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Kanye West: The Outlandish Rapper With the 10-Day Presidential Run
Culture & Social Affairs

Kanye West: The Outlandish Rapper With the 10-Day Presidential Run

Early Love for Music Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Unlike many rappers of his generation, West came…

Ali El Shamy 22 July , 2020

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A vendor wearing a mask arranges carpets in his shop at Central Souq on July 09, 2020 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (Getty)

July 17

Villagers use nets to catch offering thrown by Tenggerese worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 07, 2020 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Getty)

July 17

Charistan Hood, 4, eats an ice cream near a picture of former President Barack Obama at the Black-owned Ice Cream Heaven store on Blackout Day 2020 on July 07, 2020 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Getty)

July 17

Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks through a large bore pipe during a visit to the Siemens Rail factory construction site on July 6, 2020 in Goole, England. (Getty)

July 17

Pets that have tested positive for Covid-19 will have to be reported to the German authorities in the future.. (Getty)

July 17

David Plantino, 35, a pottery maker from South Sudan, cools himself down with water from the Nile river, next to a workshop in an area known as the ‘Potters Village’.(Getty)

The Great Unequalizer
Business & Economy

The Great Unequalizer

As parts ofthe United Statesbegin to open up after months of coronavirus lockdown, hope is rising that some semblance of economic normalcy could be…

Mohamed A. El-Erian and Michael Spence 17 July , 2020
The Pandemic and Political Order
Science & Technology

The Pandemic and Political Order

Major crises have major consequences, usually unforeseen. The Great Depression spurred isolationism, nationalism, fascism, and World War II—but also…

Francis Fukuyama 17 July , 2020
What Iran Wants in Afghanistan
Politics

What Iran Wants in Afghanistan

Negotiations to end the long-running war between Afghanistan’s central government and theTalibanslowly inch along, punctuated by spasms of violence…

Colin P. Clarke and Ariane M. Tabatabai 17 July , 2020
Politics

Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Al-Rahi’s Warnings are Too Little, Too Late

LebaneseMaronite PatriarchCardinal Bechara BoutrosAl-Rahisat in his chair earlier this month listening to the discontentment of his parish…

Elie Fawaz 17 July , 2020
Tehran Sacrifices India Ties to Win Chinese Partnership
Politics

Tehran Sacrifices India Ties to Win Chinese Partnership

In the last few days, Tehran and Beijing have made substantial progress towards an economic and military partnership just short of a formal alliance…

Joseph Braude 17 July , 2020
Egypt and Ethiopia’s Slow-Motion Nile Dispute Comes to a Head
Politics

Egypt and Ethiopia’s Slow-Motion Nile Dispute Comes to a Head

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have been at loggerheads with each other for almost 10 years over Addis Abba’s controversial dam being built on the Nile…

Yasmine El Geressi 17 July , 2020
Oussama Rahbani: The Composer, the Poet and the Political Philosopher
Culture & Social Affairs

Oussama Rahbani: The Composer, the Poet and the Political Philosopher

A Family of Composers Oussama Rahbani was born on December 9, 1965 in Lebanon to Terez Abou Jouda and Mansour Rahbani. His father,…

Ali El Shamy 14 July , 2020
How to Prevent a War in Asia
Politics

How to Prevent a War in Asia

Amid all the uncertainty about the world that will follow the pandemic, one thing is almost sure to be true: tensions betweenthe United…

Michèle A. Flournoy 10 July , 2020
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Politics

Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty
Politics

'Israel is exploiting Iran war to kill a Palestinian state'

01 April 2026

PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground

Ahmed Maher
Ewan White
Politics

Iraq's internal battle for influence comes to a head

31 March 2026

New fronts have opened up across the region in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as non-state actors with links to Tehran fear for their futures

Rustum Mahmud
People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, 20 December, 2024. Reuters / Ammar
Business & Economy

US-Iran war gives Syria's global economic pitch more urgency

01 April 2026

Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints

Charles Lister
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

Farid al-Madhan: Assad's fingerprints were on every picture

31 March 2026

A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons

Ibrahim Hamidi

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