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Abderrazaq Khatoun, rests with some of his 11 orphaned grandchildren, in an encampment in the village of Harbanoush, in the northern countryside of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, on March 11, 2021.(Getty)
Politics

Syrian Farmer Lost Wife and Sons to War; Grandchildren Are His Solace

Abdel Razzak al-Khatoun was a well-to-do farmer in Syria's rural Hama province. Ten years after the civil war began, he is penniless, homeless and…

Khalil Ashawi 14 March , 2021
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Majalla 12 March , 2021
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Politics

Oprah Winfrey: The US Media Mogul

Oprah Winfrey made headlines this week after her explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan that reverberated across the world and raised…

Majalla 12 March , 2021
The artist Randa Ismail at her exhibition “Those Days” in El Bab-Selim Gallery, Museum of Egyptian Modern Art, Opera House, Cairo, Egypt. March, 6, 2021. (By Salma Adham)
Culture & Social Affairs

When the Pandemic Becomes a Chance for Creating Art!

In Cairo Opera House in the heart of Cairo, the artist Randa Ismail held an exhibition that ran from 23 February to 6 March2021.She said that all of…

Salma Adham 12 March , 2021
A weaver sitting at a loom, working knot-by-knot to duplicate the pattern printed on the paper in front of him, in al-Kattan Factory in Cairo, Egypt. (Supplied)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Egyptian Factory Throwing Down the Gauntlet to Persian Carpet Makers

The walls of this factory in the northeastern part of the Egyptian capital bespeak history as well as art. Sitting inside the rooms encompassed…

Amr Emam 12 March , 2021
Syrian Kurdish farmers harvest olives in a field in the Baadinli area, in the rebel-held northern sector of Syria's Aleppo province, near the border with Turkey, on November 10, 2020. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Ankara is Stealing Syrian Crops

As the current economic crisis mounts in Turkey, Syrian lands in the northern east and west territories controlled by Ankara are making up for the…

Jiwan Soz 12 March , 2021
In this photograph provided by Vatican Media, Pope Francis meets with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani on March 06, 2021 in Najaf, Iraq. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Pope, the Shia, and Iran

Many have reported and commented on the significance of Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq, mainly when Iran and the region is going through many shifts and…

Hanin Ghaddar 12 March , 2021
The Interreligious meeting in the Iraq city of Ur. (supplied)
Culture & Social Affairs

Pope’s Visit Offers New Perspective on Iraq

The recent historic visit by Pope Francis to Iraq has brought the name of Mesopotamia to top Arab and international headlines, but this time in the…

Madi Karayem 12 March , 2021
Dareli Matamoros, a girl from Honduras, holds a sign asking President Biden to let her in during a migrant demonstration demanding clearer United States migration policies, at San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on March 2, 2021. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Will America Welcome Refugees and Asylum-seekers Once Again?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump presided over the most restrictive immigration and asylum regime in modern American history. In just four years,…

Sarah Pierce , Susan Fratzke 12 March , 2021
Protestors block roads with garbage containers and burning tyres during a demonstration due to the record depreciation of the local currency and the current economic crisis, at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon on March 3, 2021. (Getty)
Science & Technology

The Sting in COVID-19’s Tail

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many feared that the disease would hit the world’s poorest countries the hardest—that cases would overwhelm…

Tarek Ghani 12 March , 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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