Far from charity, European investment in Africa could be rightly viewed as reparations owed for centuries of systemic colonial exploitation of the continent
The passion and imagination of the Uruguayan writer remain timeless, not least over Gaza. Ten years since his passing, Al Majalla revisits his works and words.
A contentious cultural and political issue can often be oversimplified with crude arguments, but the question of languages and identities is much more nuanced.
During the French Mandate, Syria's women's movement went from grassroots protest to established force, setting up schools, helping the poor, and calling for rights and votes
It is curious that amid the global attention on the Gaza war, very few commentators have remarked on the way that European imperialism laid the foundations for the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Although normalized, upon closer inspection, the corporation concept seems to be a strange development. Over the years, they have been given legislative rights of individuals, without a need to be…
A month before the publication of this book, its British author, Nicholas Stephenson Smith, wrote about it in the American “Foreign Policy” periodical which is published by Graham Holding Company,…
Recently, Annalise DeVries, an American university professor who has been studying and writing about “Al-Ma’adi” as part of her interest in Egyptian history, society and culture, published a book…
The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.
The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.
Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services