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Liverpool's Egyptian football star Mo Salah joined in 2017 and has helped his side to two Premier League titles. Some now wonder whether he will finish his career in Saudi Arabia. AFP/Reuters/Al Majalla
Profiles

Mo Salah: Egyptian football superstar considers his future

Queuing in the designated area to meet players after an English football match on a cold Saturday night in December can be a thankless task for the…

Mohamed Qutob 21 December , 2025
Despite a new president, a new prime minister, a new government, and a new central bank governor, what has actually changed after Lebanon's economic collapse? Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

A state in crisis: Lebanon’s struggle to restore financial stability 

What has changed in Lebanon’s economy and financial situation in 2025, following the election of a new president, the appointment of a prime minister…

Toufic Chanbour 20 December , 2025
Opinion

Iran’s political economy is causing misery. Something has to give

Just days before the end of the year, the World Bank announced that Iran’s economy had contracted by 1.7%. In April, it had projected a contraction…

Rustum Mahmud 20 December , 2025
Tech billionaires in 2025 have a very different level and kind of wealth compared to the first billionaires of the early 20th century. Reuters/Al Majalla
Science & Technology

Tech billionaires: unprecedented wealth, power, and responsibility

John D. Rockefeller, the American oil magnate and philanthropist, did more than just accumulate vast riches through his Standard Oil company; he…

Mohammed Mansour 20 December , 2025
Yemeni men celebrate their country's 10th anniversary of unity by dancing 19 May 2000 in Tahrir Square in the heart of Sana'a. Khaled Fazaa/AFP
Politics

The making and unmaking of Yemen unity over half a century

After a long and painful labour, Yemeni unity emerged into the world just over a quarter of a century ago, on 22 May 1990, after a tumultuous period…

Anwar Al-Ansi 19 December , 2025
Opinion

Trump’s decision to sue the BBC is part of a familiar theme

US President Donald Trump’s decision to sue the UK’s national broadcaster for defamation claiming $10bn in damages is just the latest example of his…

Con Coughlin 19 December , 2025
A displaced Sudanese woman who was held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carries a water container at a camp for displaced people who fled from El-Fasher to Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on 15 November 2025. Mohamed Jamal/Reuters
Politics

Western silence on Sudan speaks volumes

The fall of the Sudanese city of El-Fasher in November led to horrendous reports of mass killing. In recent days, British parliamentarians were told…

Christopher Phillips 19 December , 2025
'Sir, there appears to be a hole in your argument' Fares Garabet
Cartoons

'Sir, there appears to be a hole in your argument'

Fares Garabet 18 December , 2025
Writer João Morgado on switching from the epic to the intimate
Culture & Social Affairs

Writer João Morgado on switching from the epic to the intimate

João Morgado is a prominent Portuguese writer who has published several novels, along with a collection of short stories, novellas, poetry, and…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 18 December , 2025
Opinion

Fighting extremism is a top priority and a task for every Syrian

Syrians had scarcely celebrated the first anniversary of their country’s liberation from the Assad regime and American lawmakers’ decision to repeal…

Alia Mansour 18 December , 2025
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Business & Economy

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
Pete Reynolds
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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