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Shiite fighters from Hezbollah and Amal aim a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher amid clashes in the Tayouneh neighborhood of Beirut. Credit: AFP via Getty Images
Politics

History Repeats itself in The Land of Battles

This is Lebanon! A nation with historical identity of cultural heritage, but a past filled with battles. A country well described by its sectarian…

Latifa El Hassanyeh 22 October , 2021
Not a Movie
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Not a Movie

Jeanette Khouri 22 October , 2021
The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity on October 17, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. (Image: AFP)
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia Resumes Normal Life, Economy Gets a Boost

“We are now welcoming our customers with full capacity, who don’t have to wait for long to get a table. The number of our tables has doubled. The…

Motasem Al Felou 22 October , 2021
Two Opposing American Opinions: Death for Dzhokhar?
Politics

Two Opposing American Opinions: Death for Dzhokhar?

In 2013, during the annual Boston Marathon, two Muslim brothers, originally Chechen from Kyrgyzstan, Dzhokhar (origin Arabic “Jowhar”) Tsarnaev, and…

Mohammad Ali Salih 22 October , 2021
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Georgian Defense Minister Dzhuansher Burchuladze. Photo Credit: Reuters
Politics

US Strategies with Frontline States To Counter Russian Influence

This week, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin traveled to Europe to attend the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels. Ahead of the event…

Maia Otarashvili 22 October , 2021

World in Photos

World in Photos

Well-wishers lay floral tributes at the scene of the fatal stabbing of Conservative British lawmaker David Amess, at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, a district of Southend-on-Sea, in southeast England on October 16, 2021. - The fatal stabbing of British lawmaker David Amess was a terrorist incident, police said Saturday, as MPs pressed for tougher security in the wake of the second killing of a UK politician while meeting constituents in just over five years. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

World in Photos

Farmers shout slogans before burning an effigy with the pictures of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of the Adani Group Gautam Adani and BJP union ministers during a protest against the central government's agricultural reforms, in Amritsar on October 16, 2021. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP)

World in Photos

Dina Tirop, mother of Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop,who was found dead with stab wounds to her stomach at her home, poses with Tirop's portrait and a trophy at her home in Kapnyemisa some 300kms north-west of Nairobi, on October 16, 2021. - Tirop, 25, was a fast-rising athlete -- a double world 10,000m bronze medallist and 2015 world cross county champion who also finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics this year. The husband of Tirop was arrested following a dramatic late-night chase in the coastal city of Mombasa on October 14. (Photo by Casmir ODUOR / AFP)

World in Photos

Members of an informal plaza dance group wave cloth fans as they dance to music at a public park in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Plaza dance, group dancing performed in public spaces like parks or squares, is a popular activity in China particularly with middle-aged and older women that was briefly curtailed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its popularity has returned as China has lifted many restrictions on daily life amid a largely successful battle to control the local spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

World in Photos

Mai Mihara of Japan performs during the exhibition gala at the 2021 Asia Open Figure Skating Trophy, part of a 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games test event, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on October 16, 2021. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)

World in Photos

Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe (C) fights for the ball with Angers' French goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni (C, down) during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and SCO Angers at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on October 15, 2021. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Actress Menna Shalaby in a scene from “Nawara”. (Supplied)
Culture & Social Affairs

"Nawara": Egypt's Poor are Dreaming of a Small Window Looking on Life

Wishes are not always fulfilled, even if they are not big ones. Do revolutions really achieve justice and a decent life? Or do they serve…

Salma Adham 15 October , 2021
The timeworn political and jihadi cores of the Muslim Brotherhood have already started decaying since the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood from the highest peak of political power in Egypt, eight years ago.
Politics

The Withered Tree of the Muslim Brotherhood

One century after its foundation in a small town, eastern Egypt, the fall of the withered tree of the Muslim Brotherhood has become inevitable…

Dalia Ziada 15 October , 2021
A file photo of ISIS fighters in Syria's Raqqa province. (Reuters)
Politics

Repatriating ISIS Foreign Fighters

Since the fall of the “ISIS caliphate,” thousands of European foreign fighters and their families have been stranded in Syria and Iraq. So far,…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 15 October , 2021
Baron Empain Palace, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt.  (Photo credit: Amr Moustafa Shalaby via Wikimedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

The Revival of Egypt’s Hindu Palace

From being a crumbling, bat-infested ruin to now a dazzling cultural and fashion venue, Egypt’s iconic Baron Empain Palace in Heliopolis has indeed…

Meera Ravi 15 October , 2021
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Politics

Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
Politics

Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
Lina Jaradat
Politics

How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

James Jeffrey

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