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What global apathy over Gaza says about the modern world

The daily massacres in the Gaza Strip, coupled with the world’s apathy and unwillingness to halt them, demand a renewed examination of modern human…

Houssam Itani 15 August , 2025
Opinion

Hezbollah and the end of the militia era

On 30 September 1989, Lebanon’s warring factions met in the Saudi city of Taif and agreed on the “National Accord Document”. On 22 October of the…

Alia Mansour 15 August , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Book Watch

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

Khodr Al Agha 15 August , 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, US, August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Politics

Trump-Putin meeting already seen as a win for the Kremlin

The White House may describe US President Donald Trump’s meeting with his Russian opposite number, Vladimir Putin, as a ‘listening exercise’, but it…

Con Coughlin 14 August , 2025
Israel's war on Gaza is deadliest ever for journalists
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Israel's war on Gaza is deadliest ever for journalists

Fares Garabet 14 August , 2025
Demonstrators raise placards during an anti-government rally calling for action to secure the release of Israeli captives in Gaza near the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on August 12, 2025. Jack GUEZ / AFP
Politics

Israelis are finally fed up with Netanyahu's endless war on Gaza

In July, two video clips emerged from Gaza showing visibly emaciated and malnourished Israeli captives—soldiers captured by Hamas during the Gaza war…

Ziad Al Halabi 14 August , 2025
How Saudi Arabia harnessed its oil boom to foster development Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How Saudi Arabia harnessed its oil boom to foster development

Saudi Arabia’s economy has been transformed in phases of ambitious reform going back to the 1970s, when the country redeveloped its urban and…

Hussein al-Sharaa 14 August , 2025
What Larijani's return tells us about Iran's security policies Eduardo Ramon
Politics

What Larijani's return tells us about Iran's security policies

For the first time since the 12 Day War with Israel and the US, Iran has made notable changes in its security leadership. On 7 August, Ali Larijani…

Arash Azizi 13 August , 2025
Damascus and the SDF in looming standoff over a 'new Syria' Al Majalla
Politics

Damascus and the SDF in looming standoff over a 'new Syria'

A high-profile conference convened by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in territories controlled by the Syrian…

Al Majalla - London 13 August , 2025
The newly opened teamLab Phenomena, an immersive artwork experience museum, in the Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi, on May 8, 2025. Giuseppe CACACE / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

TeamLab Phenomena in Abu Dhabi: where tech meets art

Light conquers darkness, asserting its presence through infinite hues and forms, moving to rhythms that seem to come from distant realms. These…

Abeer Younis 13 August , 2025
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Politics

China’s Victory Day Parade: symbolic or seismic?

05 September 2025

Beijing would like the week to mark a historic turning point in which a unipolar world finally gave way to multipolarity. To others, it was just tub-thumping bravura. In reality, it was a bit of both.

Shirley Ze Yu
Business & Economy

Syria’s post-Assad energy quandary

01 September 2025

The country now sits at an energy crossroads: will its recovery be anchored in oil and gas, or will it seize the chance to lean into renewables and build something more resilient?

Jesse Marks
Pep Boatella
Politics

Disarming Hezbollah: will Lebanon seize or squander its opportunity?

02 September 2025

After Israel dealt Iran and its regional axis a string of crippling blows last year, Lebanon now finds itself better-positioned to reclaim its eroded state sovereignty. Will it grab the chance?

Frederic C. Hof
Al-Ma'arri in his residence as depicted in a 1965 book Wikipedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

Al-Ma’arri’s satirical poetry reimagined for today's readers

02 September 2025

Recent books from Yemen, Egypt, and Syria take a new look at the 10th-century philosopher's famed letter 'The Epistle of Forgiveness', which is said to have inspired Dante's 'Divine Comedy'

Ali Almuqri
Local residents walk past a house destroyed by an earthquake that killed nearly 1,000 people and devastated villages in eastern Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. AFP
Politics

For Afghan quake victims, sympathy came faster than help

04 September 2025

An earthquake in Afghanistan earlier this week levelled entire villages and left people trapped under rubble for days, but in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, saviours were thin on the ground

Kaswar Klasra

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