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Transitional government President General Horta N'Tam salutes an army officer during the swearing in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Bissau, on 28 November 2025. PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP
Politics

Another coup in Africa, but this one isn't so clear-cut

On 26 November 2025, a day before the result of elections in the small West African state of Guinea-Bissau was due to be announced, incumbent…

Sergey Eledinov 29 November , 2025
Picture for illustrative purposes only. A Muslim takes part in Eid-al-Fitr prayer marking the end of their holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Silver Spring, Maryland, on 19 August, 2012. JEWEL SAMAD / AFP
Politics

Trump’s Brotherhood ban means it has to shapeshift to survive

The Executive Order signed by US President Donald Trump on 24 November designating specific chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist…

Abdullah F. Alrebh 29 November , 2025
Opinion

Putin holds the fate of the Ukraine war in his hands

The fate of US President Donald Trump’s latest diplomatic initiative to end the war in Ukraine lies firmly in the hands of Russian President Vladimir…

Con Coughlin 28 November , 2025
Palestinian novelist Basem Khandakji
Culture & Social Affairs

Basem Khandakji on exile, imprisonment, and purpose

Since 2004, Palestinian novelist Basem Khandakji has languished in Israeli occupation prisons, serving three life sentences—a stark embodiment of one…

El-Sayed Hussein 28 November , 2025
US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
Politics

How Tucker Carlson put Arab Christians on America's map

US President Donald Trump’s inner circle and his wider MAGA (‘Make America Great Again’) movement can at times appear to be tearing themselves apart…

Kamal Alam 28 November , 2025
UK chancellor aims to strike a balance with her 2025 budget AFP-Reuters-Al Majalla
Business & Economy

UK chancellor aims to strike a balance with her 2025 budget

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the government’s long awaited 2025 Budget this week, tweaking taxes to cover a black hole in the nation’s…

Bassam Mahfouz 27 November , 2025
Opinion

Hezbollah's intransigence threatens Lebanon's fragile political balance

Israel has been striking Hezbollah fighters, weapons depots, and civilians on a near-daily basis since a supposed ceasefire went into effect around…

Houssam Itani 27 November , 2025
A rising far right is reshaping Europe's political landscape AFP/ AL MAJALLA
Politics

A rising far right is reshaping Europe's political landscape

The prospect of far-right forces attaining the highest levels of power in Europe is no longer remote. Recent electoral results across the continent,…

Khattar Abu Diab 27 November , 2025
Syria’s manufacturing industry faces uphill battle Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

Syria’s manufacturing industry faces uphill battle

The private manufacturing sector—one of the most severely affected by Syria’s war—is far from returning to the production levels enjoyed before the…

Joseph Daher 27 November , 2025
Alzheimer’s: the disease that erodes time itself Lina Jaradat
Science & Technology

Alzheimer’s: the disease that erodes time itself

Since the dawn of human consciousness, time has remained one of the most elusive concepts. It resists comprehension not merely because it flows in…

Mohammed Mansour 27 November , 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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