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Umm Kulthum and Fairuz: Harmony that resonates

Why and how do singers like Umm Kulthum and Fairuz become national symbols?While other exceptional women have garnered the public’s respect, they…

Khalida Saeed 12 November , 2023
Workers in former Soviet states have long headed for work over the border, but migrants ending up in the army are now a deterrent and alongside lower wages, jobs are now on offer elsewhere. Nash Weerasekera
Business & Economy

War and currency devaluation deter migrants from seeking livelihood in Russia

Mets Mantash is a village of around 2,500 people in Armenia. The main economic activity is agricultural – growing cheap agricultural products like…

Nazareth Seferian 12 November , 2023
Settler attacks in the West Bank have been on the rise since 7 October. AFP
Politics

Israeli settlers exploit Israel's war on Gaza to attack in West Bank

Occupied Jerusalem: Settler attacks on defenceless residents in the West Bank have been on the rise ever since the commencement of the Israeli…

Sherine Younes 12 November , 2023
Opinion

Palestinians in Gaza pay the price of politicians' ambitions

No one knows whether they will wake up the next day to the sounds of aircraft and bombing or for how long they will spend their days holding their…

Alia Mansour 11 November , 2023
Netanyahu during his visit to the Israeli army naval base in the southern sector DPA
Politics

Netanyahu's political demise is near

Haifa: Benjamin Netanyahu is already Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. He may be replaced sooner rather than later, after the shock of 7…

Asaad Ghanem 11 November , 2023
When Israel hit Palestinians' connection to the outside world, people worked out how to reconnect and helped the reporters on the ground keep the world informed. Ewan White
Science & Technology

Cut off from the internet, Palestinians in Gaza find cutting-edge ways to reconnect

Access to the internet and the mobile telephone network was cut off in the Gaza Strip on 27 October after intense rocket fire from the Israeli army…

Salem Al Rayyes 11 November , 2023
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud attend a special Arab leaders' summit in Riyadh on Israel's war on Gaza. Reuters
Politics

Gaza ceasefire must remain top priority at emergency Arab summit

The emergency Arab Summit is taking place in Riyadh today, 10 November, amidst the relentless Israeli brutal onslaught on Gaza.Observers will be…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 10 November , 2023
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Documents & Memoirs

Who is Izz al-Din al-Qassam, whose name inspired the military wing of Hamas?

On 21 November 1935, large crowds of Palestinians in Haifa came out to pay their respects to the Syrian cleric Izz al-Din al-Qassam, who had been…

Sami Moubayed 10 November , 2023
‘Whoever wants to win should come’ as the oil-rich nation rebuilds and opens up to the world, Mohammed Ali Al-Hawij tells Al Majalla. Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

Libya economy minister: Investment is safe and whoever comes first wins first

Libya is stuck in a political impasse, with the country split between rival power centres claiming legitimacy to control the nation.Talks over a…

Ahmed Maher 10 November , 2023
Opinion

Israel's victimhood narrative crumbles amid growing pile of Palestinian bodies

Israel, in its 75-year history, has never seemed as isolated or ostracised across the world – including in the West and among Jewish citizens – as it…

Majed Kayali 10 November , 2023
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
Politics

US-China summit: did Xi get what he wanted?

29, Sep 2026

Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

Charbel Barakat
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
Politics

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

30, Sep 2026

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov

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