea amid its war with the US

Al Majalla - London
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Culture & Social Affairs

Backlash over Macklemore ban shows major US culture shift

16, Sep 2026

The American rapper's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour over his 'Free Palestine' speech and the British singer's meek rebuttal sparked an uproar on social media

Samer Abou Hawwach
A rebel fighter seen behind a Kingdom of Libya flag near the front line along the western entrance gate of Ajdabiyah, on 18 April 2011. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Politics

A tale of two Libya's: internal division meets external unity

19, Sep 2026

In Libya today, things have never been better. They have also never been worse. Just depends on who you ask

Tarek Megerisi
Axel Rangel García
Politics

Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

16, Sep 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

Elie Kossaifi
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS
Politics

Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

15, Sep 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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