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Little boys watch the space suit of a Chinese astronaut (or taikonaut) in Shanghai's Science and Technology Museum on August 5, 2010 in Shanghai, China. (Getty)
Science & Technology

China Is Evolving a Distinct Space Culture

China’s achievements in the arena of outer space continue to make headlines across the globe. The nation’s most recent successes include their Chang…

Molly Silk 02 April , 2021
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a military drill with ballistic missiles and unmanned air vehicles at Great Salt Desert, in the middle of the Iranian Plateau, on January 15, 2021 in Iran. (Getty)
Politics

A Deterrent Force Still Absent

The standoff between the United States and Iran has become a routine one. However, the present American appeasement of the rulers of Tehran shows the…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 02 April , 2021
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (R), in the capital Tehran, on March 27, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

What’s in the China-Iran Strategic Cooperation Agreement?

On March 27, Iran and China signed a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement addressing economic issues amid crippling U.S. sanctions on Iran, state…

Shannon Tiezzi 02 April , 2021
People gather around the wreckage of two trains that collided in the Tahta district of Sohag province, some 460 kilometres (285 miles) south of the Egyptian capital Cairo, reportedly killing at least 19 people and injuring scores of others, on March 26, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Egypt's Train Collision Brings Up Railway Woes

A March 26 train collision near the central province of Sohag was a grim reminder of Egypt's responsibility to act urgently to save lives and prevent…

Amr Emam 02 April , 2021
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a hearing before Senate Rules and Administration Committee at Russell Senate Office Building March 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Politics

Biden Contends with Congress

Struggles now underway in the U.S. Congress will affect the Biden’s administration’s foreign policy for years to come. On one front, Democrats and…

Joseph Braude 02 April , 2021
Houda Nonoo, the first Jewish Arab Ambassador to America (2008-2013). (Supplied)
Culture & Social Affairs

Region’s Oldest Synagogue Represents New Hope for Bahrain’s Jews

It was a solemn yet joyful Passover last Sunday for Bahrain’s tiny (just about 35 members) Jewish community which gathered at the newly renovated…

Meera Ravi 02 April , 2021
Illustration by Ali Mandalawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Zahi Hawass: Egypt’s Indiana Jones

Zahi Hawass, the popular Egyptian face resembling Indiana Jones, made headlines this week as Egypt was gearing up to organize The Pharaohs’ Golden…

Majalla 02 April , 2021
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Majalla 02 April , 2021
A worker disinfects the Royal Mummies Hall at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, on March 23, 2020. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade

On April 3, Egypt will witness a unique recreation of ancient history when twenty-two royal mummies will be transferred from their place in Egyptian…

Majalla 01 April , 2021
By late cartoonist Mahmoud Koheil
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Majalla 01 April , 2021
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Fghters from Bedouin tribes in western Sweida city on July 19, 2025. AFP
Politics

Sweida is a test case for competing visions for Syria

24 August 2025

The outbreak of violence in Syria's south has jolted foreign powers into action. Russia's return there could bring more stability, but also threatens to undermine the US agenda

Caroline Rose
Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

23 August 2025

Classified documents from the 1970s obtained by Al Majalla show what led to the killing of the Lebanese Druze politician and how Syria came to occupy Lebanon

Ibrahim Hamidi
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) in Jerusalem on September 4, 2024. ABIR SULTAN / AFP
Politics

Time to worry? Netanyahu says he ‘connects’ to a Greater Israel

20 August 2025

Those watching the Israeli prime minister over the years will not be surprised to hear of his affiliation with the idea of a much larger State of Israel. Now he is acting on it.

Amr Emam
A destroyed Lebanese bank after it was set on fire by protesters, Tripoli, June 12, 2020. AFP
Business & Economy

Investment in Lebanon: capital inflows depend on reforms

25 August 2025

Security is a precondition for prosperity and trade, but there are willing partners and ample possibilities if investors are better protected and the Lebanese banking sector is strengthened.

Souraya Chahine
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Henrique Schneider on literature's power to hold a torch for justice

22 August 2025

In an interview with Al Majalla, the Brazilian novelist and lawyer speaks about the role intellectuals can play in promoting human rights and why anyone with a conscience should support Palestine

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy

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