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Egypt's struggling factories fight for survival AFP-Reuters-Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Egypt's struggling factories fight for survival

Egypt is seeking to revive more than 6,000 idle factories with a new investment fund, aiming to emulate successful Asian models and end 14 years of…

Marcelle Nasr 09 November , 2025
Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu (3rd L) points to blood the stained floor after an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, southwest Nigeria on 5 June 2022. AFP
Politics

Why is Trump suddenly talking about invading Nigeria?

Over the past year, a talking point about Nigeria has gradually gained a foothold in US right-wing media. It spread even to relatively liberal spaces…

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún 08 November , 2025
Donald Trump poses with his new special envoy to Iraq Mark Savaya Mark Savaya on X
Profiles

Mark Savaya: is Trump's new envoy to Iraq up to the task?

The appointment of Mark Savaya as Special Envoy to Iraq by President Donald Trump has garnered considerable attention in Iraq, prompting questions…

Aqeel Abbas 08 November , 2025
A guest walks in front of a work entitled 'Out of Chaos XIII' by artist Daniel Crews-Chubb at the Frieze London 2025 exhibition in London on 15 October 2025. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Frieze London 2025: art as algorithm

For years, those who have wanted to know what is hot in art have come to Frieze London, held annually in Regent's Park in the British capital. Among…

Fai Nasser 08 November , 2025
Opinion

Trump's push for Gaza 'stabilisation force' irks Israel

The Trump administration's decision to submit its resolution proposing a stabilisation force for Gaza without previously informing Israel suggests…

Con Coughlin 07 November , 2025
What Arthur Balfour's grandnephew gets wrong AFP-Reuters-Axel Rangel Garcia
Documents & Memoirs

What Arthur Balfour's grandnephew gets wrong

In 1917, the British Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour declared that the government "views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home…

Hussein al-Sharaa 07 November , 2025
Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

With few cards left, Hamas faces tough choices ahead

Since the Gaza ceasefire took effect on 9 October 2025, Israel has killed more than 200 Palestinians in the territory. It claims that it is targeting…

Majed Kayali 07 November , 2025
Revaluing US gold reserves comes with pros and cons Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Revaluing US gold reserves comes with pros and cons

The United States is once again embroiled in a spirited debate surrounding the potential revaluation of its massive gold reserves, with advocates…

Toufic Chanbour 07 November , 2025
Opinion

Can military Keynesianism rescue Europe?

Europe, both within and beyond the European Union, now confronts a deeply interlocking web of political, economic, and social crises. While Europeans…

Houssam Itani 07 November , 2025
Details of the remains of Palestinians released by Israel are shown on a screen in order to help family members to identify their relatives, at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 18 October 2025. OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP
Politics

Closure denied: the agonising search for Gaza's vanished

For nearly two years, Umm Nabil Matar has lived with her six children beneath the frayed canvas of a tent in the Mawasi region west of Khan Younis,…

Salem Al Rayyes 06 November , 2025
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Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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