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Barbara Gibson

This day in history: Black September strikes Munich Olympics

On 5 September 1972, a murky Palestinian militant group with alleged links to Fatah carried out an unconventional operation against Israeli athletes. Could Hamas take a page out of the same playbook?

Sami Moubayed 05 September 2024
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (L) and head of the Fatah central committee Farouk al-Qaddumi at the Fatah central committee in Tunis.

Legendary Palestinian leader Farouk al-Qaddumi dies aged 94

As students in Cairo in the 1960s, al-Qaddumi and Yasser Arafat founded the Palestinian Fatah movement and worked with Nasser. To his dying day, he refused to go back home under an Israeli permit

Sami Moubayed 23 August 2024
The Palestinian Fatah movement was founded in 1959 by members of the Palestinian diaspora. Over the years, its tactics have evolved. Lina Jaradat

Fatah’s fortunes: From revolutionary zeal to settling for scraps

In three generations, Palestinians have sought liberation, return, Jerusalem, statehood, nationhood, self-governance, and autonomy. Fatah has changed with the times and with events.

Majed Kayali 14 February 2024
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chairman Yasser Arafat attends a ceremony marking the end of a military training, August 17, 1970 Getty Images

Fatah’s rich legacy sullied by its failures

When Fatah became a ruling party it stopped being a revolutionary faction and became a bureaucratic group representing the dominant class

Majed Kayali 23 March 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the conflict in the Middle East from Cross- Hall of the White House on May 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Getty)

Biden Can Keep the Two-State Solution Alive

President Joe Biden and his team came into office understandably hoping to deprioritize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They saw Washington-led negotiations as a trap that had ensnared previous U.S…

Ilan Goldenberg 25 June 2021
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the 74th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations on September 26, 2019 in New York City. (Getty)

Will there be Palestinian Elections after 14 Years?

While Israel has held two inconclusive elections this year, the Palestinian Authority could be heading toward its first parliamentary and presidential elections in 14 years, something that until…

Yasmine El Geressi 15 November 2019
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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
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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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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

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