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 A blueprint of NEOM city in Saudi Arabia.
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia Re-imagines Urban Life with Cognitive, Carbon-Free Cities

Despite the abundance of oil in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the new leadership in Riyadh is totally convinced that selling oil and using the…

Motasem Al Felou 29 May , 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and United States President Joe Biden (L) seen during a bilateral meeting in New York, USA, when Biden was vice-president on September 25, 2014.
Politics

Tension Mars US-Turkish relations Despite Truc

Despite the relentless attempts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to restore his country's foreign relations after their worsening for years,…

Jiwan Soz 29 May , 2021
In this photo illustration a Bitcoin (BTC) cryptocurrency logo is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Getty Images
Business & Economy

Cryptographic Anarchism: Bitcoin Not Allowed in China

The Cryptographic Anarchism Pact, written by computing brand Timothy May in 1988, says that computing is about providing the ability for individuals…

Hala Ahmed Nasr 29 May , 2021
 A picture shows the South Darfur village of Hamada, north of the region's capital town Nyala on February 3, 2021, as residents return to the village. - Darfuris who have long been displaced are returning to their villages after the October peace deal between Sudan's transitional government and rebel groups. Getty Images
Politics

Darfur Is Bleeding Again

Rashida and Hawa sift through heaps of ashes that used to be their homes, looking for lost belongings. Broken pots, scorched bricks, a pair of pink…

Jérôme Tubiana 29 May , 2021
Parts of this image have been pixellated to obscure the identity of the defendant) Defendant Abdullah A. arrives before hearing the verdict of his trial for murder on May 21, 2021 in Dresden, Germany. Abdullah A. is a refugee from Syria whom authorities accuse of being a member of the Islamic State and of having attacked a gay couple with a knife in Dresden last October, killing one of them men and seriously injuring the other. (Getty Images)
Politics

Why Germany Is A Jihadist, Money Laundering Safe Haven

There is much curiosity to know why Germany is considered as a safe haven and a centre for carrying out terrorist operations inside and outside…

Jassim Mohamad - Bonn 29 May , 2021
Jeremy Ben-Ami
Politics

Three American Jewish Leaders Opine on Gaza Violence

Last week, the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding. In the US, the…

Mohammad Ali Salih 29 May , 2021
 Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite movement Hezbollah, addresses the crowds through a giant screen at a rally agains US President Trump decision to relocate the US Embassy to Jerusalem, on December 11, 2017 in a Beirut southern suburb. Getty Images
Politics

Hezbollah and Gaza: A Dilemma of Self-Preservation

In a televised speech on Tuesday, May 25, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah commented on the most recent Gaza war by proposing a new formula:…

Hanin Ghaddar 29 May , 2021
Capitalism and the People
Politics

Capitalism and the People

Inequality is on therise, and wages are nearlystagnant. This all came about after the fall in corporate rate of profits in 1970. After the golden age…

Saif Al Abri 27 May , 2021

World in Photos

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Palestinians gather for a celebration after "mutual and simultaneous" cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas reached with Egypt mediation took effect at 2 a.m, in Ramallah, West Bank on May 21, 2021. (Getty)

World in Photos

Indian ward attendant Kishan Singh, 43, removes an empty oxygen cylinders used to help treat patients suffering from the coronavirus, India.(Getty)

World in Photos

A photograph of a man reciting spoken word poetry at George Floyd Square is rephotographed in the same location in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.(Getty)

World in Photos

Palestinian children who have returned to their neighbourhood, stare at the damaged from their home, hit by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, after a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas.(Getty)

World in Photos

The peloton passing through olive trees landscape during the 67th Vuelta A Andalucia - Ruta Del Sol 2021, Stage 4 a 182,9km stage from Baza to Cúllar Vega on May 21, 2021 in Cúllar Vega, Spain. (Getty)

World in Photos

Curtain call following the opening night performance of "Amelie The Musical" at The Criterion Theatre in London, England. (Getty)

Illustration by Ali Mandalawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Adel Imam: The Icon of Egyptian Art and Actor Nonpareil

Adel Imam is the most famous actor in Egypt and the Arab world. Throughout his rich career in theatre, cinema and television, he played comedic roles…

Majalla 22 May , 2021
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Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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