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The problems in Egypt's pharmaceutical sector may require surgery to fix Alia Abu Khadour
Business & Economy

Egypt’s drug price increases help companies but not patients

In a period of high inflation and economic upheaval, Egypt’s pharmaceuticals sector and strained health‑insurance system are having to ride out a…

Marcelle Nasr 09 December , 2025
A Palestinian family looks down from their heavily damaged home in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on 7 November 2025. OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

In Gaza, bombed-out homes become death traps

When Israeli bombardment and ground incursions intensified in late June, the Badr family was forced to flee their three-storey home in Jabalia,…

Salem Al Rayyes 08 December , 2025
Girls attending school in the city of Tunis in Tunisia on 20 May 2016. Shutterstock
Culture & Social Affairs

Why Tunisian women are outpacing men in education

In much of the developing world, the lack of girls in education has long been a problem that has vexed policymakers. But in one north African country…

Asmahan Al-Sha’abouni 08 December , 2025
Syrians celebrate their first year without Assad
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Syrians celebrate their first year without Assad

Fares Garabet 07 December , 2025
Opinion

A once-forgotten Syria now teems with possibility

Only a year ago, Syria was a forgotten land, teetering on the edge of time; a rusted regime and a heavy shadow. A people endlessly drained and a…

Ibrahim Hamidi 07 December , 2025
Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria Lina Jaradat
Politics

Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria

It was during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East in May that he met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, after being urged to by Saudi…

Robert Ford 07 December , 2025
Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back

On 23 November 2025, an Israeli F-15 launched GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs at Hezbollah's military commander in Beirut. The strike killed its target,…

Michael Horowitz 07 December , 2025
Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President's chief of staff, looks on during a press conference in Kyiv on 27 August 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergei CHUZAVKOV / AFP
Profiles

Andriy Yermak: Zelensky's chief of staff 'resigns' amid corruption scandal

With negotiations over Ukraine’s future entering a critical stage, the surprise resignation of Andriy Yermak, the head of Kyiv’s negotiating team and…

Con Coughlin 07 December , 2025
The six noble gases countries are fighting over Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The six noble gases countries are fighting over

In the race for 21st-century technological dominance, most of the talk about resources has focused on critical minerals, by which most assume these…

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 December , 2025
Opinion

2026 will test the foundations of 'the new Syria'

As the anniversary of the Assad regime’s collapse approaches, Syria stands at a moment that invites both celebration and sober reflection. The fall…

Haid Haid 07 December , 2025
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Politics

Government drones redraw the rules of war in Yemen

09 September 2026

A military expert writes about new weaponry on the battlefield that could tip the balance of power away from the Houthis, while also highlighting the challenges

Robert Tollast
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Inside Assad’s nuclear secrets

09 September 2026

Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed

Al Majalla - London
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Al Majalla/Reuters
Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

09 September 2026

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history

Steve Hewitt
Susan Sarandon in Echo Chamber ANDREA MICONI
Culture & Social Affairs

Susan Sarandon on fear, freedom, and refusing to change

08 September 2026

The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered

Leila Amar

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