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Sudanese General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
Politics

Sudanese General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf

Illustration by Ali Mandalowi 1 - Born in 1957, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf is a career military man…

Al Majalla - London 26 April , 2019
A newly-elected Member of the British Parliament taking the Oath of Allegiance. Very little has changed in how a Parliamentary session appears today, except the clothing and the admission of women as MPs. From ‘The Graphic - An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper’ from 4th March 1882. (Getty)
Politics

A Brief History of Political Shifts in Britain

Like its friend across the Atlantic Sea, the United Kingdom has had a long history of a two-party democratic system. While today people associate the…

Ali El Shamy 26 April , 2019
Will Guaidó Call for U.S. Military Intervention?
Politics

Will Guaidó Call for U.S. Military Intervention?

The Venezuelan political crisis has reached a familiar stalemate. In the two and a half months since it began,National Assemblypresident Juan…

Giancarlo Fiorella 26 April , 2019
Groups of officers, seen in the typical Jungle Uniform, with their belongings in suitcases and boxes, waiting for transportation, Phu Bai Combat Base, Vietnam, 1964. (Getty)
Politics

Lessons From Vietnam on Leaving Afghanistan

The prospect of an end to the conflict inAfghanistanhas led manyU.S.foreign policy experts to ponder the ignoble conclusion of another war, now a…

George C. Herring 26 April , 2019
Why Trump Rejects Detente With Iran
Politics

Why Trump Rejects Detente With Iran

While the Obama administration pursued accommodation with Iran in the belief that its government was rational and deterrable, the Trump…

Joseph Braude 26 April , 2019
Egypt referendum
Politics

Revising Egypt’s Constitution

A former army chief, Abdelfattah el-Sisi stormed to the presidency at the 2014 polls winning 96.9 percent of the vote, a year after having led the…

Al Majalla - London 26 April , 2019
Nigel Farage, The Brexit Party
Politics

Could The Brexit Party Disrupt the British Two-Party System?

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Yasmine El Geressi 26 April , 2019
Synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt.
Culture & Social Affairs

Egypt’s Plans to Renovate its Synagogues

Hebrew Language Professor at Cairo University: synagogues are associated with a certain period of time in…

Khalid Makhlouf 19 April , 2019
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Middle East. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Jeddah: The Bride of the Red Sea

Situated in the tropical and sunny Red Sea, Jeddah serves as a great travel destination for those looking to escape the concrete jungles of the city…

Mirza El Khoweldy 19 April , 2019
Sarajevo (1992) by Omar El-Nagdi. (Image from Christie’s)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Best of Egypt’s Art Heritage

Sarajevo by Omar El-Nagdi (1931-2019) $1,145,000 …

Yasmine El Geressi 19 April , 2019
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Iranians mark 40 days since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes at a demonstration in Tehran on 9 April, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / AFP
Politics

The US and Iran mull next moves amid shaky truce

10 April 2026

Washington weighs the desire to avoid a protracted war with offsetting the appearance of defeat, as Tehran debates whether to consolidate gains before conditions shift or press perceived advantages

Alex Vatanka
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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