Iraq at risk of fragmentation

This week's cover story details how militia influence undermines state institutions, deepens sectarian divisions and creates security vacuums that IS could exploit

Al Majalla - London

Hope and Fear

[caption id="attachment_55227143" align="aligncenter" width="611" caption="Tunisians celebrate the success of Ennahdha at the polls"][/caption] Tunisia has voted. As anticipated, it seems that the…

Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine

Martial Arts

[caption id="attachment_55227132" align="aligncenter" width="619" caption="Some anti-Mubarak graffiti in Cairo, a hallmark of the Egyptian Uprising"][/caption] Early one morning last week, 21-year…

Alastair Beach

Libya: Building Democracy

[caption id="attachment_55227124" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Qadhafi's unseemly demise may have started the new Libya off on the wrong foot"][/caption] On Sunday Libya was finally…

Ranj Alaaldin

Are we in Palestine or Tunisia?

[caption id="attachment_55227048" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="The Palestinian UN chair, on display in Tunis"][/caption] Nearly a month ago, the Palestinian Liberation Organization …

Jacqueline Shoen

Two Shots: The Court and the Gun

[caption id="attachment_55226971" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A tattered banner depicting Muammar Qaddafi hangs from a building during a street battle in the center of the city on…

Moustafa Ayad

Across the Political Spectrum

[caption id="attachment_55227008" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A young Tunisian couple stroll past an election campaign poster"][/caption] It is a few days until the first democratic…

Shehrazad Akacha

America is Listening

[caption id="attachment_55226948" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Gene Cretz"][/caption] For the first time in eight months, the American flag was raised over the US embassy in Tripoli…

Jacqueline Shoen

Seeing Past the Slogans

[caption id="attachment_55226925" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Egyptians gather in Tahrir square, to mourn those who died in last week's violence"][/caption] The fallout from last…

Alastair Beach

War of Numbers

[caption id="attachment_55226855" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Egyptian demonstrators rally in downtown Cairo's Tahrir square on July 29, 2011. (Photo Credit: Khaled Desouki Getty…

Thomas Alberts

The Last Interview part III

[caption id="attachment_55226796" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The young Bassiouni (r) pictured with Anwar Sadat"][/caption] To read part one of this interview please click here To read…

Safaa Azab