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Tires are burnt along a road north of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on June 30, 2010, as Kurds protest against the local authority’s pending removal of their houses built on government land. AFP
Politics

Kirkuk: Iraq’s perpetual missed opportunity

One Kurdish protester has been reportedly killed in Kirkuk with seven others injured after being shot at by members of the Popular Mobilisation…

Rustum Mahmud 02 September , 2023
There is a cultural war being waged by foreign powers to alter the culture and character of the Syrian Arab state. Al Majalla dives deep into the issue with a series of investigative reports. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Syrian culture is under attack in the heart of the Arab world

Syria — once the beating heart of the Arab world — has become a land strewn with foreign languages. Apart from Syria's physical war, a cultural war…

Al Majalla - London 02 September , 2023
Al-Hamam Al-Turkmani Elementary School in Tal Abyad Governorate, near the Syrian-Turkish border. North Press
Politics

Promotion of Turkish language in Syria's north elicits mixed reactions

On 26 August, the Yunus Emre Cultural Institute opened a Turkish language teaching branch in the Syrian city of al-Bab, situated to the north of…

Al Majalla 02 September , 2023
Opinion

Harmless literary "gossip" has given way to outright hostility

Sometimes it feels like Arab writers could make a fortune from turning their gossip about one another into their life’s work.If there was a "literary…

Ali Almuqri 02 September , 2023
Supporters of the rightwing Hindu groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal react to Monday's communal clashes in Haryana state by shouting slogans at a rally in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. AP
Politics

Are communal tensions being deliberately stirred to court votes ahead of India's elections?

A violent incident at a school in India has highlighted the extent of rising religious tensions in the country, becoming a hot issue in the nearby…

Sanjay Kapoor 02 September , 2023
People stage a protest as they wave the Druze flags in the southern city of Sweida, Syria on August 27, 2023. Anti-government protests have rocked south Syria for the past week. Suwayda24 via AP
Business & Economy

Bad governance is proving to be an economic liability as protests sweep Syria

Southwest Syria has been swept by protests and strikes as the economic crisis in the country has started to feel permanent, bringing people out onto…

Joseph Daher 02 September , 2023
2nd December 1955: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ( 1892-1973) the South African-born philologist and author of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord Of The Rings'. Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

Remembering Tolkien, the British literary icon who redefined the fantasy genre

In March, the Ukrainian Minister of Defence pledged in a statement: “Here, our only way is to withstand the onslaught of Mordor.”Another high-ranking…

Emad al-Ahmad 01 September , 2023
Opinion

Why areas outside of regime control are faring better amid Syria's economic crisis

Anti-regime protests in southern Syria are closing out their second week. These protests were initially triggered by the government's decision to…

Haid Haid 01 September , 2023
Now known as the Sweida Governorate, it has a unique history, steeped in resistance to empires and colonialists. This is its story of the mountain, dating back to a flight from the Levant. Eduardo Ramon
Documents & Memoirs

Syria’s Druze Mountain has long been a graveyard for empires

Mount Hawran in the southernmost part of Syria, is better known as the Druze Mountain, after the name of the community who call the region home.The…

Taissier Khalaf 01 September , 2023
Leaders of the BRICS countries pose for a group photo in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023. AP
Politics

Is an expanded BRICS a threat to the West?

The proposed expansion of the BRICS group has prompted several commentators to question whether it could eventually challenge the West. The existing…

Christopher Phillips 01 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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