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Iraqi-American musician and researcher Mark Gergis, who co-founded Syrian Cassette Archives, began collecting cassette tapes during visits to Syria in the 1990s. Syrian Cassette Archive
Culture & Social Affairs

How cassette tapes preserved Syria's unofficial soundtrack

In 1979, during a meeting between a delegation from the Arab Writers Union and members of the National Progressive Front, the late Syrian poet…

Khalil Sweileh 27 March , 2026
Syria's deputy defence minister on founding the YPG Al Majalla
Politics

Syria's deputy defence minister on founding the YPG

Syrian Kurdish leader Sipan Hamo was this month appointed the country’s Deputy Minister of Defence for the Eastern Region, marking the latest chapter…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 March , 2026
The end of Hezbollah? Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Politics

The end of Hezbollah?

Since the October 7 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the balance of power in the Middle East has changed profoundly. Iran’s regional ‘Axis of Resistance…

Al Majalla - London 26 March , 2026
Hezbollah's fate likely linked to US-Iran war outcome Aliaa Abou Khaddour
Politics

Hezbollah's fate likely linked to US-Iran war outcome

Two days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran adopted a strategy of widening the geographical scope of its retaliation to maximise its chances of…

Lina Khatib 26 March , 2026
Three scenarios for a post-Trump world Al Majalla
Politics

Three scenarios for a post-Trump world

“The old world is dying,” Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote in 1930, “and the new world struggles to be born.” His Marxist convictions…

Hal Brands 26 March , 2026
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference following an extraordinary cabinet meeting about the energy crisis, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on 20 March 2026. PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP
Politics

Why Europe’s response to the Iran war is so disjointed

Ever since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran on 28 February 2026, Europe has appeared sidelined and divided over a conflict that could…

Khattar Abu Diab 26 March , 2026
US-Iran war threatens the world's digital arteries Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

US-Iran war threatens the world's digital arteries

In a world where more than 95% of international data flows through unseen submarine cables, the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab are no longer…

Abdulfattah Khattab 26 March , 2026
Iran denies it is negotiating with Trump
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Iran denies it is negotiating with Trump

Fares Garabet 25 March , 2026
Opinion

War typically unites societies. But not in Lebanon.

A Lebanese government decision to designate Iran's ambassador as persona non grata has been swiftly rejected by both Hezbollah and Amal. Whatever the…

Houssam Itani 25 March , 2026
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

If there is one tedious cliché that persists to this day, it is the comparison between Lebanon and the mythological phoenix. This immortal bird lives…

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 25 March , 2026
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Pep Boatella
Politics

Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Eduardo Ramon
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Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Opinion

Trump may be a lame duck at home but not abroad

05, Nov 2026

A Democrat-majority Congress will clip his wings at home, but he will have far more freedom to act on foreign affairs, given the powers he still retains as commander-in-chief

Con Coughlin
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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