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Egyptian Dynasty of Big Cat Trainers Takes the Show Home
Culture & Social Affairs

Egyptian Dynasty of Big Cat Trainers Takes the Show Home

At his Cairo apartment, located just off a busy road along the Nile River, Ashraf el-Helw, a third-generation Egyptian lion trainer, prepares for a…

Majalla 01 May , 2020
Shoppers clad in protective gear, including face masks and shields and latex gloves, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, walk through the Tajrish Bazaar in Iran's capital Tehran on April 25, 2020 during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (Getty)
Science & Technology

US Tightens Binds of Containment on Iran as Virus Rages

Over the last week, Washington has turned its eye once more to tightening the binds of containment, in response to Iranian provocations in the Gulf,…

Joseph Braude 01 May , 2020
 ISIS slogans painted along the walls of a tunnel used by militants as an underground training camp in the hillside overlooking Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. (Reuters)
Science & Technology

Coronavirus Provides a Window of Opportunity for Islamist Extremists

While governments around the world are still trying to contain the coronavirus pandemic, opportunistic Jihadists and other militant extremists, adept…

Yasmine El Geressi 01 May , 2020
Germany Raids Sites Linked to Hezbollah, Extends Ban
Politics

Germany Raids Sites Linked to Hezbollah, Extends Ban

German police raided five sites linked to the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, as authorities announced Thursday that they were banning activities…

Al Majalla - London 30 April , 2020
Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Defends His Role amid Crisis
Politics

Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Defends His Role amid Crisis

Lebanon’s central bank governor defended himself Wednesday against scathing criticism by the government, claiming there is a “systematic campaign”…

Al Majalla - London 29 April , 2020
Hezbollah Doesn’t Want Any Reforms
Politics

Hezbollah Doesn’t Want Any Reforms

Recently a paper rumoured to be the government’s economic reform plan was leaked, and apparently it intends to present this plan to all parties…

Elie Fawaz 29 April , 2020
Hezbollah: A Brief Overview of the Group’s Illicit Activities 
Politics

Hezbollah: A Brief Overview of the Group’s Illicit Activities 

Many opposition voices within Lebanon have been calling for action, which would counter government corruption and bring back money that has been…

Alia Mansour 29 April , 2020
Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayeb: Imam of Al-Azhar and Leader of Moderate Sunni Islam
Politics

Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayeb: Imam of Al-Azhar and Leader of Moderate Sunni Islam

Ahmed Al-Tayeb was born in 1946 in Al-Kurna village in the governorate of Luxor. He received his basic education at Al-Azhar school,…

Al Majalla - London 29 April , 2020
Amid Health Worries, Kim Jong Un's Role Looms Large
Science & Technology

Amid Health Worries, Kim Jong Un's Role Looms Large

New rumors about Kim Jong Un pour in daily. The North Korean leader is dead. Or he’s very ill. Or maybe he’s just recuperating in his luxury compound…

Al Majalla - London 29 April , 2020
Lebanon’s Refugees Left Behind in Coronavirus Crisis
Culture & Social Affairs

Lebanon’s Refugees Left Behind in Coronavirus Crisis

A Palestinian woman from Syria has become the first refugee living in a camp in Lebanon to test positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday. The woman…

Yasmine El Geressi 24 April , 2020
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Grace Russell
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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