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Hamas post-Gaza war: Future scenarios and past parallels

Following the Gaza war, Hamas won't be the same. When the guns finally fall silent, we could see a rehabilitated Hamas, a new Israel, and the…

Ibrahim Hamidi 07 May , 2024
Hamas's potential departure from Doha echoes past moves Andrei Cojocaru
Politics

Hamas's potential departure from Doha echoes past moves

After years spent crisscrossing the Middle East via a series of temporary homes, the political bureau of Hamas may soon be on the move yet again. An…

Elie Kossaifi 07 May , 2024
Hamas: Limited options and high costs for Palestinians Lina Jaradat
Politics

Hamas: Limited options and high costs for Palestinians

There is no doubt about it: the Israeli war in Gaza that began in October 2023 will prove to be a defining historical event.It is already shaping the…

Majed Kayali 07 May , 2024
Opinion

Diplomatic activity intensifies, but in Gaza, life is still hellish

After 35,000 Palestinian deaths and 80% of the Gaza Strip reduced to rubble, many might expect the calls for Israel to cease its operations to be…

Omer Onhon 05 May , 2024
Opinion

Israel's assault on Rafah comes with three clear messages

Israel has begun its invasion of Rafah. It seems that this could be the final battle in Israel's war on Gaza, and its high stakes beg tough questions…

Houssam Itani 11 May , 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes China's President Xi Jinping as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris as part of the Chinese president's two-day state visit to France on May 6, 2024. Reuters
Politics

Emmanuel Macron’s urgent message for Europe

In 1940, after France had been defeated by the Nazi blitzkrieg, the historian Marc Bloch condemned his country’s inter-war elites for having failed…

The Economist 06 May , 2024
A protest encampment on the University of Chicago campus on May 4, 2024, against Israel's war on Gaza. Students are calling for the university to divest from companies complicit in the war. AFP
Politics

A campus at war over Gaza: Who sets right from wrong?

The October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and its aftermath have fundamentally transformed university campuses worldwide, both as physical and abstract…

Makram Rabah 06 May , 2024
Baron Belling Sami Moubayed Archives
Culture & Social Affairs

The Russian ‘baron’ who introduced piano to Syria

Many rumours surrounded the 49-year-old Russian composer and musician Erast Belling, who came to Damascus in 1927, fleeing persecution in the Soviet…

Sami Moubayed 06 May , 2024
Opinion

Student protests: The fight for justice should never glorify terrorism

In 2003, just weeks before the fall of Baghdad, I was a student at the American University of Beirut. During that time, anti-war demonstrations…

Alia Mansour 06 May , 2024
American students protest Israel's war on Gaza
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American students protest Israel's war on Gaza

Fares Garabet 06 May , 2024
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Houthis seek expansion after reaching Bab al-Mandab

17, Sep 2026

After rapid advances, the Yemeni rebel group is fortifying its positions along the vital maritime chokepoint, while intensifying pressure in southwestern Taiz, northern Lahj, and Marib

Ibrahim Jalal
Al Majalla
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
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
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

AI data centres: the costliest infrastructure race in history?

17, Sep 2026

Investment could reach $50tn by 2050, but electricity, semiconductors and data laws will determine where the factories of the new economy are built

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
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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