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Med market? Europe eyes closer trade with North Africa Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Med market? Europe eyes closer trade with North Africa

The ancient Romans called the Mediterranean Sea ‘Mare Nostrum’, meaning ‘Our Sea’, because the Roman empire had territorial control over the entire…

Mohamed Sharki 04 October , 2025
Opinion

Tom Barrack and the Arab narcissistic wound

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said little that Arabs had not heard before. When he described the peoples of the region as tribes and denied their…

Houssam Itani 03 October , 2025
Saudi novelist Abdullah Al-Hawas
Culture & Social Affairs

Abdullah Al-Hawas: writing is a cry against stagnation

Writing is an act of profound introspection for one of Saudi Arabia’s best-known novelists, Abdullah Al-Hawas.His career began with Talhafa Hubbān …

Abeer Younis 03 October , 2025
Ilham Ahmed on negotiating Syria’s future Al Majalla
Politics

Ilham Ahmed on negotiating Syria’s future

Al Majalla spoke with Ilham Ahmed, Head of Foreign Affairs for the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), about the ongoing…

Ibrahim Hamidi 03 October , 2025
Opinion

Europe weighs response to Russian airspace threats

Mounting concerns over suggestions that Russia is deliberately violating European airspace have prompted EU leaders to consider how they can deepen…

Con Coughlin 02 October , 2025
Trump's plan for Gaza shortchanges Palestinians
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Trump's plan for Gaza shortchanges Palestinians

Fares Garabet 02 October , 2025
A Fulani herder leads his cattle to graze in the fields between Sevare and Mopti in central Mali on March 18, 2021. MICHELE CATTANI / AFP
Business & Economy

The self-sustaining economics of conflict in Africa

For decades, Africa has been associated with internal armed conflicts. Today, it seems to be living up to its billing. From the Sahel and the de…

Sergey Eledinov 02 October , 2025
Jomana Alrashid, CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG) and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Red Sea International Film Festival Foundation Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Jomana R. Alrashid becomes first Saudi named to TIME’s annual TIME100 Next list of the 100 leaders shaping the future

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – October 1st, 2025 – Jomana R. Alrashid, Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG) and Chairwoman of the…

Al Majalla - London 01 October , 2025
Moldova's president, Maia Sandu, arrives to hold a press conference at the Presidency headquarters in Chisinau, September 29, 2025. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP
Politics

Moldovans choose Brussels over Moscow

The success of Moldova’s ruling pro-European Union party in the country’s parliamentary elections will be welcome news for Western supporters of…

Con Coughlin 01 October , 2025
Tony Blair's political career could get a new lease of life Axel Rangel Garcia
Profiles

Tony Blair's political career could get a new lease of life

He’s back. That might be one reaction to the news that former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is slated to play an important role in the proposed…

Steve Hewitt 01 October , 2025
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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