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Spanish actor Lluís Marco

Taha in Barcelona: Spain learns of the life of a Palestinian poet

Taha Muhammad Ali felt the lifelong pain of displacement after Israeli forces took control of his beloved village in 1948. A pared-back one-man show of his life leaves the audience thinking of Gaza.

Samer Abou Hawwach 27 April 2025
Masked men from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas SAID KHATIB / AFP

Demands for Hamas to disarm have been rebuffed. What next?

There are competing visions for Gaza, from a 'riviera' without Palestinians to a rebuilt enclave run by Palestinians for Palestinians. Until then, thousands are still being killed.

Amr Emam 25 April 2025
A man dressed as a clown entertains children at a makeshift school in a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir El-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on April 27, 2024. AFP

The clowns trying to bring joy to Gaza's traumatised children

Uncle Zezo, Uncle Mickey, and Dr Alloush perform in displacement shelters and hospitals, striving to restore fragments of a joy last felt in 2023. Al Majalla meets them.

Houssam Marouf 24 April 2025
A Palestinian child looks on as bodies of victims of Israeli overnight airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip lie on the ground in front of the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia on March 20, 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP

In Gaza, a child's silent farewell to dead friend pierces the silence of the world

Palestinian death is increasingly being seen through the lens of cold political calculations. The world's silence over Gaza's horrors has drowned out the desperate screams of its people.

Samer Abou Hawwach 16 April 2025

A 'Riviera' filled with Gaza's blood

Fares Garabet 14 April 2025
People hold signs as they participate in a protest in support of Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil while a hearing takes place outside the court in Newark, New Jersey, on March 28, 2025. Kena Betancur / AFP

Trump wants to deport foreign students for what they say

He says his power over immigration overrides the First Amendment

The Economist 14 April 2025
Palestinian children suffering from malnutrition receive treatment at a healthcare centre amid widespread hunger in the southern Gaza Strip on March 4, 2024. Reuters

As a distracted world looks away, Gaza is being starved

Israel hasn't let in any food, water, fuel or medicine for over a month. Making matters worse, hospitals have been targeted, rendering them unable to cope with the constant influx of sick and injured.

Salem Al Rayyes 12 April 2025
Jordan's King Abdullah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and French President Emmanuel Macron pose during a trilateral summit to discuss the situation in Gaza, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, April 7, 2025.

Have the Camp David Accords overstayed their welcome?

The 1979 peace between Egypt and Israel served its purpose for almost half a century, but the latter's 17-month-long onslaught on Gaza has thrown it into disarray. What now for the accords?

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly 07 April 2025
Palestinian journalists lift placards during a rally in Gaza City protesting the killing of fellow reporters Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour in Israeli strikes a day earlier, at the al-Ahli Arab hospital on March 25, 2025. OMAR AL-QATTAA/ AFP

War in Gaza the ‘worst ever conflict for reporters’

A new report says Israel is waging an "unrelenting war on the press"

John Haltiwanger 06 April 2025
A Palestinian man hugs the body of a baby following Israeli overnight airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip, at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, on March 20, 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP

Unpacking Netanyahu's predictably self-serving return to war

Israel's coalition government contains far-right parties that do not want to see an end to the bloodshed in Gaza, so it is no surprise that bombs have started falling again

Salem Al Rayyes 20 March 2025
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Blockading the blockade: Trump tightens his chokehold on Iran

30 April 2026

Al Majalla examines Trump's Hormuz chess move and questions whether it is sustainable amid Tehran's proven ability to withstand US pressure tactics

Al Majalla - London
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
Opinion

US call for UN "reform" reveals its China anxieties

03 May 2026

Recently published documents show a US no longer willing to finance an international system that doesn't reflect its strategic priorities and allows its adversaries a seat at the table

Ibrahim Hamidi
Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Orbán defeat: a setback for populists; a boost for Brussels

30 April 2026

After 16 years, there is finally a political transition in Budapest. This is an annoyance in Moscow and Washington, a relief in Brussels, and a warning to Europe's populists.

Khattar Abu Diab
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How China's Earth Eye helped Iran target US bases

01 May 2026

Satellite technology from China and data analysis from Russia have helped Tehran be far more precise with its missiles and drones in its war against the US and Israel.

Marco Mossad

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