Al Majalla launches a special series of articles and conversations reflecting on the events of 2025 and the broader legacy of the past 25 years in the Arab world and across the globe. We present sharp analyses of the sweeping transformations that have reshaped the Arab region and the wider world in this period.
The year 2025 witnessed the machinations of a changing global order and the restructuring of regional dynamics—not least in the Middle East. Al Majalla unpacks these shifts while also opining on possible future trajectories, commissioning leading thinkers and researchers to share their perspectives beyond the headlines.
 

Four Years after the Euromaidan

[caption id="attachment_55255212" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Anti-government protesters clash with police in Independence square on February 20, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Getty)[/caption] by…

Maia Otarashvili

The Women Who Escaped ISIS

[caption id="attachment_55255200" align="aligncenter" width="4112"] Iraqi women pose for a photo in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on December 10, 2017, during a gathering celebrating the end of the three…

Majalla

Iran’s Fourth Estate

[caption id="attachment_55255129" align="aligncenter" width="787"] Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres- RSF) activists take part in a protest in front of an Iran Air agency in Paris,…

Majalla

Why the Taliban Isn't Winning in Afghanistan

[caption id="attachment_55255137" align="aligncenter" width="4928"] Taliban fighters stand with their seized weapons as they are presented to the media in Kabul on January 5, 2016. (Getty)[/caption]…

Majalla

Hezbollah Will Not Yield Lebanon

[caption id="attachment_55255084" align="aligncenter" width="5724"] Young female supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah Shiite movement hold a giant symbolic key of Palestinian homes during a rally held…

Hanin Ghaddar

Will Iran be challenged in 2018?

[caption id="attachment_55255080" align="aligncenter" width="6432"] Iran's President Hassan Rouhani ( Getty Images)[/caption] by:Hanin Ghaddar As the New Year unfolds, the Middle East looks more…

Hanin Ghaddar