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Microsoft customers will no longer be able to renew services in Russia. Meanwhile, local substitutes like Astra, RedOS, and BaseAlt vie for a higher market share. Nash Weerasekera
Science & Technology

Can Russia survive a future without Microsoft?

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a range of sanctions were imposed, prompting many large corporations to ponder their future…

Nazareth Seferian 01 October , 2023
The Radcliffe Camera (Camera, meaning room in Latin) is situated in Oxford, England. The building serves as a reading room for the Bodleian Library. Joe Daniel Price/Moment/Getty Images
Culture & Social Affairs

How ancient Arabic manuscripts contributed to Oxford's foundation

In the middle of Salisbury Cathedral in England, British historian Bettany Hughes gazes up towards the beams holding up the cathedral’s roof.More…

Abdullah Al-Rashid 01 October , 2023
A nation with religious foundations is fighting to save secular democratic norms. Its polarised politics are now deterring people from military service. Al Majalla explains. Majalla/Agencies
Politics

October war anniversary renews debate in Israel over army protests

The crisis in Israel has become so intense that it has reached an institution that has been a source of great national pride and has previously kept…

Majed Kayali 01 October , 2023
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on July 4, 2015, shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) shaking hands with a security forces member during a visit to the Sinai Peninsula. AFP
Politics

IS spectre disappears from Sinai for first time in decade

On 1 April this year, Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi proudly announced the defeat of a branch of the Islamic State (IS) in Sinai, following…

Amr Emam 01 October , 2023
Inside Christopher Nolan's ongoing legacy and his directorial mark in cinema. Universal Pictures / Warner Bros / Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Lifting the curtain on Christopher Nolan's legacy of time-bending, formula-breaking blockbusters

In Hollywood Reporter’s roundtable interview with Christopher Nolan, sitting amongst peers like Angelina Jolie and Richard Linklater, he's asked a…

Mohammed Rouda 30 September , 2023
R2P reached a high point in 2011 with global intervention in Libya but was buried by inaction in Syria. Did the global community fail to make it work, or were its ambitions unrealistic from the start? Majalla
Politics

Whatever happened to the Responsibility to Protect?

In the early years of the 21st century, the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) was a zeitgeist of international relations after the international…

Christopher Phillips 30 September , 2023
Tensions between Palestinians employed in Israel and the Hamas authorities of the Gaza Strip are rising due to widespread anger at changes to work permits. Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock
Politics

Hamas-imposed monthly fee for work permits to Israel sparks fury

Tensions between Palestinians employed in Israel and the Hamas authorities of the Gaza Strip are rising due to widespread anger at changes to work…

Salem Al Rayyes 30 September , 2023
Opinion

Amid an unsettling peace, people bury their loved ones and swallow their outrage

Over the past few years, a false sense of serenity has fallen over Iraq, Syria, and Libya.There’s a feeling of resignation in these war-torn…

Houssam Itani 29 September , 2023
Humanitarian concerns mount as tide turns in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Politics

Humanitarian concerns mount as tide turns in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The tide has swiftly turned in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in an unpredictable turn of events.After almost three decades, Azerbaijan has…

Omer Onhon 29 September , 2023
Jose Eduardo Agualusa, author of 'A General Theory of Oblivion'. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Novelist José Eduardo Agualusa: Xenophobia is a universal problem

José Eduardo Agualusa, a renowned Angolan journalist and writer of Brazilian and Portuguese descent, has long explored themes of otherness and…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 29 September , 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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