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Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed delivers his remarks during the official inauguration ceremony of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, on September 9, 2025. Luis TATO / AFP

Cheers and jeers: Ethiopia inaugurates controversial dam

Addis Ababa has finally inaugurated the long-awaited and much-touted GERD—Africa's biggest dam—leaving Egypt and Sudan worried about the impact on their water supply downstream

Sharif Mohammad 13 September 2025
Sara Padovan

It’s time to build a regional climate fund

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid 27 May 2025
A demonstrator approaches a boat stuck in the dried-up bank of a canal, during a rally at the Umm El Wadaa marsh, southeast of the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on August 16, 2022, to demand solutions for water scarcity and drought. AFP

Water woes multiply in Iraq and the greater region

Worsening water scarcity threatens much of the Arab world as Iraq struggles to plan for the future

Shelly Kittleson 18 July 2023
After severe drought, rainfall gives hope that growth prospects in the country can bounce back and become stronger than ever. Axel Rangel Garcia

Moroccan economy sees rebound after difficult year

After severe drought, rainfall gives hope that growth prospects in the country can bounce back and become stronger than ever

Mohamed Sharki 04 February 2023
FILE - A child is weighed at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Sept. 19, 2022. In many Middle Eastern and African nations, climatic shocks killed hundreds and displaced thousands every year, causing worsening food shortages. With limited resources, they also are among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable to climate change impacts. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

In War-Torn States Hurt By Climate, Scant Hope For New Funds

In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts kill hundreds of people and uproot tens of thousands from their homes. These countries and many others in the…

AP 22 November 2022
FILE - People walk close to the border at Yesa's reservoir affected by drought, on a sunny summer day in Yesa, around 55 kilometers (34,17 miles), from Pamplona, northern Spain, Sept. 14, 2022. Widespread drought that dried up large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Climate Change Made Summer Drought 20 Times More Likely

Drought that stretched across three continents this summer — drying out large parts of Europe, the United States, and China — was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study…

AP 05 October 2022
Children affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, sit outside their makeshift shelter at Sopel village in Turkana, Kenya September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Northern Kenya Faces Hunger Crisis as Drought Wipes out Livestock

In a dry river bed in Kenya's arid northwest, pastoralists dig ever-deeper pits in an anxious search for water, as the region suffers its worst drought in 40 years, which has wiped out livestock and…

29 September 2022
View of a previously submerged village revealed by low water level in Cabril dam reservoir in Pedrogao Grande, Portugal, July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Rodrigo Antunes/File Photo

Drought Prompts Portugal To Restrict Water Use At More Hydropower Dams

Hit by drought, Portugal on Tuesday expanded a previous order to temporarily restrict water use for electricity production and irrigation to more of its hydropower dams. Heat and little rain has…

27 September 2022
Head of a drilling crew Gao Pucha watches as his drill hits water as the region experiences a drought outside Jiujiang city, Jiangxi province, China, August 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Chinese Drillers Work 15-Hour Days Building Wells in Drought-Hit Jiangxi

Teams of drillers are working long hours to build wells to fight a devastating drought sweeping parts of China, farmers in Jiujiang city in the country's central Jiangxi province told Reuters on…

27 August 2022
One of the 'hunger stones' is revealed by the low level of water in Worms, Germany, August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Tilman Blasshofer

Europe's Drought Exposes Ancient Stones, World War Two Ships as Waters Fall

Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures - and some unwanted hazards. In Spain, suffering…

20 August 2022
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A municipal worker fixes a sign in Sharm el-Sheikh, as the Egyptian resort town gets ready to host a US-brokered Gaza peace summit, on October 12, 2025. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Politics

Gaza ceasefire takes off, but expect turbulence ahead

11 October 2025

Al Majalla lays out four key hurdles to clear to ensure the truce sticks this time around

Brian Katulis
Opinion

Syria’s new parliament raises old questions

11 October 2025

If exclusion and opacity persist, Syria risks reinforcing the very conditions that led to its collapse. It isn't just the legitimacy of one election cycle that's at stake, but the entire transition.

Haid Haid
Nesma Moharam
Politics

Two years after October 7

06 October 2025

Al Majalla examines the repercussions of Hamas's attack on Israel, which set into motion a series of significant changes and power shifts in the Middle East

Al Majalla - London
A deal being signed at the recently held  Cultural Investment Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 30, 2025. SPA
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia ramps up investment in culture

08 October 2025

Whether in cinema or heritage, there are dozens of big cultural projects that investors are interested in, as the sector increasingly contributes towards growth and development.

Turki Harbi
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Culture & Social Affairs

Hamid Reza Mohajerani on the shared heritage of Farsi and Arabic

07 October 2025

In an interview with Al Majalla, the Iranian writer and translator explains why he learned Arabic, its similarities and differences with Farsi, and how politics can stifle creativity

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush

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