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French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party President Jordan Bardella (L) and National Assembly parliamentary group President for RN Marine Le Pen (C) at a campaign rally in Le Havre, northern France, on May 1, 2023. Lou BENOIST / AFP

The far right licks its lips at European Parliament elections in June

A big pro-EU bloc should still hold sway even if the ultra-nationalists make gains. More broadly, the results will act as a barometer of public mood in the first vote since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Khattar Abu Diab 08 May 2024
Twin fears of an inward-looking Donald Trump and a westward-looking Vladimir Putin have left officials in Europe's treasuries urgently revising their budgets to make room for more defence spending. Shutterstock

Europe juggles fiscal priorities, fearing future war with Russia

Twin fears of an inward-looking Donald Trump and a westward-looking Vladimir Putin have left officials in Europe's treasuries urgently revising their budgets to make room for more defence spending.

Mohamed Sharki 24 February 2024
Palestinian artists put the final touches on a wall painting as a protest to mark the 104th anniversary of Britain's Balfour Declaration in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 2, 2021. AFP

Europe begins to face colonial legacy, but not in the Middle East

It is curious that amid the global attention on the Gaza war, very few commentators have remarked on the way that European imperialism laid the foundations for the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Christopher Phillips 01 January 2024
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
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Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

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Business & Economy

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat
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Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
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Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

Marco Mossad
Nesma Moharam
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New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

Fadi El-Abdallah

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