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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
Photo of the letter from the foreign ministers of seven European countries to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell AL MAJALLA
Documents & Memoirs

EXCLUSIVE: European push to end long isolation of Syria’s regime

Several European countries are championing a new diplomatic effort to bring the war in Syria to an end, Al Majalla has learnt.The new peace drive is…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 July , 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
Politics

Kissing the ring: the delicate politics behind Netanyahu’s US visit

Speeches by Israeli prime ministers in front of the US Congress tend to be celebrations, both of the deep bond between the two nations and of the…

Michael Horowitz 27 July , 2024
Djibouti, which sits in a strategic location opposite Yemen, is home to military naval bases from various countries, including the US and China. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Djibouti: small coastal state crammed with Red Sea naval bases

Deepening tensions in the Red Sea following Israel’s attack on the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeidah in Yemen have highlighted the growing…

Con Coughlin 27 July , 2024
Martin S Indyk, director of the Saban Centre for Middle East Policy at the Brookings, speaks at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on 19 September 2006. Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Politics

How I knew the late US-Middle East envoy Martin Indyk

Over the coming days, many in world media and US public policy circles will write articles and eulogies about Martin Indyk, the former US ambassador…

Bilal Saab 26 July , 2024
Opinion

Israeli PM gets a rough welcome in the US but drops Gaza hints

If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hoping that his latest visit to Washington would help to revive US support for his military…

Con Coughlin 26 July , 2024
Arabic writers are finally discovering a genre that has been well-loved for centuries
Culture & Social Affairs

How Arab writers are finally embracing the crime fiction genre

Crime and police thrillers have long appealed to both new and established writers. The genre offers a tried-and-tested template into which the author…

Ibrahim Adel 26 July , 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. Roberto Schmidt / AFP
Politics

Netanyahu belts out all the old tunes but sounds a little off-key

During his 45-minute appearance before a joint session of the US Congress this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an…

Aqeel Abbas 26 July , 2024
Opinion

The roots of Arab and Muslim disunity

There is a question that echoes around the Middle East, and it resonates over every corner of the region and its political affairs, especially where…

Houssam Itani 26 July , 2024

A fjord's icebergs, a pool's Olympic swimmers, and Gaza's hungry

July, 2024
Mahmoud Issa / Reuters
Mahmoud Issa / Reuters

Palestinian children gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in the northern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2024.

Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

Newspapers the day after US President Joe Biden announced that he is dropping his re-election bid, in New York City on July 22, 2024.

Olivier Chassignole / AFP
Olivier Chassignole / AFP

French swimmer Lilou Ressencourt training at the Aquatic Stadium swimming pool in Bellerive-sur-Allier, near Vichy, on July 17, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Charly Triballeau / AFP
Charly Triballeau / AFP

A child plays with a water fountain in a playground in New York's Brooklyn borough on July 18, 2024.

Megan Varner / Getty Images / AFP
Megan Varner / Getty Images / AFP

People wait in line at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on July 20, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia, following a global IT outage.

Birol Bebek / AFP
Birol Bebek / AFP

Turkish fighter jets fly over a battleship on July 20, 2024 in the city Kyrinia in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, as the Mediterranean island marks 50 years since Turkish troops invaded.

Michele Catani / AFP
Michele Catani / AFP

Karima Mint Sidi Mohamed poses for a portrait in her house in Iwik, a village of fishermen in the Banc d’Arguin National Park in Mauritania, on July 17, 2024.

Abu Sufian Jewel / AFP
Abu Sufian Jewel / AFP

A police van takes detained protesters to court after their arrest in Dhaka on July 23, 2024. Around 2,500 Bangladeshis have been arrested in protests over employment quotas.

Sean Gallup / Getty Images
Sean Gallup / Getty Images

A tourist boat passes icebergs in the Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland on July 16, 2024. Of the 200 glaciers studied here, only one has grown since 1985.

Robertus Pudyanto / Getty Images
Robertus Pudyanto / Getty Images

Dancers pose backstage prior to the Kebo-Keboan Alasmalang Festival on July 21, 2024 in Banyuwangi, Indonesia.

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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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