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(from L) German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and France's General Director for Political Affairs and Security Philippe Errera pose for a family photo during a meeting at NATO's headquarters in Brussels on April 14, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

The Case Against a New Concert of Powers

Global politics today is a mess, and it can be tempting to turn to history for clues about how to clean it up, as Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan…

Nicu Popescu, Alan Alexandroff and Colin Bradford 15 May , 2021
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Majalla 15 May , 2021
Ghalia Benali. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

In the Presence of Ghalia Benali

As the people flocked to the open air opera house, the opening of Ghalia Benali’s spiritual performance started with the name “Allah.” As she chanted…

Amira el Noshokaty 15 May , 2021
Saudis and expats perform "Al Fajr" prayers at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, on October 18, 2020, for the first time after easing months-long COVID-19 restrictions. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

In Spite of Covid-19, Rituals Are Getting Easier

When it comes to digitalizing life, Saudi Arabia has come a long way. Just a touch of a button is enough to renew your driving license using a smart…

Motasem Al Felou 15 May , 2021
Illustration by Ali Mandalawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Samir Ghanem – Legendary Egyptian Acclaimed Actor, Singer, and Comedian

Samir Youssef Ghanem is an Egyptian actor, comedian and singer whose name has dominated the seventies of the last century. Through a long artistic…

Majalla 15 May , 2021
A shot for the star Mona Zaki from the Newton's Cradle series. (Supplied)
Culture & Social Affairs

Newton's Cradle: When Drama Dives into The Complex Human Psyche

Every action has a reaction equal in magnitude and opposite to it in direction. This is Newton's third law of motion that rules our life on Earth…

Salma Adham 15 May , 2021
Prince Joachim Murat
Culture & Social Affairs

On 200th Anniversary of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s Death

The marriage of Joachim Murat, the great-nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte (August 1769 - May 1821), to Algerian writer Yasmine Lorraine Briki after a…

Khaled Saad Zaghloul 14 May , 2021
A Syrian man fills up water from a water tank, provided by humanitarian organisations, during a water outage in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah on August 22, 2020. (Getty)
Politics

Turkey Continues to Hold Euphrates from Flowing to Syria

Officials in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, in addition to advocacy groups such as “Syrian Observatory for Human Rights”,…

Jiwan Soz 14 May , 2021
People gather to protest attacks by Israeli police with tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades on Palestinians at Masjid al-Aqsa and show solidarity with residents of Sheikh Jarrah who have been targeted by Israeli forces, in Washington D.C, United States on May 12, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

After Trump’s Carte Blanche to Israel

After four years of former President Trump's refusal to condemn or even mildly critique any Israeli act, the Biden administration faces soaring…

Tracy Wilkinson 14 May , 2021
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Politics

What Does Iran Want from the U.S.?

As negotiations between Iran and the US enters its fourth round this week, it has become clear that there are multiple and serious discrepancies that…

Hanin Ghaddar 14 May , 2021
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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.

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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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