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Eduardo Ramon

Life inside Dutch and German resorts-turned-refugee camps

The final part of a three-part investigative series examines the experience of migrants in Europe.

Mohammed Abi Samra, Zaki Al-Droubi, and Huda Al-Attas 01 January 2024
Former US President and presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the New York Young Republican Club's 111th annual gala in New York on December 9, 2023. AFP

Has the Populist Right become the new normal?

The worry is that the Populist right current does lasting damage to democratic politics institutions and norms while in power

Christopher Phillips 10 December 2023
The political goal was a US and European effort to demonstrate the capacity for connectivity idea generation, or less generously, to try and out-China the Chinese Belt Road Initiative. Nash Weerasekera

All you need to know about the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

The political goal was a US and European effort to demonstrate the capacity for connectivity idea generation, or less generously, to try and out-China the Chinese Belt Road Initiative.

Karen E. Young 04 November 2023
The Radcliffe Camera (Camera, meaning room in Latin) is situated in Oxford, England. The building serves as a reading room for the Bodleian Library. Joe Daniel Price/Moment/Getty Images

How ancient Arabic manuscripts contributed to Oxford's foundation

What role did the Arab-Andalusian Library and the works of Arab scholars play in establishing and developing the Oxford Library? Al Majalla explains.

Abdullah Al-Rashid 01 October 2023
A simple snapshot of a small grocery shop in Amsterdam reveals the power of human geography and how it can shape society. Without embracing diversity, European cities cannot re-invent themselves. Jamie Wignall

How immigrant grocery stores can reshape societies

A simple snapshot of a small grocery shop in Amsterdam reveals the power of human geography and how it can shape society. Without embracing diversity, European cities cannot re-invent themselves.

Ranwa Alamsy 13 September 2023
The intersection of several global movements and events eerily shares similarities with the turbulent global climate between the two World Wars in the 20th century Nathalie Lees

The rise of Europe's far right: Origins and dangers

The intersection of several global movements and events eerily shares similarities with the turbulent global climate between the two World Wars in the 20th century

Khattar Abu Diab 17 August 2023
An ageing Europe needs young, skilled workers, drawing thousands toward perilous voyages which all too often end in tragedy. There is a better way. Nicola Ferrarese

Dark side of migration exposed as more die in pursuit of European dream

An ageing Europe needs young, skilled workers, drawing thousands toward perilous voyages which all too often end in tragedy. There is a better way.

Mohamed Sharki 02 August 2023
Wild fires engulf the fields near the settlement of Pournari, in the area of Magoula, some 25km southwest of the Greek capital Athens on July 18, 2023. AFP

Hell on Earth: How sizzling temperatures are reviving Europeans’ knowledge of the classics

If the point of naming storms is to deter people from venturing out, then the name Mildred is unlikely to work. A heatwave called Cerberus, on the other hand, is more frightening.

Bryn Haworth 19 July 2023
Diana Estafana Rubio

Cerberus heatwave cooks Europe

Parts of Italy could see highs of 48°C in the coming days, potentially reaching "the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe"

Al Majalla - London 18 July 2023
Moldova hosts the 2nd European Political Community Summit on 01 June 2023 at the Mimi Castle.  EPA

Europe’s new ‘Political Community’ looks east as it stands up to Russia

The choice of Moldova to host the second political summit of 45 European nations shows how the continent's geopolitics have shifted east. The EU's convening power is strong, but also has limits.

Khattar Abu Diab 07 June 2023
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Politics

Change is coming in Iran

09 January 2026

Khamenei has struck a defiant tone amid growing protests against his regime, but a series of regional setbacks, coupled with an emboldened Trump, could finally bring it down

Arash Azizi
Forces that seized control of the Second Military Region Command on the outskirts of Al Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout, on 3 January 2026. AFP
Politics

Saudi Arabia's red line in Yemen explained

08 January 2026

Overcoming Yemen's fragmentation requires more support for the Riyadh-led path—one that rejects secession, all militias and institutionalises the state

Abdullah F. Alrebh
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions about Trump’s Venezuela plan

06 January 2026

Maduro's exit doesn't mean the end of his government

Ravi Agrawal
Buses wait to enter the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood to evacuate US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) force fighters from two districts of the city of Aleppo, northern Syria, on 9 January 2026. Bakr ALkasem / AFP
Politics

Clashes in Aleppo may be the creaking before the earthquake

10 January 2026

If fighting spreads beyond the predominantly Kurdish neighbourhoods of Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud and beyond Aleppo, there is a real risk that Syria could be dragged into a new civil war

Omer Onhon
Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Putin foreshadowed the Ukraine war in 2008 meeting with Bush

06 January 2026

Recently declassified meeting minutes between the two leaders show how Washington was well aware of Moscow's grievances over NATO expansion, but went ahead anyway

Samer Elias

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