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Syria in tight spot as it negotiates "peace" with Israel

In recent days, I have been closely following the debate and controversy among Syrians regarding the possibility of reaching a new security agreement…

Alia Mansour 22 September , 2025
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Business & Economy

Kuwait's budget deficit shrinks without public spending cuts

Kuwait’s Ministry of Finance has published the final accounts for 2024/2025, showing a smaller budget deficit. It came in at 1.056bn dinars, or $3…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 22 September , 2025
Opinion

Palestine advances, Syria returns to the world stage

In New York, stories never truly end. They return in different eras, under new names, with familiar shadows. But this time, they speak the language…

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 September , 2025
Free speech is being muzzled in America
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Free speech is being muzzled in America

Fares Garabet 21 September , 2025
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (left) watches as Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (center) greets US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack after signing an agreement in Damascus on September 16, 2025. AFP
Politics

A "reasonable" Israel-Syria agreement looks imminent

Israel—engaged in a multi-front war trying to reshape the region—has been trampling on everything from human life to the rules of war, and…

Omer Onhon 21 September , 2025
Palestine recognition boosts the PA, not Hamas
Politics

Palestine recognition boosts the PA, not Hamas

When French President Emmanuel Macron announced recognition of the State of Palestine, the backlash was immediate. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

Souhire Medini 21 September , 2025
Ashraf el-Ashmawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Ashraf el-Ashmawi on finding meaning in the absurdity of existence

In a world where law and storytelling can intertwine, Egyptian novelist, judge, and legal scholar Ashraf el-Ashmawi has a habit of crafting…

El-Sayed Hussein 21 September , 2025
Opinion

States are slowly matching public disgust with Israel with policy

In recent days, Spain has followed the Netherlands, Ireland, and Slovenia in announcing that it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song…

Samer Abou Hawwach 21 September , 2025
Tommy Robinson: the UK's new face of anti-immigration Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Tommy Robinson: the UK's new face of anti-immigration

The appearance of Elon Musk at a London anti-migration rally earlier this month demonstrates the growing influence far-right activist Tommy Robinson…

Con Coughlin 21 September , 2025
Charlie Kirk’s killing and the evolution of American division Al Majalla
Politics

Charlie Kirk’s killing and the evolution of American division

Amidst heightened political tension and division in the US, Charlie Kirk’s appearance at Utah Valley University featured familiar rhetoric against…

Abdullah F. Alrebh 21 September , 2025
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Business & Economy

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
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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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