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A Tale of Two Photos
Politics

A Tale of Two Photos

[caption id="attachment_55256611" align="alignnone" width="940"] China, September 7, 1901, Boxer Rebellion, The signing of the 'Peking Protocol' by…

Majalla 15 June , 2018
The Pro-Assad Alliance Is Coming Apart
Politics

The Pro-Assad Alliance Is Coming Apart

[caption id="attachment_55256604" align="alignnone" width="940"] Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a meeting with his Russian counterpart…

Majalla 15 June , 2018
Expanding Influence: Big China in Little Djibouti

Expanding Influence: Big China in Little Djibouti

[caption id="attachment_55256592" align="alignnone" width="940"] Chinese People's Liberation Army personnel attending the opening ceremony of China's…

Thomas Shattuck 15 June , 2018
Can the U.S. Attain a Satisfactory Deal With North Korea?
Politics

Can the U.S. Attain a Satisfactory Deal With North Korea?

[caption id="attachment_55256472" align="aligncenter" width="4351"] U.S. President Donald Trump, right, stands with Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of…

Majalla 08 June , 2018
Can Spain Find a Path to Political Stability?
Politics

Can Spain Find a Path to Political Stability?

[caption id="attachment_55256477" align="aligncenter" width="3590"] Spain's new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (R) shakes hands with the President of…

Majalla 08 June , 2018
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

[caption id="attachment_55256470" align="aligncenter" width="5568"] Two men dressed as customs officers take part in a protest outside Stormont…

Ronald Granieri 08 June , 2018
12 Days to Explore the Ancient Wonders of Egypt
Culture & Social Affairs

12 Days to Explore the Ancient Wonders of Egypt

[caption id="attachment_55256425" align="alignnone" width="940"] The Great Pyramid, left, is the only standing monument of the "Seven Wonders of the…

Majalla 01 June , 2018
How Africa Is Bucking the Isolationist Trend
Politics

How Africa Is Bucking the Isolationist Trend

[caption id="attachment_55256422" align="alignnone" width="940"] President of Chad Idriss Deby (R) and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame show their…

Majalla 01 June , 2018
What Will It Take for Syrian Refugees to Return Home?
Culture & Social Affairs

What Will It Take for Syrian Refugees to Return Home?

[caption id="attachment_55256419" align="alignnone" width="940"] A Syrian child sits in front of a mural covered in bullet holes on the wall of a…

Majalla 01 June , 2018
As Iran Moves to Skirt U.S. Sanctions, China and Russia Emerge to Cash In
Business & Economy

As Iran Moves to Skirt U.S. Sanctions, China and Russia Emerge to Cash In

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) holds talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…

Joseph Braude 01 June , 2018
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The tiny waterway that 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
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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.

Al Majalla - London
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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