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Al Majalla's Film Watch: motherhood in cinema
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Film Watch: motherhood in cinema

On the occasion of Mother's Day, we tour the newest movie releases that tackle the complex theme, while also reviewing an older classic for good…

Wael Said 21 March , 2026
Why modern-day wars can easily go regional AFP / Reuters / Al Majalla
Politics

Why modern-day wars can easily go regional

The world is now passing through an era of ‘strategic unravelling’, and its proportions are catastrophic. Conflicts no longer remain confined to…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 20 March , 2026
Opinion

The US and Israel have different goals in the Iran war

Donald Trump’s claim that he knew nothing about Israel’s attack on Iran’s main gas field suggests that significant tensions exist between the US…

Con Coughlin 19 March , 2026
The Hormuz Strait: a vital oil lifeline to the world Pete Reynolds
Business & Economy

The Hormuz Strait: a vital oil lifeline to the world

On maps, the Strait of Hormuz appears as a narrow indentation in the coastline separating Iran from the Musandam Peninsula of Oman. Its modest width…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 19 March , 2026
A member of the security forces, holding a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, observes protesters as they gather for a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader in Enghelab Square in Tehran, on 9 March 2026. Getty/ Al Majalla
Politics

Decapitation strikes unlikely to topple Iran's regime

Leadership decapitation has long appealed to outside powers as a shortcut to regime collapse. Remove the figure at the top, the theory goes, and an…

Alex Vatanka 19 March , 2026
Strait of Hormuz: the waterway critical to global trade  Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Strait of Hormuz: the waterway critical to global trade 

The Strait of Hormuz—a narrow waterway linking the Arabian Gulf to the wider world—is proving a critical link in the global economic order, and…

Al Majalla - London 18 March , 2026
Energy infrastructure attacks and the new security imperative Pete Reynolds
Business & Economy

Energy infrastructure attacks and the new security imperative

In the winter of 2022, Russia attacked Ukraine's power grid, plunging millions into blackouts in subzero temperatures. Fast forward to the winter of…

Jessica Obeid 18 March , 2026
The US-Iran war confirms China’s four worst fears Chiara Vercesi
Politics

The US-Iran war confirms China’s four worst fears

When the US and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on 28 February, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and crippling Tehran’s military…

Shirley Ze Yu 18 March , 2026
Iran after Larijani: a war without an exit AFP/ Al Majalla
Politics

Iran after Larijani: a war without an exit

On the evening of 17 March 2026, Israel announced it had killed Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), in an air…

Futoshi Matsumoto 18 March , 2026
The Middle East under fire
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The Middle East under fire

Fares Garabet 18 March , 2026
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Iran war deepens cracks in America’s alliances

31 August 2026

The sense that the US may be less committed to its allies' security is prompting a rethink of long-held assumptions, much to the delight of China and Russia

Christopher Phillips
An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods in Devighat, Bidur Municipality, Nepal's Nuwakot district, on 27 August 2026. PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP
Science & Technology

Nepal pays the price for climate change

02 September 2026

Melting glaciers and devastating floods are hitting the Himalayas

Bibek Bhandari
Noelia de Alda
Politics

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

30 August 2026

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad
A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the annual street music festival 'Fete de la Musique' while taking part in a heatwave in Bordeaux, southwestern France on 21 June 2026. ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP
Business & Economy

As the world grows hotter, a 'cooling economy' emerges

30 August 2026

It is not just a fancy name for the air-conditioning industry, but an intricate system that begins with power stations and extends to the design of buildings and cities

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Palestinian-German author Alena Jabarine Tim Oehler
Culture & Social Affairs

Alena Jabarine on Palestine advocacy in Germany

01 September 2026

The Palestinian-German author speaks to Al Majalla about the challenges facing Palestinian voices in Germany and how she engages German readers from within their own cultural and political context

Mohammed Magdy

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