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Trump Triumphs, Democracy Defeated

Majalla 19 February , 2021
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps launches missiles during a military drill in an unknown location in central Iran on Jan. 15, 2021. (TNS)
Politics

Iran's Proxies Pounce as Biden Tries to Negotiate

Since President Joe Biden took office, Iran’s regional proxies have been busy. This month alone, Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed credit for a drone…

Eli Lake 21 February , 2021

The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

Sandy Kneeland (R) embraces her old friend, Dave Sibila, through a hug tent at the Crossroads Senior Living community on February 26, 2021 in Lakewood, Colorado.(Getty)

The World in Photos This Week

Baylie Belman #21 competes in the Uneven Bars prior to the Nastia Liukin Cup at Indiana Convention Center on February 26, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana.(Getty)

The World in Photos This Week

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - Oberstdorf, Germany - February 27, 2021.(Reuters)

The World in Photos This Week

An ancient-Roman ceremonial carriage is discovered in a dig near the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed in 79 AD in volcanic eruption, Italy, February, 2021.(Reuters)

The World in Photos This Week

A general view of runners and riders in action as they compete in the MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Chase at Hereford Racecourse, on February 28, 2021 in Hereford, England.(Getty)

The World in Photos This Week

A protester washes his face after riot police fired tear gas on February 28, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military government has intensified a crackdown on protesters in recent days, using tear gas, charging at and arresting protesters and journalists.(Getty)

A wounded man is carried on a stretcher by a medical team after security forces opened fire on protesters during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay on February 20, 2021.(Getty)

Two Killed in Myanmar City of Mandalay in Another Day of Protests

Two people were killed in Myanmar's second city Mandalay on Saturday when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a Feb. 1 military coup,…

Majalla 20 February , 2021
Protesters rally against the military coup and arrest of National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, at Parliament House on February 12, 2021 in Canberra, Australia.
Politics

Why Did It Take a Coup?

For years,ThinzarShunleiYi’s activism against the brutality of Myanmar’s military, at best, was met with tepid enthusiasm or, at worst, set her up as…

Timothy McLaughlin 20 February , 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak to the media prior to talks at the Chancellery on August 27, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
Politics

When Allies Go Nuclear

The year is 2030. Seismic monitors have just detected an unforeseen underground atomic explosion, signaling that yet another country has joined the…

Chuck Hagel, Malcolm Rifkind, Kevin Rudd, Ivo H. Daalder 20 February , 2021
Hana Moustafa, 35, performs at a floating restaurant in Cairo’s upscale neighbourhood of Maadi on February 13, 2021. (By Menna A. Farouk)
Culture & Social Affairs

Whirling Away Stereotypes

The sounds of music were loud in a dinner hall inside one of the floating restaurants in Cairo’s upscaleneighbourhoodofMaadi. Outside the hall…

Menna A. Farouk 19 February , 2021
A vintage Landline Phone.
Culture & Social Affairs

A Vintage Phone

‘All that you left behind’ is what this compilation of short stories is about. A brief history of the intangible heritage of Cairo, the city that…

Amira el Noshokaty 19 February , 2021
A picture of Lokman Slim is seen during a memorial service to pay tribute to him, one week after he was found dead in his car, on February 11, 2021 in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon.
Politics

Lebanon’s Policymaking and Hezbollah’s Killing Machine

With a new set of priorities established by the Biden administration in Washington, less attention is being given to the Middle East, and…

Hanin Ghaddar 19 February , 2021
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei delivers remarks on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran Nuclear Issue in 2015 between five permanent members of United Nations Security Council, Germany and Iran on February 17, 2021 in Tehran, Iran.
Politics

Tehran Pushes Washington Toward Confrontation

The Iranian parliament is set to challenge Washington’s commitment to reviving the JCPOA by stepping even further out of compliance itself,…

Joseph Braude 19 February , 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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