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Nor Any Drop To Drink
Politics

Nor Any Drop To Drink

[caption id="attachment_55250518" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni people carry drinkable water due to the water shortage, affecting daily life…

James Spencer 10 July , 2014
Dancing in Kirkuk
Culture & Social Affairs

Dancing in Kirkuk

[caption id="attachment_55250511" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of Halparki Kirkuk practices his dance moves. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[…

Hannah Lucinda Smith 09 July , 2014
Yesterday’s Enemies, Tomorrow’s Friends?
Politics

Yesterday’s Enemies, Tomorrow’s Friends?

[caption id="attachment_55250506" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurdish Peshmerga forces seize control of Mosul's Rabia district after Iraqi army…

Soner Cagaptay 09 July , 2014
The Gulf and the Tight Oil Boom
Politics

The Gulf and the Tight Oil Boom

[caption id="attachment_55250503" align="alignnone" width="620"] Pump jacks are seen at dawn in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation where…

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen 08 July , 2014
Ankara’s Bad News
Politics

Ankara’s Bad News

[caption id="attachment_55250496" align="alignnone" width="620"] Freed Turkish truck drivers board a Turkish Airlines private plane to depart from…

Stephen Starr 08 July , 2014
Turning the Clocks Back
Culture & Social Affairs

Turning the Clocks Back

[caption id="attachment_55250487" align="alignnone" width="620"] Inside the offices of Al-Ahram, one of Egypt's oldest newspapers, in Cairo, Egypt. …

Amany Aly Shawky 08 July , 2014
In the Path of ISIS
Politics

In the Path of ISIS

[caption id="attachment_55250468" align="alignnone" width="620"] Jordanian army troops and armored vehicles deployed at the Karameh Border Crossing…

Emma Pearson and Katie Welsford 04 July , 2014
Nowhere to Call Home
Politics

Nowhere to Call Home

[caption id="attachment_55250449" align="alignnone" width="620"] A girl sits on the site where tents stood before they were burnt down on May 31,…

Antonia Roupell 01 July , 2014
Copts still Waiting for Better Days
Culture & Social Affairs

Copts still Waiting for Better Days

[caption id="attachment_55250442" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a Friday Mass at the Virgin Mary church in Cairo…

Elizabeth Monier 28 June , 2014
Pushed into the Shadows
Politics

Pushed into the Shadows

[caption id="attachment_55250436" align="alignnone" width="620"] Graphic artists paint a wall in Sana'a, Yemen on January 28, 2014. (Sinan Yiter…

Catherine Shakdam 27 June , 2014
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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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