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A Palestinian volunteer works to rescue and restore damaged books and manuscripts inside the library of the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City, on 26 February 2026.
 OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Cultural genocide: Israel's war on Palestinian memory

Throughout its continuing war on Gaza, Israeli forces have waged a parallel and distinct campaign of annihilation against Palestinian culture,…

Atef Abu Seif 23 March , 2026
The US-Iran war puts the entire world at risk
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The US-Iran war puts the entire world at risk

Fares Garabet 22 March , 2026
Opinion

When the cost of inaction is greater than the cost of war

Iran has lost much of its power over the past two years. It has seen the reach of its militia arms across the region diminished, and its military…

Alia Mansour 22 March , 2026
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in front of a map of the Middle East during a press conference at the Government Press Office (GPO) on 4 September 2024. ABIR SULTAN / AFP
Politics

Israel's lack of strategy makes for aimless wars

Both opponents of Israel and its supporters in the Middle East and beyond share a common misconception: that Israel has an overall strategy guiding…

Elizabeth Tsurkov 22 March , 2026
How trauma leaves a lasting imprint on the brain Eoin Ryan
Science & Technology

How trauma leaves a lasting imprint on the brain

Research increasingly suggests that wars, conflicts, and major political ruptures do not pass through human life without consequence, but rather…

Alaa Emara 21 March , 2026
Opinion

Damascus alcohol ban bodes badly for Syria’s transition

Damascus governorate has banned the serving of alcohol across the city and restricted takeaway sales to licensed shops in just three Christian…

Haid Haid 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
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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

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Profiles

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

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