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States or battlegrounds?

The Middle East stands at a crossroads. Protracted crises now collide with sharpening rivalries, set against deep regional and international…

Ibrahim Hamidi 28 December , 2025
What newly released Jordan-UK exchanges on the eve the Iraq war reveal AFP / Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

What newly released Jordan-UK exchanges on the eve the Iraq war reveal

In the weeks leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the region stood on the cusp of a historic transformation. The invasion profoundly ruptured…

Malek Al Athamna 28 December , 2025
Global economic trends in the first quarter of the 21st century Reuters / Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Global economic trends in the first quarter of the 21st century

The 21st century has so far presented a complex picture of shifting fortunes, circumstances, and results. In recent years, the world has undergone…

Mohamed Sharki 28 December , 2025
This aerial view shows residents waving Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognising Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on 26 December 2025. Farhan Aleli / AFP
Politics

Israel scores strategic win with Somaliland deal, but it comes with risk

In a move that breaks more than three decades of diplomatic impasse, Israel has officially recognised Somaliland as an independent and sovereign…

Omar Harkous 27 December , 2025
From Palestine to AI: cultural trends that swept 2025 Sara Padovan
Culture & Social Affairs

From Palestine to AI: cultural trends that swept 2025

In 2025, Gaza was a major issue in global culture, a moral and artistic reference lens through which art and ethical boundaries were re-examined,…

Shadi Alaa Aldin 27 December , 2025
People stand outside the Justice Palace after first trial of more than a dozen suspects linked to massacres that left hundreds dead in Syria's Alawite coastal heartland earlier this year, in Aleppo on 18 November 2025. BAKR ALKASEM / AFP
Politics

Fresh UK sanctions on Syria send a message

As Syrians were celebrating the full repeal of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, the United Kingdom announced a new round of sanctions—an…

Haid Haid 27 December , 2025
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Science & Technology

The NSS reflects the growing utility of technology

On 4 December 2025, the United States unveiled its National Security Strategy (NSS), a guiding framework covering foreign policy, economics, defence,…

Marco Mossad 27 December , 2025
Opinion

Why might-is-right mentalities prevail in our region

Can a meaningful connection be drawn, without artifice or contrivance, between the rising tensions in Yemen among factions that claim alignment…

Houssam Itani 26 December , 2025
How Israel's war on Gaza helped the Arab world rediscover its agency Lina Jaradat
Politics

How Israel's war on Gaza helped the Arab world rediscover its agency

The Gaza war has shattered illusions of regional stability and exposed the limits of Israeli and American dominance, but most importantly, it has…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 26 December , 2025
Diversification and growth: how Gulf economies fared in 2025 AFP-Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

Diversification and growth: how Gulf economies fared in 2025

The Gulf states navigated a challenging economic landscape in 2025 while pressing ahead with diversification efforts. Although they continued to rely…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 26 December , 2025
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
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Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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