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Al Majalla's Film Watch

Every month, Al Majalla offers its take on the screen's newest releases, with the occasional dip into the archives to review an older classic

Areej Jamal 05, Apr 2025
A scene from the movie Arzé

Oscar submissions reflect Arab hopes and realities

Gaza, repentance, sexual fluidity, child abduction, and football through adversity all feature in these longlisted works that together reflect the social realities and hopes of today's Middle East

Areej Jamal 06, Dec 2024
A still from 'Naga'.

Saudi filmmaker Meshal Aljaser's psychedelic thriller 'Naga' takes viewers on a wild ride

Between bizarre hallucinations, a countdown to a 10 pm curfew, and the search for a rare Samsung phone charger, Sarah and Saad, under the influence of drugs, must also escape from a vengeful camel.

Firas Al-Madi 21, Dec 2023
Mona and Julia in a still from 'Goodbye Julia'. Mad-Distribution

"Goodbye Julia": Sudan’s social divide poignantly depicted in Cannes prize winner

After nabbing the 2023 Cannes Film Festival's Freedom Prize, Mohamed Kordofani's feature film debut will be Sudan's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.

Areej Jamal 20, Dec 2023
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Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

24 June 2025

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP
Business & Economy

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

24 June 2025

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

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Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Opinion

Israeli and Iranian claims of victory ring hollow

25 June 2025

Netanyahu did not realise his goal of ending Iran's nuclear programme and regime change, and Iran stood alone in its war with Israel, as global and regional allies left it to fend for itself

Houssam Itani
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi

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