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Mohammad Ramzan, a 60-year-old traditional goatskin water carrier also known as a mashki, fills a water trough for pigeons along a road on a hot and humid day during the fasting month of Ramadan.(Reuters)
Science & Technology

Pakistan's Water Bearers Quench Thirst in Ramadan, but Fear for Their Trade

Mohammad Ramzan pumps water into a large goat skin bag before carrying it down an alley and up several flights of stairs to deliver to a resident in…

Majalla 10 May , 2021

World in Photos

World in Photos

A woman makes her way to attend the first public concert after seven months of closure due to the Covid-19 restrictions at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy.(Getty)

World in Photos

Paolo Fresu of Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet performs for the re-opening of Blue Note after one year of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Milan, Italy. (Getty)

World in Photos

Relatives wearing protective gear prepare for the burial of a victim who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus during the funeral at a graveyard in Srinagar, India.(Getty)

World in Photos

A picture taken with a fisheye lense shows Palestinian worshippers gathered to pray outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.(AFP)

World in Photos

Mount Sinabung spews hot ash and smoke into the sky, seen from Karo, in North Sumatra, Indonesia.(Getty)

World in Photos

An asylum-seeking migrant child sleeps on his mother's shoulder while waiting to be escorted by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Roma, Texas.(AFP)

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Business & Economy

We Can 3d Print Wood Now

The most trafficked wild product in the world isn’t ivory or rhino horn, but rosewood, an endangered tree verging on extinction as demand for…

Adele Peters 07 May , 2021
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Majalla 07 May , 2021
A still from Khali Balak Mn Zizi (Take Care of Zizi) TV series.
Culture & Social Affairs

Should Egypt’s Ramadan TV Dramas Better Reflect Reality?

Violence, murder, bullying and swear words have been the highlights of Egyptian TV drama series for years now. That prompted the state…

Menna A. Farouk 07 May , 2021
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Old Town, Old House, Windows. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Historic Jeddah Recovers Slowly from Covid-19

“In India, over 350,000 Covid-19 cases are recorded daily. Its healthcare system is falling apart. A year ago, I was here in Jeddah during Ramadan…

Motasem Al Felou 07 May , 2021
A worker wearing a protective mask cleans an automated check-in kiosk at an Alaska Airlines Inc. check-in area at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (Getty)
Business & Economy

In Wake of Covid, Employers Step up Automation and Use of Robots

As the U.S. economy rebounds from the Covid-19 pandemic, employers are turning to greater use of automation, including robots, rather than calling…

Don Lee 07 May , 2021
Illustration by Ali Mandalawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Nadine Njeim: A Lebanese-Tunisian Actress, Model and Beauty Pageant Titleholder

Nadine Njeim was elected Miss Lebanon 2004 and represented her home country in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant in Lebanon. This brought her fame in…

Majalla 07 May , 2021
Jonathan Kuttab
Politics

A Book Announces the Death of Two-State Solution

Last week, Jonathan Kuttab, a Palestinian-American lawyer and a leader among Palestinian activists, now residing in Virginia, spoke at a conference…

Mohammad Ali Salih 07 May , 2021
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (5th L) inspects at the southern frontline positions near the border of Crimea which was illegally annexed by Russia, in Ukraine on April 27, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Tensions De-escalate, For Now

April marked seven years since the Russia-backed separatist conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine. Despite countless ceasefire attempts and much…

Maia Otarashvili 07 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.

Xiaotong Yang
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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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