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Old Powers in a New Poll
Politics

Old Powers in a New Poll

[caption id="attachment_55249489" align="alignnone" width="620"] A giant Algerian flag hangs on the wall behind supporters of Algerian former premier…

Nabila Ramdani 10 April , 2014
Little Latakia
Politics

Little Latakia

[caption id="attachment_55249485" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian refugees in Antakya look towards home. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[/caption]It is…

Hannah Lucinda Smith 09 April , 2014
Ministry of Apathy
Politics

Ministry of Apathy

[caption id="attachment_55249425" align="alignnone" width="620"] An armored vehicle is parked outside the Interior Ministry in the Yemeni capital,…

Catherine Shakdam 09 April , 2014
Marrying Off Girls
Politics

Marrying Off Girls

[caption id="attachment_55249446" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi schoolgirls return home in Baghdad on February 28, 2012. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP…

Mina Al-Droubi 08 April , 2014
Reading Ferdowsi in Tehran
Culture & Social Affairs

Reading Ferdowsi in Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55249434" align="alignnone" width="620"] The picture depicts a page from The Book of Kings, known in Farsi as Shahnameh,…

Shehrayar Shaderan 08 April , 2014
A Turkish Double Act
Politics

A Turkish Double Act

[caption id="attachment_55249411" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (L) and then-Turkish Foreign Minister…

Ali Hussein Bakeer 07 April , 2014
No Security for Egypt’s Women
Politics

No Security for Egypt’s Women

[caption id="attachment_55249398" align="alignnone" width="620"] A protester holds a sign reading "Freedom and justice for women and men" during a…

Elizabeth Monier 05 April , 2014
Rebels at the Porthole
Politics

Rebels at the Porthole

[caption id="attachment_55249385" align="alignnone" width="620"] Company employees picket outside the Oasis Libyan Oil company headquarters after the…

Haley Cook and Jason Pack 03 April , 2014
Same Struggle, New Decade?
Politics

Same Struggle, New Decade?

[caption id="attachment_55249381" align="alignnone" width="620"] Posters are prepared of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iranians…

Christian Emery 03 April , 2014
The March of the Houthis
Politics

The March of the Houthis

[caption id="attachment_55249377" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni soldiers man checkpoint at a road leading a warring area between Shiite…

Abubakr Al-Shamahi 03 April , 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

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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.

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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
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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

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