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The Global Repercussions of the Attack on the Heart of the Oil Industry
Business & Economy

The Global Repercussions of the Attack on the Heart of the Oil Industry

The attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, which targeted what one analyst called the ”Achilles heel of the world economy”, was a direct attack…

Al Majalla - London 20 September , 2019
Asmaa Mohamed Abd Allah: Veteran Diplomat becomes Sudan’s First Female Foreign Affairs Minister
Politics

Asmaa Mohamed Abd Allah: Veteran Diplomat becomes Sudan’s First Female Foreign Affairs Minister

1. Early Life and Education: Asmaa Mohamed Abd Allah was born in Khartoum, Sudan in 1946. She graduated from the University of…

Moncef al-Mazghany 20 September , 2019
Head of the far-right Northern League (Lega Nord) party, current Italian Senator and former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (C), standing between fellow senators Gian Marco Centinaio (L) and Roberto Calderoli (R), speaks on September 10, 2019 during the new government's confidence vote at the Senate in Rome. (Getty)
Politics

Italy’s Precarious Triumph Over Populism

Last month,Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s right-wing populist Lega party, attempted a Machiavellian power move. Hoping to take advantage of his…

Alexander Stille 20 September , 2019
A staff member works at a China Mobile 5G open laboratory on March 21, 2019 in Tianjin, China. (Getty)
Politics

To Counter China, Out-Invent It

China’s economic strategy is no secret. In the short term,Beijingwill grow the country’s economy by manufacturing and exporting cheap, globally…

Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson 20 September , 2019
US National Security Advisor John Bolton during a meeting with Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko. (Getty)
Politics

Bolton Was Trump’s Best Match, Until He Wasn’t

In less than three years,U.S.PresidentDonald Trumphas had three wildly different national security advisers: a campaign aide with a checkered past, a…

Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler 20 September , 2019
Hedy Naguib Mahfouz to Majalla: “I fear that future generations will forget my father and I wish that he would become part of school curricula.”
Culture & Social Affairs

Hedy Naguib Mahfouz to Majalla: “I fear that future generations will forget my father and I wish that he would become part of school curricula.”

* “I have thought of taking away publishing rights from AUC, and I even filed three lawsuits against the institution.” *” My father tried teaching…

Safa Azeb 20 September , 2019
Supporters of Tunisia's jailed presidential candidate Nabil Karoui (picture) celebrate in front of his headquarters in the Tunisian capital Tunis on September 15, 2019. (Getty)
Politics

Tunisia’s Rebuke of the Political Establishment was a Long Time Coming

The second round of Tunisia’s presidential election will be a choice of two political outsiders after they topped the first round of voting on Sunday…

Yasmine El Geressi 20 September , 2019
 Smoke billows from an Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq about 60km (37 miles) southwest of Dhahran in Saudi Arabia's eastern province on September 14, 2019. (AFP)
Politics

Drone Attacks on Saudi Oil Fields Reinforce Tensions in Gulf

An apparent Iranian attack on Saudi oil facilities has escalated tensions in the Gulf to new heights. American officials swiftly dismissed Houthi…

Joseph Braude 20 September , 2019
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam: The ‘Nanny’, the ‘Good Fighter’, and ‘Beijing’s Puppet’
Politics

Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam: The ‘Nanny’, the ‘Good Fighter’, and ‘Beijing’s Puppet’

Carrie Lam, a Roman Catholic, was born in Hong Kong and comes from a working class background. 1982, as a civil servant, the Hong Kong…

Al Majalla - London 13 September , 2019
Members of the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Congolese Red Cross go door-to-door in the Beni neighbourhoods, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to listen to families about their fear of the Ebola virus and the response teams on August 31, 2019. (Getty)
Science & Technology

To Cure Ebola Will Take More Than a Pill

Two experimental drugs used to treat the Ebola virus in theDemocratic Republic of the Congoare working, medical researchers say. Infected people who…

Laura Seay 13 September , 2019
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Politics

Benjamin Netanyahu is damaged goods in the West

25, Oct 2026

Key voices in the West appear to be throwing him under the bus ahead of the approaching Israeli election

Brian Katulis
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Energy security and resiliency in an uncertain world

24, Oct 2026

Türkiye's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources writes for Al Majalla

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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, on 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
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An emboldened Iran could trigger an IS comeback

22, Oct 2026

Should the US and Israel fail in their war on Iran, Tehran would likely expand its regional influence at the expense of Sunni Arabs, who could potentially turn to extremist groups to fight back

James Jeffrey
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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
Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba listens to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General during the alliance's 75th anniversary at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 4 April 2024. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
Politics

Dmytro Kuleba on Trump’s drift towards Moscow

24, Oct 2026

Ukraine's former foreign minister is pragmatic about the war, peace talks, Kyiv's opponent, Washington, the Chinese, and the Gulf. His thoughts are a fascinating insight into Europe's biggest battle

Ahmed Maher

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