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
  • Editor's Pick

Food distribution in Syrian refugee from Uk charity Proactive Support in informal settlements in Makni refugee camp on August 21 2020 , Lebanon (Photo by Vassilis Poularikas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Syrian Refugees’ Woes Under Lebanese Crisis

In various places in the Lebanese capital Beirut, you can come across Syrian refugees who work in many sectors such as tourism, construction, and other professions. Some of them also resume their…

Jiwan Soz 30 July 2021
US President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) pose for press ahead of the US-Russia summit at the Villa La Grange, in Geneva on June 16, 2021. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

US-Russia Relations Undergo Slow Thaw

It’s been years now since the US-Russia relationship began to deteriorate and has kept reaching new lows. It all started after the Clinton-Obama era attempt at yet another “reset”, ending in…

Maia Otarashvili 30 July 2021
Gaza Strip map. (Source: World reference atlas via Getty Images)

Gaza Struggles with Reconstruction Gaps as Israel Preps for New Battle

With the end of Operation Guardian of the Walls in Gaza, humanitarian agencies have put the cost of the reconstruction process in the Gaza Strip at about $500 million. The process has sparked off an…

Amal Shahada 23 July 2021
Libyan Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, waves as he stands atop an excavator on June 20, 2021, in the town of Buwairat al-Hassoun, during a ceremony to mark the reopening of 300-kilometre road between the cities of Misrata and Sirte. (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)

How to Rescue Libya from Backsliding into War?

The smell of war is all over Libya. The euphoria generated by electing a new interim government, in January, under the endorsement of local, regional, and international actors, has diminished…

Dalia Ziada 23 July 2021
European Union flags at Berlaymont building of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)

Europe Seeks to Combat "Political Islam"

The ideological roots of Jihadist Terror "Political Islam" is a term for all ideological and political currents that aim to establish a state (caliphate) based on the principles of Islam, whether at…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 16 July 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin answers journalists' questions about his article titled "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" in Saint Petersburg on July 13, 2021. (Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian Attempts at Primacy in the Near Abroad

Once in a while Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will pen an article and share with the world what’s on his mind. In 2013 he published an op-ed in the New York Times, addressing the American public,…

Maia Otarashvili 16 July 2021
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on July 3, 2021 shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C), accompanied by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (C-R), riding in a vehicle next to a warship during the inauguration of the new "July 3" naval base in Gargoub, about 80 kilometers west of Egypt's northwestern Mediterranean coastal city of Masra Matruh. (Courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency/AFP)

The Egyptian Navy’s Journey from Surviving to Thriving

Seven years ago, the Egyptian Navy was struggling to barely survive on old and rusty equipment and devout, but modestly educated, personnel. Today, the Egyptian Naval Forces are among the top ten…

Dalia Ziada 09 July 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, meets with Reuven Rivlin, Israel's president, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C, U.S., on Monday, June 28, 2021. (Getty)

Israel's Iran-US Deal Worry Offsets its Biden Policy Optimism

Israelis are concerned that the United States would reach a new agreement with Iran despite President Joe Biden’s reassurances to his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin that Tehran would never get a…

Amal Shahada 09 July 2021
A land operation takes place on the Oleshky Sands military training ground close to Crimea as part of the Sea Breeze 2021 maritime exercise held by NATO and its partner nations from June 28 through July 10. According to press statements, the multinational military unit has practiced a raid behind notional enemy lines. (Getty)

Rising Tensions in the Black Sea Amid Sea Breeze Exercises

The Black Sea continues to be embroiled in a tug-of-war amid intensifying great power competition. Russia has made some significant military moves in the region this year and seems to be working…

Maia Otarashvili 09 July 2021
Saudi inventor Hamad El-Yami posing in a photo with his nanotechnology-based products in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 26, 2021. (Supplied)

Saudi Inventor Makes Hajj Safer with Anti-Covid Protector

For the second year in a row, clothing produced with the use of nanotechnology will be available for pilgrims during the hajj season to protect them against coronavirus and offer a safer pilgrimage…

Menna A. Farouk 02 July 2021
  •  Load More
  • Popular
  • Editor's Pick
In this image, taken from a video provided by the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service on 21 May 2026, a Russian navy seaman takes part in drills of Russia's nuclear forces. Russian Defence Ministry Press Service/AP
Politics

Russia’s timely reminder of its vast nuclear arsenal

03 June 2026

Military exercises in Belarus at an unusual time of year seem designed in part to make Moscow's adversaries think twice

Khattar Abu Diab
Opinion

Has Trump's patience with Netanyahu run out?

04 June 2026

The Israeli leader's intransigence is proving deeply problematic for the White House, so much so that Trump swore at him on a recent phone call

Con Coughlin
Units of Moqtada Sadr's militia parade with his photo down a main street of the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City June 21, 2014, in Eastern Baghdad. Washington Post
Politics

Sadr once again dismantles his armed militia. Why now?

03 June 2026

The decision to dismantle the Peace Brigades may herald a new stage in the Iraqi state's trajectory, or it could just be a shrewd recalibration to disorient friend and foe alike

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Adrián Astorgano
Business & Economy

Why people flock to the dollar when local currencies collapse

05 June 2026

An estimated 60% of all US banknotes in circulation are held outside the United States. In many parts of the world, the dollar is effectively the unofficial local currency. Al Majalla explains why.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A Royal Caribbean cruise sails into the Havana harbour on 6 May 2019, after the activation of Chapter III of the Helms-Burton Act, which sought to intensify the US blockade against Cuba. YAMIL LAGE / AFP
Politics

Cuba, lawfare, and Trump’s Venezuela temptation

02 June 2026

A new American legal ruling turns the screw on the Caribbean island nation by increasing the risks companies face by continuing to make money there. This is all part of the plan.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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

Has Idlib become the “New Qardaha”?

Ibrahim Hamidi
Ibrahim Hamidi

Why people flock to the dollar when local currencies collapse

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Abdel-Rahman Ayas

Roman Gofman: Israel's new Netanyahu-friendly Mossad chief

Kamal Alam
Kamal Alam

Lower migrant numbers hand Starmer a rare political win

Con Coughlin
Con Coughlin
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