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The Problem With “North Macedonia”
Politics

The Problem With “North Macedonia”

This summer, Greece and Macedonia—known internationally by its UN designation, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM—made headlines…

Ioannis Kotoulas 21 October , 2018
The Problem With “North Macedonia”
Politics

The Problem With “North Macedonia”

This summer, Greece and Macedonia—known internationally by its UN designation, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM—made headlines…

Ioannis Kotoulas 21 October , 2018
Why Borders Are Not the Problem—or the Solution—for Serbia and Kosovo
Politics

Why Borders Are Not the Problem—or the Solution—for Serbia and Kosovo

In August, political leaders in Kosovo and Serbia proposed to resolve long-standing tensions by exchanging territory: Serb-populated municipalities…

Eric Gordy 21 October , 2018
Full Steam Ahead on Iran Sanctions
Politics

Full Steam Ahead on Iran Sanctions

New American sanctions were leveled against Iran this week. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that Tehran’s “Basic Resistance Force”…

Joseph Braude 21 October , 2018
Ashmawy Awaits his Fate
Politics

Ashmawy Awaits his Fate

A national security source in Cairo has revealed to Majalla that the Egyptian terrorist Hesham Ashmawy is a graduate of a special unit force within…

Abdelsattar Heteita 21 October , 2018
Simmering Tensions Between US and China
Politics

Simmering Tensions Between US and China

The ongoing trade war between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has quickly rippled out to damage other parts of the…

Thomas J. Shattuck 21 October , 2018
Why Duterte Remains So Popular
Politics

Why Duterte Remains So Popular

Why did the Philippines, a seemingly stable electoral democracy, prove so vulnerable to Duterte’s strongman challenge? The 2016 election revealed…

 Mark R. Thompson 12 October , 2018
How Europe Can Reform Its Migration Policy
Politics

How Europe Can Reform Its Migration Policy

Three years since the start of the European refugee crisis, the continent’s politics are still convulsed by disagreements over migration. This is…

Alexander Bett and Paul Collier 12 October , 2018
The Changing Contours of the Terror Threat 
Politics

The Changing Contours of the Terror Threat 

As the forces of ISIS are gradually defeated and its tactics change, violent extremism and its consequences remain a major threat to international…

Yasmine El Geressi 12 October , 2018
Crocheting the Stress Away
Culture & Social Affairs

Crocheting the Stress Away

An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. As for Hagar, she is a…

Farah Hashem 12 October , 2018
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How a tiny waterway put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

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An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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