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People wait in line outside a Covid-19 vaccination center in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Getty)
Science & Technology

China Must Stop Hiding Its Vaccine Data

In a parable in the Han dynasty philosophical text The Huainanzi, a fool goes to the market to buy a pair of shoes. Finding the shoes too small, he…

Eyck Freymann, Justin Stebbing 26 March , 2021
The US and China flags stand behind a microphone. (Getty)
Politics

Biden Positions to Confront China

Last week, American and Chinese diplomats met for a long-anticipated bilateral summit in Anchorage, Alaska. While few observers were expecting a…

Joseph Braude 26 March , 2021
Labourers pluck tea leafs after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus at Kiranchandra Tea Garden, some 20 kms from Siliguri on April 26, 2020.(Getty)
Politics

In India's Tea Estates, Next Generation of Pickers Want Land, Not Jobs

In the green, undulating hills of eastern India that supply the world with Darjeeling tea, revolution is brewing as a new generation dreams of life…

Majalla 24 March , 2021
 Members of African communities stage a gathering and conference outside the International Organization for Migration on March 13, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. After more than 40 Ethiopian migrants were killed in a fire inside their immigration detention center in the Yemeni capital in the past week communities gathered in protest. (Getty)
Politics

In a Seminar on Houthi Nazi Practices Against Minorities

Concluding a series of events to document violations committed by Houthis in Yemen, the Yemeni Coalition of Independent Women organized this week an…

Majalla 24 March , 2021
تقرير "الفاو": 20 دولة مهدّدة بالجوع بينها لبنان وسوريا

تقرير "الفاو": 20 دولة مهدّدة بالجوع بينها لبنان وسوريا

حذّرت أعلنت منظمة الأغذية والزراعة "الفاو" وبرنامج الأغذية العالمية في تقرير جديد لها صدر اليوم الثلاثاء، من ارتفاع الجوع الحاد في أكثر من 20 دولة في…

23 March , 2021
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Majalla 20 March , 2021

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A general view shows flooding following heavy rainfall in Tinonee, New South Wales, Australia March 20, 2021.(Reuters)

The World In Photos

Alpine Skiing - World Cup Finals - Men's Giant Slalom - Lenzerheide, Switzerland - March 20, 2021 Switzerland's Justin Murisier in action.(Reuters)

The World In Photos

A Palestinian child drinks water from a public tap in the southern Gaza Strip March 21, 2021. Picture taken March 21, 2021.(Reuters)

The World In Photos

A pedestrian carrying an umbrella walks on a snowy road, near Pristina, on March 24, 2021 following a week of heavy snowfall.(AP)

The World In Photos

China's Hongyi Chen performs during the ladies' short programme event at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm on March 24, 2021.(AFP)

The World In Photos

Tourists takespictures during the season's opening of Siraj Bagh, claimed to be the largest tulip garden in Asia, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, March 25, 2021.(AP)

Dr. Ahmed Salman, senior immunologist-vaccinologist and a member of Oxford’s Jenner Institute research group working on the Covid-19 vaccine.
Science & Technology

Oxford Researcher Defends AstraZeneca Vaccine

After a week-long confusion in Europe over the safety of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Oxford immunologist-vaccinologist Dr. Ahmed Salman…

Amany M. Salem 19 March , 2021
Mohamed Al Khaja: The First UAE Ambassador to Israel
Politics

Mohamed Al Khaja: The First UAE Ambassador to Israel

Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khaja took office on 14 February 2021 as the first ambassador to Israel in the country's history, after the cabinet of the United…

Majalla 19 March , 2021
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the Old Testament by Gustave Dore showing the Courage of a Mother. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

“She is a Mother”

“She is a Mother” is a statement that is usually followed by a graceful pause. In Arab and Egyptian societies, motherhood is an honorable status…

Amira el Noshokaty 19 March , 2021
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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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