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Lebanon Needs a Radical Political Overhaul 
Politics

Lebanon Needs a Radical Political Overhaul 

10 days after a catastrophic explosion of combustible ammonium nitrate that destructed the capital city, turmoil continues to engulf the nation of…

Majalla 14 August , 2020
Joe Biden Finds His Running Mate 
Politics

Joe Biden Finds His Running Mate 

Joe Biden’s long search for a partner to complete the Democratic presidential ticket has finally concluded, settling on the candidate long considered…

Joseph Braude 14 August , 2020
WeChat is a lifeline for the Chinese diaspora. What happens now that Trump banned it?
Science & Technology

WeChat is a lifeline for the Chinese diaspora. What happens now that Trump banned it?

Cindy Wang’s whole life is on WeChat. Through the Chinese everything app, the 24-year-old shops for clothing and sends photos and audio…

Suhauna Hussain and Taylor Avery 13 August , 2020
Kamala Harris is Now the Democratic Mainstream
Politics

Kamala Harris is Now the Democratic Mainstream

On the one hand, Joe Biden — who is running as the candidate who promises to make the presidency boring again — made the most obvious — that is,…

Jonathan Bernstein 13 August , 2020
Scientists Ask: Without Trial Data, How Can We Trust Russia's COVID Vaccine?
Science & Technology

Scientists Ask: Without Trial Data, How Can We Trust Russia's COVID Vaccine?

An announcement by Russia on Tuesday that it will approve a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing prompted alarm among global…

Majalla 11 August , 2020

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A helicopter drops water on smoldering buildings in the city's port, destroyed by an explosion a day earlier, on August 5, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Getty)

August 9

A man walks by an overturned car and destroyed buildings on August 4, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Getty)

August 9

People wait to receive treatment outside a hospital following the explosion in Beirut., Lebanon. (Getty)

August 9

People at the scene of the blast in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. (Getty)

August 9

A woman stands on her porch after Tropical Storm Isaias affected the area in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. (Getty)

August 9

A worker cleans windows on a building in Shanghai. (Getty)

Lebanon’s Power Struggle – Why a Failing State Can’t Get the Lights On
Politics

Lebanon’s Power Struggle – Why a Failing State Can’t Get the Lights On

Surveying Beirut’s shattered streets last week, in the aftermath of a massive explosion at the port that killed at least 158 people, French President…

Majalla 11 August , 2020
Oxford Vaccine Scientist Dr Ahmed Salman: The Arab World Will Have to Wait Longer for a Coronavirus Vaccine
Science & Technology

Oxford Vaccine Scientist Dr Ahmed Salman: The Arab World Will Have to Wait Longer for a Coronavirus Vaccine

Rarely has the fate of many millions of people rested on an international competition like the one for a Covid-19 vaccine - the only sure escape…

Yasmine El Geressi 08 August , 2020
Beirut's Accidental Cargo: How an Unscheduled Port Visit Led to Disaster
Politics

Beirut's Accidental Cargo: How an Unscheduled Port Visit Led to Disaster

The chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut’s deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years ago on a leaky Russian…

Majalla 07 August , 2020
Nasif Hitti: Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Leaves Diab’s “Sinking Ship”
Politics

Nasif Hitti: Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Leaves Diab’s “Sinking Ship”

Education Nasif Hitti was born on December 22, 1952 in Tripoli, Lebanon. In 1975, Nasif Hitti graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree…

Al Majalla - London 07 August , 2020
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