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Culture & Social Affairs

Greta Thunberg: The Climate Campaigner Challenging World Leaders

This summer is witnessing many fires and floods that strike many countries around the globe, and the intense heatwave, which scientists describe as …

Majalla 06 August , 2021
Archive: Gulf War
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Archive: Gulf War

Majalla 06 August , 2021
An Afghan security personnel gestures as he stands guard at the site a day after a car bomb explosion in Kabul on August 4, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Resurgence of Terror

Terrorism, be it in South Asia, the Middle East, or West Africa, is regrettably enjoying a resurgence. The US decision to withdraw its troops from…

Hagar Elnahas 06 August , 2021
Tunisia's President Kais Saied, center, leads a security meeting with members of the army and police forces in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, July 25, 2021. (Photo by Hedi Azouz/AP)
Politics

Tunisia’s Challenge to Keep the Boat Afloat

Tunisia; the geographically small, historically ancient, and demographically young and vibrant North African country, which is located at one of the…

Dalia Ziada 06 August , 2021
USA gymnast Simone Biles performs in the Women's Balance Beam at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Culture & Social Affairs

How Simone Biles Helped Us Rediscover Humanity in the Olympics

Let’s not call it redemption or vindication. Those words imply a mistake was made. It’s not really a comeback either. That suggests her past success…

Peter Jensen 04 August , 2021
Scarlett Johansson stars in "Black Widow," a prequel exploring her origins. (Marvel Studios/TNS)
Politics

How the Streaming Wars are Changing What You Watch

Blockbusters are finally coming back to movie theaters. But the buzz is elsewhere in Hollywood. Streaming services are upending the film industry’s…

Peter Labuza 02 August , 2021

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The Olympic Stadium is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo on August 1, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

World in Photos

Firefighters work in the smoke-engulfed Mazi area as wildfires rolled down the hill toward the seashore, forcing people to be evacuated, in Bodrum, Mugla, Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. More than 100 wildfires have been brought under control in Turkey, according to officials. The forestry minister tweeted that five fires are continuing in the tourist destinations of Antalya and Mugla. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

World in Photos

Women work in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Friday, July 30, 2021. Nearly 60% of the Indian population depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

World in Photos

People sit under a submerged straw hut after the risen water levels in Ganges river flooded the area near the riverbanks, in Allahabad on August 1, 2021. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)

World in Photos

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's Triple Jump - Final - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 1, 2021. Liadagmis Povea of Cuba in action REUTERS/Dylan Martinez.

World in Photos

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Badminton - Women's Singles - Gold medal match - MFS - Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan – August 1, 2021. Chen Yufei of China celebrates winning the match against Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Thousands of yellow vests (Gilets Jaunes) protests in Paris calling for lower fuel taxes, reintroduction of the solidarity tax on wealth, a minimum wage increase, and Emmanuel Macron's resignation as President of France, 09 February 2019. (Norbu Gyachung/Wikimedia commons)
Business & Economy

A Safety Net for the Green Economy

In a dramatic move for global efforts to combat climate change, the European Union couple of weeks ago laid out an ambitious proposal to transition…

Simone Tagliapietra 31 July , 2021
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Culture & Social Affairs

When China and Japan Fought Over Muslims

A few months ago, Kelly Hammond , Assistant Professor of East Asian history at the University of Arkansas, published a book, “China Muslims and Japan…

Mohammad Ali Salih 31 July , 2021
Zebiba (Asmaa Ramadan) participating in a weightlifting competition in a scene from “Lift Like a Girl”. (Supplied)
Culture & Social Affairs

“Lift like a Girl”: Documenting the Journey of an Egyptian Weightlifter

When storytellers decide to document a story, they should have something to say through it. The rule also says: If you do not have something to tell,…

Salma Adham 31 July , 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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