Since the Eastern Mediterranean began its most recent period of upheaval, two dormant, ingrained, yet contradictory beliefs deeply embedded within…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on Gaza stands as a grim testament to the calculated cruelty of his government, with starvation not…

In his inaugural speech in January, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the Lebanese state should regain its monopoly over the use of force, to…

Just over half a year old, the new Syrian state has already accomplished much. That Syrians now enjoy freedom of speech unlike anything they could…

US President Donald Trump’s battle with American universities stepped up a gear in early July when the president of the University of Virgina…

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

The final communique of Syria’s National Dialogue Conference in February envisioned that the country would become a ‘state of citizenship’ within…

When construction of the city of Nasiriyah began in southern Iraq in the late 19th century, it inflicted a lasting wound. That wound—the fraught,…

In the second week of July, Hamas announced its rejection of Israeli withdrawal maps proposed in ceasefire and prisoner-exchange negotiations by the…