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Islamic Development Bank: 50 years of social impact Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Islamic Development Bank: 50 years of social impact

In the Saudi capital last week, a very special organisation in the Islamic world celebrated its 50th birthday.The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB),…

Khaled Kassar 03 May , 2024
Opinion

The quest for utopia: Will Arabs ever learn their lesson?

Arabs have all sorts of aspirations, ranging from the liberation of Palestine to Arab unity from the "roaring ocean to the rebelling Gulf," a slogan…

Houssam Itani 03 May , 2024
Israeli assault on Rafah imminent
Cartoons

Israeli assault on Rafah imminent

Fares Garabet 02 May , 2024
A security guard walks past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters on April 12, 2024, in Washington, DC, ahead of the IMF/World Bank 2024 Spring Meetings. MANDEL NGAN / AFP
Business & Economy

It’s time for the World Bank to break with tradition

The spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have little of the drama of peace negotiations. They are often dominated by…

David Miliband 02 May , 2024
A still from the new film 'Civil War' shows actress Kirsten Dunst reacting to an explosion. AP
Culture & Social Affairs

New film warns Americans civil war can come

As the American presidential election campaign gains momentum, many Americans are worried about the risk of political violence. An opinion survey by…

Robert Ford 02 May , 2024
US President Joe Biden (L) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on 18 October 2023. AFP
Politics

History shows US-Israel relationship has survived worse

It is almost unheard of for American and Israeli leaders to have serious misgivings about one another in public, yet in recent weeks, that is exactly…

Aqeel Abbas 02 May , 2024
Al Majalla wins two awards at the Society of Illustrators’ ceremony in New York Luca D’Urbino/Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla wins two awards at the Society of Illustrators’ ceremony in New York

The Arab world’s leading current and political affairs magazine, recently received two prestigious awards at the Society of Illustrators’ Awards…

Al Majalla - London 01 May , 2024

Wondrous wildlife, wacky sports and whimsical art

May, 2024
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Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP

A visitor looks at Indonesian artist Iwan Yusuf's artwork "Infinity," made of used and new fishing nets, during the Jakarta Art Gardens art fair on April 28, 2024.

Emin Sansar/Getty
Emin Sansar/Getty

Migratory birds start their migration journey during spring as they prefer wetlands to spend the summer at Nallihan, Beypazari and Golbasi districts on April 9, 2024, in Ankara, Turkiye.

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AFP

Children attend class at a makeshift school in a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir El-Balah, in the central Gaza strip on April 27, 2024.

REUTERS/Issei Kato
REUTERS/Issei Kato

Two wrestlers hold a baby each and a referee makes faces and loud noises to make them cry and determine the winner based on the loudest baby in Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2024.

REUTERS/Adriano Machado
REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Owls stand on a sign reading "Family of Owls" in front of the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, April 26, 2024.

REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman
REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman

A Palestinian worker rakes burnt wheat spikes in the process of making freekeh, a Middle Eastern cereal dish, near Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 25, 2024.

Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building is lit up with projection mapping titled "Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo," which shows a 100-meter-tall life-size scale display of Godzilla in Tokyo on April 27, 2024.

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GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP

This multi-exposure photograph shows an athlete competing in the Rings during the Men's Individual Apparatus Finals event at the Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Rimini, Italy, on April 27, 2024.

Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP
Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP

Migrants leave a smuggler's boat after it was punctured with a knife by French police officers to prevent migrants from embarking in an attempt to cross the English Channel near Dunkirk, northern France, on April 26, 2024.

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Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

The Buuja Buuja Butterfly Dancers perform during the Coloured Digger Anzac Day service and march at Redfern on April 25, 2024, in Sydney, Australia.

The US has been “flooding” the Middle East with weaponry for decades. It provides Israel with billions of dollars of sophisticated military equipment every year, with no strings attached. Nathalie Lees
Politics

America fuelled the fire in the Middle East

Iran’s decision to retaliate against an Israeli attack on its consulate in Damascus, Syria, by launching drone and missile strikes reveals just how…

Stephen M. Walt 01 May , 2024
Opinion

Why an English publisher presented a top Arab literary prize

News of Palestinian prisoner Basim Khandaqji’s win at the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) was greeted with great joy in literary…

Samer Abou Hawwach 01 May , 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
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
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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