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A woman wearing a jilbab with a bouquet of flowers in her hand walks down a street in the Barbes district in Paris on June 25, 2023. JOEL SAGET / AFP

A walk through Barbès, the migrants’ hub in the heart of Paris

The district has welcomed Arab immigrants for decades. A crossroads of cultures, smelling and tasting of home, it is also a special place in the lives of Algerian singers Warda and Rachid Taha.

Sohaib Ayoub 11 March 2025
The final issue of Algerian French-language daily newspaper "Liberté" is seen at a stand in Algeria's capital Algiers on April 14, 2022. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

Why some Algerians wish to bid adieu to the French language

A contentious cultural and political issue can often be oversimplified with crude arguments, but the question of languages and identities is much more nuanced.

Samir Qasimi 02 March 2025
Best known to the Arab world for a novel translated from French, Algerian visionary playwright Kateb Yacine (seen here in 1961) thought that true poetry came from chaos. Getty

Remembering Algerian novelist Kateb Yacine: An eternal captive to his idea of life

Best known to the Arab world for a novel translated from French, this Algerian visionary playwright thought that true poetry came from chaos

Samir Qasimi 11 December 2023
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In this image, taken from a video provided by the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service on 21 May 2026, a Russian navy seaman takes part in drills of Russia's nuclear forces. Russian Defence Ministry Press Service/AP
Politics

Russia’s timely reminder of its vast nuclear arsenal

03 June 2026

Military exercises in Belarus at an unusual time of year seem designed in part to make Moscow's adversaries think twice

Khattar Abu Diab
Opinion

Has Trump's patience with Netanyahu run out?

04 June 2026

The Israeli leader's intransigence is proving deeply problematic for the White House, so much so that Trump swore at him on a recent phone call

Con Coughlin
Units of Moqtada Sadr's militia parade with his photo down a main street of the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City June 21, 2014, in Eastern Baghdad. Washington Post
Politics

Sadr once again dismantles his armed militia. Why now?

03 June 2026

The decision to dismantle the Peace Brigades may herald a new stage in the Iraqi state's trajectory, or it could just be a shrewd recalibration to disorient friend and foe alike

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Adrián Astorgano
Business & Economy

Why people flock to the dollar when local currencies collapse

05 June 2026

An estimated 60% of all US banknotes in circulation are held outside the United States. In many parts of the world, the dollar is effectively the unofficial local currency. Al Majalla explains why.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A Royal Caribbean cruise sails into the Havana harbour on 6 May 2019, after the activation of Chapter III of the Helms-Burton Act, which sought to intensify the US blockade against Cuba. YAMIL LAGE / AFP
Politics

Cuba, lawfare, and Trump’s Venezuela temptation

02 June 2026

A new American legal ruling turns the screw on the Caribbean island nation by increasing the risks companies face by continuing to make money there. This is all part of the plan.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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