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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
Ahmed Gaid Salah: The Last Vestige of the Revolution's Old Guard Leads Algeria’s Transition Period
Culture & Social Affairs

Ahmed Gaid Salah: The Last Vestige of the Revolution's Old Guard Leads Algeria’s Transition Period

1- Army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah, who called for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's departure, has until now…

Moncef al-Mazghany 19 April , 2019
Buenos Aires' Stock Exchange, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Emerging Markets Aren’t Out of the Woods Yet

Emerging markets had abumpy2018. Over the summer, Argentina and Turkey saw their currencies fall sharply as their economies ran into trouble…

Agustín Carstens and Hyun Song Shin 19 April , 2019
British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel share a joke at a round table meeting on April 10, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty)
Politics

Brexit: Brought to You By Continental Europe

Ever since June 23, 2016, British media outlets have sounded a constant drumbeat of reporting on the complexities of Britain exit from the EU. Three…

Ali El Shamy and Yasmine El Geressi 19 April , 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks while introducing health care legislation titled the 'Medicare for All Act of 2019' with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), during a news conference on Capitol Hill, on April 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty)
Politics

Fault Lines Emerge Within the U.S. Democratic Party

As the contest for Democratic presidential nominee gains steam, several progressive voices within the party have floated aggressive proposals…

Joseph Braude 19 April , 2019
The Fall of Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Politics

The Fall of Abdelaziz Bouteflika

The movement began with chants of “No fifth mandate!”Abdelaziz Bouteflika, president ofAlgeriasince 1999 and just shy of his 82nd birthday,…

James McDougall 19 April , 2019
Can Change UK Break Up the British Two-Party System?
Politics

Can Change UK Break Up the British Two-Party System?

The historianRichard Hofstadteronce observed that “third parties are like bees: once they have stung, they…

Anand Menon and Alan Wager 19 April , 2019
Have Turkey’s Elections Produced a Challenger to Erdogan?
Politics

Have Turkey’s Elections Produced a Challenger to Erdogan?

On the eve of Istanbul’s mayoral election, opposition candidateEkrem Imamogluwas drawing small crowds of the party faithful to low-key campaign…

Ayla Jean Yackley 19 April , 2019
Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi listens to his private secretary Bashir Al Shrkawi also known as Bashir Saleh at the opening session of the Arab summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on the southern tip of Egypt's Sinai peninsula 01 March 2003. (Getty)
Politics

Libya and the Case of its Smuggled Funds

Ghassan Salame: “There is a new millionaire every day in Libya, and the middle class is shrinking day by day …and the political…

Salem Abu Dhahir 13 April , 2019
Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn (L) and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (R) (Getty)

Has Brexit Broken British Politics?

The British political system has never looked more broken. While the Iraq war, the 2008 financial crisis, and the 2009MP's expenses scandal were…

Yasmine El Geressi 12 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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