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It’s Time for an Independent Coronavirus Review
Science & Technology

It’s Time for an Independent Coronavirus Review

The coronavirus pandemic is perhaps the defining struggle of our era, but the global response to it has stalled over a question of scheduling.The…

Thomas J. Bollyky and David P. Fidler 01 May , 2020
Chinese Debt Could Cause Emerging Markets to Implode
Business & Economy

Chinese Debt Could Cause Emerging Markets to Implode

The novel coronavirus has brought the world economy to a grinding halt. Global growth is set to fall from 2.9 percent last year into deep negative…

Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca 01 May , 2020
Can You Catch the Coronavirus Twice? 
Science & Technology

Can You Catch the Coronavirus Twice? 

On February 27, 2020, some news reports emerged that a woman in Osaka, Japan had tested positive for Coronavirus for a second time after seemingly…

Ali El Shamy 01 May , 2020
Kim Jung-un: The Rise of a North Korea’s Secretive Dictator
Politics

Kim Jung-un: The Rise of a North Korea’s Secretive Dictator

Kim Jong-un is thought to have been born on 8 January 1982 but some accounts have said he was actually born the following year, with his…

Al Majalla - London 01 May , 2020
Muslims in Jerusalem Pray Outdoors Amid Virus Lockdown

Muslims in Jerusalem Pray Outdoors Amid Virus Lockdown

Muslims in Jerusalem are praying outside in small groups during the holy month of Ramadan as measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic…

Majalla 01 May , 2020
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
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Iraq at risk of fragmentation

22, Oct 2026

This week's cover story details how militia influence undermines state institutions, deepens sectarian divisions and creates security vacuums that IS could exploit

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Culture & Social Affairs

The Palestinian flag in France: from student activism to social unrest 

23, Oct 2026

Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

Waddah Abu Jamea
A general view of the Cairo Citadel overlooking parts of Taiz, Yemen, on 24 May 2022. Reuters
Politics

Taiz: a centre for enlightenment and cultural coexistence

22, Oct 2026

The ancient city is the latest target of a Houthi battle for territory, identity, and the country's future

Anwar Al-Ansi
A worker counts money at a petrol station in Cairo on 26 July 2024, as Egypt’s government announced yesterday a new increase in fuel prices. AHMED HASAN / AFP
Business & Economy

How the Egyptian economy weathered regional turmoil

22, Oct 2026

Saved from default in 2024, Egypt's macroeconomic policies and central bank flexibility have helped steady the ship amid the fallout of Israel's war on Gaza and the US war on Iran

Sharif Mohammad
A supporter wears a T-shirt of opposition presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro during a rally to launch his runoff campaign in Goiania, Brazil, on 6 October 2026. AP Photo/Eraldo Peres
Profiles

Flávio Bolsonaro: Brazil's next president?

18, Oct 2026

Lula's challenger won 47% of the vote in first-round polls. Will he win the run-off, too?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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