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The Long Arc of Human Rights
Politics

The Long Arc of Human Rights

[caption id="attachment_55256402" align="alignnone" width="940"] Rohingya refugees wade while holding a child after crossing the Naf river from…

Majalla 25 May , 2018
The Reinvention of Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr
Politics

The Reinvention of Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr

[caption id="attachment_55256399" align="alignnone" width="940"] Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave the national flag as they…

Majalla 25 May , 2018
Pompeo Draws a Red Line
Politics

Pompeo Draws a Red Line

[caption id="attachment_55256395" align="alignnone" width="940"] Mike Pompeo, U.S. secretary of state, speaks at the Heritage Foundation in…

Joseph Braude 25 May , 2018
Turkey's Muslim-Friendly Holidays Find a Modest Place in the Sun
Culture & Social Affairs

Turkey's Muslim-Friendly Holidays Find a Modest Place in the Sun

[caption id="attachment_55256378" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Yavuz Tanriverdi, a guest from Germany, enjoys the sea with his wife and daughter…

Majalla 23 May , 2018
America’s JCPOA Departure
Politics

America’s JCPOA Departure

[caption id="attachment_55256341" align="aligncenter" width="5369"] President Donald J. Trump walks out after signing a National Security…

Joseph Braude 18 May , 2018
The Never-Ending War on Terror
Culture & Social Affairs

The Never-Ending War on Terror

[caption id="attachment_55256344" align="aligncenter" width="4920"]A general view shows smoke and flames rising behind the minaret of a mosque in…

Majalla 18 May , 2018
Iran Nuclear Deal: US, Europe and Iran Next Steps
Politics

Iran Nuclear Deal: US, Europe and Iran Next Steps

[caption id="attachment_55256340" align="aligncenter" width="4797"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with European Union…

Majalla 18 May , 2018
The Curl Craze!
Culture & Social Affairs

The Curl Craze!

[caption id="attachment_55256279" align="alignnone" width="853"] Egyptian women join the Facebook group The Hair Addict to represent curly haired…

Maria Asaad 13 May , 2018
The Crisis of Currency Rates in Iran
Business & Economy

The Crisis of Currency Rates in Iran

[caption id="attachment_55256302" align="alignnone" width="940"] An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the…

Majalla 11 May , 2018
Ending Suspense, Trump Withdraws from the Iranian Nuclear Deal
Politics

Ending Suspense, Trump Withdraws from the Iranian Nuclear Deal

[caption id="attachment_55256305" align="alignnone" width="940"] U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a memorandum that reinstates sanctions on…

Joseph Braude 11 May , 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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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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