Gaza war

The US president hasn't invested enough political capital in the painstaking details of peacemaking. Instead, he has focused on short-term truces he can boast about in his quest for a Nobel prize.

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Israel destroyed Gaza and, along with it, most of its art. Speaking to Al Majalla, Palestinian painters, poets, writers, and filmmakers explain why they feel compelled to keep creating

Those who are able to bury their dead are among the lucky. For others, not knowing the fate of their missing loved ones or receiving mutilated corpses impossible to identify adds insult to injury.

The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances

The West's response to Israel's war on Gaza exposed its weakness and damaged its collective reputation, while also eroding civil liberties at home

Her landslide victory suggests that her call to "stand up and stop the genocide taking place because we are complicit" is a hugely popular one across the nation

Al Majalla speaks with Lord Roderick Balfour, the great-grand nephew of the man whose name is attached to one of the most consequential edicts in the world, issued over a century ago