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Chabahar Port in a photo dated October 27, 2021. Shutterstock
Politics

India opens the door to Central Asia with ten-year Iran port deal

A ten-year deal signed last week between India and Iran for an Indian operator to run a key Iranian port along the Gulf of Oman has raised both…

Shakir Husain 26 May , 2024
Arafat leaves Beirut, US envoy meets al-Assad Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Arafat leaves Beirut, US envoy meets al-Assad

By the end of the summer of 1982, Beirut was shattered and desperate. The Israelis had bombed it relentlessly in their pursuit of Palestinian…

Ibrahim Hamidi 26 May , 2024
Some critics say expanding the Suez Canal now is too risky. Others say it is better to invest revenue from the canal than service debt with it. Nicola Ferrarese
Business & Economy

Is Egypt's plan to make the Suez a dual waterway feasible?

With Suez Canal traffic down by two-thirds since Yemen’s Houthi militia began attacking ships last year, analysts might well ask why Egypt is hoping…

Marcelle Nasr 25 May , 2024
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi at the end of their joint press conference in Ankara on January 24, 2024. ADEM ALTAN / AFP
Politics

Turkey and Iran: A close yet competitive relationship

The helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other state officials, and Turkey’s subsequent assistance in search efforts,…

Omer Onhon 25 May , 2024
Arafat messages al-Assad as Beirut burns Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Arafat messages al-Assad as Beirut burns

In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon for a second time after the attempted assassination of its ambassador in London. Following a three-pronged…

Ibrahim Hamidi 25 May , 2024
In this photograph taken on September 7, 2016, an Indian woman works at a call center of TravelKhana in Noida. CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP
Science & Technology

Will chatbots eat India’s IT industry?

What is the ideal job to outsource to artificial intelligence? Today’s AIS, in particular, the Chatgpt-like generative sort, have a leaky memory,…

The Economist 24 May , 2024
Jayne Anne Phillips AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Jayne Anne Phillips on her new Pulitzer Prize-winning novel

In the world of literature, accolades do not come much bigger than the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Past winners from the United States include John…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 24 May , 2024
Gemayel sends message of 'reassurance' to al-Assad Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Gemayel sends message of 'reassurance' to al-Assad

In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon for a second time after the attempted assassination of its ambassador in London. Following a three-pronged…

Ibrahim Hamidi 24 May , 2024
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is applauded by MPs after delivering a speech to announce that Spain will recognise Palestine as a state on May 28 at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid on May 22, 2024. Thomas COEX / AFP
Politics

Analysis of tripartite developments at the international level regarding Palestine

The purpose of this article is to examine international developments related to the Palestinian question, their significance, impacts, and the…

Nasser al-Kidwa 24 May , 2024
Opinion

Unilateral recognition inches Palestinian statehood forward

The Gaza war may still be continuing, but the decision by a number of European countries to declare their recognition for an independent Palestinian…

Con Coughlin 23 May , 2024
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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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