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In part one of a two-part series, Sami Moubayed gives a historical review of key Arab summits over the years as Arab leaders grappled with consecutive wars, conflicts and uprisings. Eduardo Ramon
Documents & Memoirs

Defending Palestine dominates agenda of first Arab summit in 1946

In his gripping memoirs, Karim Thabet — special media advisor to King Farouk — claims that the first Arab summit in modern history was the product of…

Sami Moubayed 18 May , 2023
Syrian army chief of staff Hussein al-Zaaim (L), Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli, Saudi King Abel Aziz al-Saud and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Said during a pan Arab summit in Bludan 08 June 1946. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

How Syria’s founding fathers pursued the ‘Saudi Option’

The ‘Saudi Option’, known as one of the political movements among the Syrian Arab reformists, played a significant role during the final years of the…

Taissier Khalaf 18 May , 2023
Jordanian Foreign minister Ayman Safadi (C R) meets his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Amman on May 1, 2023, ahead of a regional meeting on Syria. AFP
Politics

The ceiling of Arab normalisation with Syria

The past few weeks of Arab rapprochement efforts — culminating in Syria’s readmission into the Arab League and a number of multilateral agreements…

Caroline Rose 18 May , 2023

A US armoured vehicle on the outskirts of the town of Rmeilan in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023. AFP
Politics

Normalisation with Syria and the emergence of a new Arab security framework

The decision of the Arab foreign ministers to readmit Syria to the Arab League on 7 May 2023 marked a turning point in the standoff between Damascus…

Khaled Hamadeh 18 May , 2023
After the year 2000, when Maddah was physically unable to complete his final stage performance, people started to see him as a legend Albane Simon
Culture & Social Affairs

Talal Maddah: A Saudi music legend and 'voice of the earth'

Our Moon, o our MoonWhy leave us, our Moon?You left to entertain yourself, o our Moon.But why would you leave us on earth, o our Moon?In 1973, Saudi…

Adel Hoshan 18 May , 2023
Talal Maddah: The artist who introduced Arabs to the Saudi music genre Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

Talal Maddah: The artist who introduced Arabs to the Saudi music genre

Through his personality, lyrics, melodies and performances, Talal Maddah put on a visual and lyrical show that uniquely reflected the Saudi music…

Shadi Alaa Aldin 18 May , 2023

Foreign ministers meet ahead of the Arab Summit

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AFP

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (R) meeting with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad on the sidelines of preparatory meetings of the Arab League in Jeddah.

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Saudi Press Agency

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, speaks during the Arab foreign ministers meet ahead of the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

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REUTERS

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad attends Arab league's foreign ministers meeting ahead of the Arab Summit, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 17, 2023.

AFP
AFP

Delegates attend the Arab Foreign Ministers Preparatory Meeting ahead of the 32nd Arab League Summit in Jeddah on May 17, 2023.

AFP
AFP

Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (C) speaks to reporters after attending the Arab Foreign Ministers Preparatory Meeting ahead of the 32nd Arab League Summit in Jeddah on May 17, 2023.

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Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan meeting with his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Mangoush on the sidelines of preparatory meetings of the Arab League in Jeddah.

Opinion

Air strikes alone won't end Syria's drug trade

On 8 May, two air strikes targeted drug-related locations in the border region between Syria and Jordan, resulting in the death of a prominent…

Haid Haid 17 May , 2023
The 17 May Agreement of 1983. Getty
Documents & Memoirs

The 17 May Agreement of 1983: A perfect failure

When Arab-Israeli peace agreements are mentioned, the main two that usually come to mind are Anwar Sadat’s Camp David Accords in 1978, followed by…

Sami Moubayed 17 May , 2023
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Metsola and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for a photo before the EU Leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium on February 09, 2023. Getty
Politics

France and Italy navigate present-day tensions against backdrop of historical rift

In recent years, there have been heated exchanges between Italian and French officials, especially regarding their converse stances on immigration…

Khattar Abu Diab 17 May , 2023
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PKK guerrillas scan for firing positions as they conduct military exercises in the mountains of northern Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region, 18 November 2006. DAVID FURST / AFP
Politics

What next after historic PKK decision to disband?

11 May 2025

Türkiye hailed the move to dissolve what it deems a terrorist group that claimed over 40,000 lives, but vows the fight would continue should the process collapse

Omer Onhon
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Trump's 'big' agenda in Saudi Arabia

11 May 2025

A high-powered delegation will accompany him on his first official foreign trip of his second term as US president, reflecting a diverse agenda, spanning trade, defence and geopolitics

Maher Chmaytelli
Kashmiri men react after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Srinagar May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
Politics

A nerve-wracking ceasefire holds between India and Pakistan—for now

11 May 2025

Tensions will simmer even as they step back from full-blown war

The Economist
Culture & Social Affairs

The Israel-Palestine 'conflict' through the lens of novelists

12 May 2025

Palestinian novelists continue to tell their stories, demanding the attention of a world that has often looked away. Meanwhile, Israeli writers grapple with existential questions and self-doubt.

Samir Qasimi
Brian Stauffer
Politics

What if the US-Iran talks fail?

05 May 2025

Trump's approach to Iran is high risk, high reward

Arash Azizi

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