ع
Sections
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
Regions
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
More
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • Newsletter

LATEST ISSUE

Latest Issue
Magazine Archive
النسخة العربية
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Search
Zeina Akar: Lebanon’s New Defense Minister is First Woman in Arab World to Hold Post
Politics

Zeina Akar: Lebanon’s New Defense Minister is First Woman in Arab World to Hold Post

Zeina Akar was born inKoura, Lebanon. She a BS degree in Social Sciences in Marketing/Management from the Lebanese American University.Akar…

Al Majalla - London 07 February , 2020
Freundschaft and Brexit
Politics

Freundschaft and Brexit

Britain and Germany’s relationship is a bit of a rocky one. While Germany has worked tirelessly to move past its militaristic reputation of the early…

Ali El Shamy 07 February , 2020
The Threat from Within: Are UK Prisons Warehouses for Radicalisation?
Culture & Social Affairs

The Threat from Within: Are UK Prisons Warehouses for Radicalisation?

Following two stabbing attacks in London in just over two months carried out by convicts who had been let out of jail early, the question is being…

Yasmine El Geressi 07 February , 2020
Confusion and Surprise at Iowa's Democratic Caucus
Politics

Confusion and Surprise at Iowa's Democratic Caucus

Despite technical problems delaying the release of the results of Iowa’s caucus vote, field data as of this writing indicates a strong performance…

Joseph Braude 07 February , 2020
The Stillborn New Government of Lebanon
Politics

The Stillborn New Government of Lebanon

During the same week as Lebanon’s new cabinet finalized its Ministerial Statement, and made promises of reform and anti-corruption measures, most…

Hanin Ghaddar 07 February , 2020

January 31

January 31

A Palestinian man stands on a beach during stormy weather by his house at al-Shati camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City, on January 20, 2020. (

January 31

A Chinese police officer wears a protective mask as he stands guard next to an ad before the annual Spring Festival at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China.(Getty)

January 31

A giant mural of former NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, painted hours after their death, is seen at a basketball court in a slum area on January 28, 2020 in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines.

January 31

- Anti-government protesters parkour up the metal beams of a former advertisement banner frame that is currently used by them in a make-shift roadblock during clashes with security forces in Iraq's southern city of Basra on January 20, 2020.

January 31

- A Syrian woman walks past as a US military armoured vehicle patrolling in the village of al Jawadiyah in the northeastern Hasakeh province, near the border with Turkey, on January 22, 2020.

January 31

French President Emmanuel Macron asks the Israeli police to leave the 12th-century Church of Saint Anne in the old city of Jerusalem on January 22, 2020. -

Soleimani Was More Valuable in Politics Than in War
Politics

Soleimani Was More Valuable in Politics Than in War

TheIslamic Republic of Iranhas suffered a loss with the assassination ofQassem Soleimani, its most prominent military general. The nature and…

Maysam Behravesh 31 January , 2020
A protestor holds a sign at a demonstration against climate change where climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed a multitudinary crowd on January 17, 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The protest is taking place ahead of the upcoming annual gathering of world leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Capitalism Must Reform to Survive

Companies today face an existential choice. Either they wholeheartedly embrace “stakeholder capitalism” and subscribe to the responsibilities that…

Klaus Schwab 31 January , 2020
The Federal Reserve building is pictured on Tuesday August 6, 2019. (Getty)
Business & Economy

The Twilight of America’s Financial Empire

When Iraqi lawmakers voted to expelU.S.forces from the country earlier this month, the Trump administration’s response was swift and forceful: it…

Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman 31 January , 2020
Workers observe on a driling rig in Loma Campana at Vaca Muerta on September 15, 2014 in Añelo, Argentina. (Getty)
Politics

Striking Oil Ain’t What It Used to Be

OnJanuary 7, the oil and gas companiesApache CorporationandTotal SAannounced a major oil find off the coast of Suriname, not far from enormous…

Amy Myers Jaffe 31 January , 2020
  •  Load More
  • Editor's Pick
People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
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
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

Sign up for our Weekly Newsletter

Get the best of Al Majalla, straight to your inbox.

Your newsletter subscriptions are subject to Al Majalla privacy policy and terms and conditions.

CARTOON

A too weak ceasefire?

MORE CARTOON
logo
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • About Al Majalla
  • Al Majalla Team
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
logo

© Al Majalla Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

0:00:00
0:00:00