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Yalla Gaza: French documentary shows beauty of Palestinian resilience

Yallah Gaza by Roland Nurier was filmed before the war swept devastation over the enclave. Beautiful but flawed, its airing in Paris helps keep Gaza in the minds of an apathetic public.

Mohamed abi Samra 04 February 2024
Wherever you look, there are problems in the world’s major trade arteries, with the worst ripple effects yet to be felt. Despite this, more disarray may follow. Al Majalla

Drying up: Trade route challenges mount from every angle

Wherever you look, there are problems in the world's major trade arteries, with the worst ripple effects yet to be felt. Despite this, more disarray may follow.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 03 February 2024
In response to the killing of three US soldiers in Jordan last week, the US attacked more than 80 targets belonging to Iran-backed proxy groups and Tehran's Revolutionary Guard. shutterstock

Biden promises more strikes after US attacks Iraq and Syria

In response to the killing of three US soldiers in Jordan last week, the US attacked more than 80 targets belonging to Iran-backed proxy groups and Tehran's Revolutionary Guard.

Majalla 03 February 2024
Israel is making Gaza uninhabitable which some believe to be an attempt to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their land, 75 years after the Nakba of 1948. Majalla

The Middle East's long history of displacement casts dark shadow on Gaza

The Middle East is no stranger to displacement. Al Majalla highlights case studies in Lebanon and Syria as a potential template for the future of Gaza.

Lina Khatib 03 February 2024
Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic. Although it is now considered a war crime, there are plenty of modern-day examples of its utilisation, the most recent of which is in Gaza. Nash Weerasekera

Starvation as a weapon of war: An all too familiar horror in history

Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic. Although it is now considered a war crime, there are plenty of modern-day examples of its utilisation, the most recent of which is in Gaza.

Steve Hewitt 02 February 2024
Affectionately known as Al-Fedayeen, the Palestinian national football team reminded the world of a people's ambitions for statehood – and revealed the wider extent of demands for peace in Gaza.  Eduardo Ramón

Palestinian team – and cause – shines at Asia Cup

Affectionately known as Al-Fedayeen, the national football team reminded the world of a people's ambitions for statehood – and revealed the wider extent of demands for peace in Gaza. 

Mohamed Qutob 02 February 2024

Gaza's last lifeline under threat after UNRWA funding pulled

Fares Akkad 01 February 2024
Western support for the Palestinian cause is increasing, but not in the corridors of power. Prominent Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi speaks to Al Majalla on Gaza's war and its global implications. Al Majalla

Rashid Khalidi: We’re not even close to a Palestinian solution

Western support for the Palestinian cause is increasing, but not in the corridors of power. A prominent Palestinian-American historian speaks to Al Majalla on Gaza's war and its global implications.

Samer Abou Hawwach 02 February 2024
There is growing unemployment after Israel revoked work permits and withheld tax revenue from the PA. Meanwhile, it continues its brutal war on Gaza, heightening emotions at a tense time. Al Majalla

Tensions mount as economic crisis grips West Bank

There is growing unemployment after Israel revoked work permits and withheld tax revenue from the PA. Meanwhile, it continues its brutal war on Gaza, heightening emotions at a tense time.

Sherine Younes 31 January 2024
US President Joe Biden is briefed on the deadly drone attack at a US outpost in Jordan by members of the national security team in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, US,  29 January 2024. Reuters

Biden weighs options after US troops killed in Jordan

In an election year, Biden needs to draw a line for Iran to deter future attacks while also avoiding a further regional escalation

Michael Horowitz 30 January 2024
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Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
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
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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