Al Majalla looks back at a memorable and haunting year in film, with Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab one of 2025's most powerful works

Al Majalla's December cover story highlights the signficance of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington in November

The legislation needed to make a strong bond unbreakable is still being discussed, but a $1tn in pledged investment and mutually beneficial commitments in technology help pave the path

The reported value of announced deals during the visit stands at approximately $557bn

There is great potential for the two countries to expand their relationship across many key areas, but much work remains to flesh out the details of proposed frameworks

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

The World Trade Organisation has effectively ceased to function, and many are of the view that the global trading system, as we know it, is dead

The US president dislikes multilateralism and deprioritises values-based alliances, instead preferring to do bilateral business with dealmakers, leaving the postwar order in tatters

A firestorm started by an ally helped unravel the 'Axis of Resistance'– and changed Tehran's own trajectory

Two years after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, Israel has killed more than 64,500 Palestinians and injured over 163,500, the majority of them women and children, in what the UN has termed a…