ع
Sections
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
Regions
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
More
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • Newsletter

LATEST ISSUE

Latest Issue
Magazine Archive
النسخة العربية
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Tag
  • Donald Trump
Elise Stefanik, US Representative, speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, US, October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Elise Stefanik: What to know about Trump’s UN ambassador pick

The news comes as little surprise to those who have tracked Stefanik's ascension through GOP ranks over the past decade

Amy Mackinnon 13 November 2024
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. CHIP SOMODEVILLA/AFP

Trump’s foreign policy influencers

Meet the 11 men whose worldviews could shape the next White House

Foreign Policy 11 November 2024
Al Majalla-AFP-Alamy

Susie Wiles, the unassuming operative who powered Donald Trump’s campaign

In his first major appointment, Trump picked Wiles—who shied away from sharing the stage with him at his victory speech—to be his new chief of staff, making her the first woman to hold the position

The Economist 09 November 2024
Eduardo Ramon

What will Trump's foreign policy really look like?

Trump's potential team looks to be split between figures like Vance, wanting to reduce US interventions abroad, and hawks like Pompeo, pushing for foreign confrontations

Robert Ford 08 November 2024
Lina Jaradat

Welcome to Trump’s world

His sweeping victory will shake up everything

The Economist 07 November 2024
Sara Padovan

Trump's win vindicates US firms that never left Russia

In 2022, hundreds of Western firms left, but around 200 American corporates stayed, including big names like Pepsi and Mars, in part because the cost of leaving is high—and getting higher

Nazareth Seferian 07 November 2024

Trump makes 'greatest political comeback in US history'

Fares Garabet 07 November 2024
Dave Murray

US election results: America waits on knife-edge

The closer the competition is, the longer the wait for the results. Unlike in 2020, Republicans are fully prepared to legally contest the results if Trump doesn't win and violence cannot be ruled out.

Robert Ford 05 November 2024
Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest outside the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. AFP

Controversial elections in American history

Al Majalla looks at dotted instances between 1800 and 2024 where candidates contested the results, lobbing accusations of voter fraud and manipulation

Sami Moubayed 04 November 2024
During his presidency from 2017-21, Donald Trump recognised the Golan Heights as Israeli, approved of Israeli settlement-building in the West Bank, and cut most ties to the Palestinians. Getty Images

Netanyahu favours Trump, but he could come to regret it

A second Trump administration might have less sympathy for Israel

David E. Rosenberg 02 November 2024
  •  Load More
  • Popular
  • Editor's Pick
Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on January 31, 2019. GREG BAKER / AFP
Politics

Pivot to China? Gulf states mull options after Doha strike

12 September 2025

Israel's attack in Qatar erodes Gulf states' trust in the US and serves as a stark reminder that they cannot depend on American security guarantees

Xiaotong Yang
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

11 September 2025

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Al Majalla
Politics

From Idlib to New York: Sharaa’s winding road the UN

12 September 2025

From the plains of Idlib to the presidential palace in Damascus and now the UN headquarters in Manhattan, Al Majalla traces the Syrian president's journey to get to this historic moment

Ibrahim Hamidi
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

14 September 2025

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein

Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter

Get the best of Al Majalla, straight to your inbox.

Your newsletter subscriptions are subject to Al Majalla privacy policy and terms and conditions.

OPINIONS

Charlie Kirk's killing: a painful tear in America's social fabric

Ibrahim Hamidi
Ibrahim Hamidi

The world inches towards Palestine recognition. Too little, too late?

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy

Egyptians cut back on expenses, but not on their coffee

Marcelle Nasr
Marcelle Nasr

Al Majalla's Book Watch

Khodr Al Agha
Khodr Al Agha
MORE FROM OPINIONS
logo
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • About Al Majalla
  • Al Majalla Team
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
logo

© Al Majalla Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

0:00:00
0:00:00