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Why Orban Won

Why Orban Won

[caption id="attachment_55256171" align="alignnone" width="940"] Migrants and refugees celebrate as they cross the border from Serbia into Hungary…

Majalla 20 April , 2018
Nigeria's Troubling Counterinsurgency Strategy Against Boko Haram
Politics

Nigeria's Troubling Counterinsurgency Strategy Against Boko Haram

[caption id="attachment_55256167" align="alignnone" width="940"] A Nigerian soldier, with a rocket propelled grenade (RPG), patrols on the outskirt…

Majalla 20 April , 2018
It’s Time for Trump to Pull Out of the Iran Deal
Politics

It’s Time for Trump to Pull Out of the Iran Deal

[caption id="attachment_55256161" align="alignnone" width="940"] U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House on his way to West Virginia on…

Majalla 20 April , 2018
Syria Strike Leaves Murky, Risky Aftermath
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Syria Strike Leaves Murky, Risky Aftermath

[caption id="attachment_55256158" align="alignnone" width="940"] A Syrian soldier inspects the wreckage of a building described as part of the…

Majalla 20 April , 2018
At Least Six More Years of Putin
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At Least Six More Years of Putin

[caption id="attachment_55256193" align="aligncenter" width="940"] People listen to presidential candidate, President Vladimir Putin during a rally…

Maia Otarashvili 20 April , 2018
Decades Under the Influence

Decades Under the Influence

[caption id="attachment_55256135" align="alignnone" width="940"] Italy's Lega Nord party (Northern League) Matteo Salvini smiles during a press…

Majalla 14 April , 2018
New Hope For Iraq?

New Hope For Iraq?

[caption id="attachment_55256132" align="alignnone" width="940"] Iraqi workers repair a building on March 15, 2018 eight months after Iraqi forces…

Majalla 13 April , 2018
What China Gained From Hosting Kim Jong Un

What China Gained From Hosting Kim Jong Un

  [caption id="attachment_55256129" align="alignnone" width="940"] This picture from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken…

Majalla 13 April , 2018
Syria is Normalizing the Use of Chemical Weapons

Syria is Normalizing the Use of Chemical Weapons

[caption id="attachment_55256126" align="alignnone" width="960"] Affected Syrian kids receive medical treatment after Assad regime forces allegedly…

Majalla 13 April , 2018
The 2018 Lebanese Elections: A Scathing Look into the Enduring Plight of Palestinian Refugees.
Politics

The 2018 Lebanese Elections: A Scathing Look into the Enduring Plight of Palestinian Refugees.

[caption id="attachment_55256123" align="alignnone" width="940"] A woman watching through at the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut…

Majalla 13 April , 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
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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.

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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
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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
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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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