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Movie "All quiet on the Western Front", directed by Lewis Milestone, sreenplay by Maxwell Anderson and George Abbott based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, produced by Carl Laemmle jr., Universal Pictures USA 1930. Getty Images
Culture & Social Affairs

World War I film wins Oscar in nod to Ukraine war

War has long been a fixture of the cinema industry.While World War I appears to be a "rehearsal" that reality crafted and cinema interpreted, the…

Mohammed Rouda 14 March , 2023
BBC TV presenter Gary Lineker prepares to broadcast inside the make-shift television studio ahead of the English FA Cup quarter-final football match. AFP
Politics

Sunak achievements overshadowed by Lineker controversy

Rarely has one tweet been so consequential. Last week BBC sports presenter and former England footballer, Gary Lineker, tweeted criticism of the…

Christopher Phillips 14 March , 2023
Opinion

 China lets Middle East states take the lead

China’s quietly successful deal brokering between Iran and Saudi Arabia has brought seven years of tension and estrangement to an end, as the pair…

Becky Shen 14 March , 2023
Saudi state minister Musaed bin Muhammad Al-Aiban, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Wang Yi and Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani. DPA
Politics

Why China is mediating in the Middle East

Over the past year, China has been gradually unrolling a new phase of its foreign policy as it shifts from being an observer to becoming an assertive…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 14 March , 2023
The West's mistaken belief that the BRI is a play by Beijing to boost its military power clashes with China's principle of peaceful development. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

What Saudi Arabia can learn from China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Making effective and strategic decisions has been China’s long-term goal for decades, amid the evolving international landscape. Zooming in on China…

Becky Shen 14 March , 2023
Ammunition shortage in Ukraine war
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Ammunition shortage in Ukraine war

Fares Garabet 13 March , 2023
Opinion

The world economy is trapped in a vicious cycle

Officials and commentators are using unprecedented terminiology to describe the current state of the world, the ailing global economy and the…

Toufic Chanbour 13 March , 2023
Another dizzying surge in state spending, not least on a rising number of government employees, raises doubts on the sustainability of the country’s finances just as other oil economies are changing Andrei Cojocaru
Business & Economy

Kuwait's budget shows how political populism is keeping the country at the mercy of oil prices

Kuwaiti newspapers recently published the state's draft budget for the fiscal year 2023/2024, which starts on the first of April and ends on 31 March…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 13 March , 2023
The iconic singer has touched the hearts and souls of Arabs throughout the region with her nostalgic songs about the glorious homelands that once were Andy Edwards
Culture & Social Affairs

Celebrating Fairuz, Lebanon’s ambassador to the stars

The radiant “star” that once illuminated Lebanon’s sky at night may have dimmed, but the Beirut-based Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) could not but…

Mohamed abi Samra 13 March , 2023
The US-China rivalry over Saudi Arabia
Politics

The US-China rivalry over Saudi Arabia

Two prominent visits were paid last year to Saudi Arabia, which had — and will continue to have — a significant impact on the region and the world…

Al Majalla - London 12 March , 2023
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Politics

Iran-Houthi escalation could backfire. Here is how

05, Oct 2026

The more Iran and its regional allies try to corner Yemen's government, the more international support it is getting to fight back

Ibrahim Jalal
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 5 October 2026. Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Politics

The Mecca Defence Alliance faces its first practical test

07, Oct 2026

Türkiye and Pakistan have stepped up to help Saudi Arabia after it came under attack from the Houthis. The trio's coordination comes at a crucial time

Kaswar Klasra
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Politics

After October 7: new faces, changing maps

08, Oct 2026

Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria

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Business & Economy

Why Europe’s gold is on the move

07, Oct 2026

Headlines have centred on the flight of bullion while commentators have speculated about the prompts. The reality is a little more nuanced

Abdulfattah Khattab
Culture & Social Affairs

The 9 Arab films vying for an Oscar

08, Oct 2026

From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival

Wael Said

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