Choosing our November cover story was particularly challenging as it comes on the cusp of the US election, which is guaranteed to have global implications. But equally as consequential is the escalating confrontation between Israel and Iran, with Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon raging in the background.

Al Majalla’s cover story A new US president and a ‘New Middle East’ will combine these two important topics, featuring articles on this topic from a range of different perspectives.

ISIS' Intelligence Service Refuses to Die

[caption id="attachment_55254930" align="aligncenter" width="3260"] A member of Iraqi intelligence (R) guards 31 suspected ISIS group members at the Intelligence headquarters in Baghdad on March 16,…

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The Hidden Refugee Health Crisis

[caption id="attachment_55254926" align="aligncenter" width="5000"] Lebanese medical student examines displaced refugee woman. Getty)[/caption] On a cold January night near Istanbul’s Taksim Square,…

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A Pan-Eurasian Dream in Progress

[caption id="attachment_55254924" align="aligncenter" width="3213"] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) attend the opening ceremony of the first…

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Is the Future Human?

by Bryn Haworth* In his book Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari is concerned with a human future that is no longer strictly human at all. It is a future that finally belongs to the geeks and to their…

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Hariri’s Resignation Exposed Hezbollah

[caption id="attachment_55254910" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri makes a public appearance at his home "Beit al-Wasat" November 22, 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon…

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China's Booming Sharing Economy

[caption id="attachment_55254899" align="aligncenter" width="5000"] A parking lot for Car2Share, which is a station-based car sharing system offered by Mercedes. (Getty)[/caption] by James Yan …

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After ISIS, What's Next for Marawi?

[caption id="attachment_55254894" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] Blindfolded suspected self-styled ISIS group members are transported in a police vehicle after being captured in a village in…

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The East is Green?

[caption id="attachment_55254888" align="aligncenter" width="5612"] Chinese tourists wear masks as protection from the pollution outside the Forbidden City during a day of high pollution on December…

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