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A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on January 18, 2024, shows Israeli army vehicles driving on a road in Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. AFP

Israel’s bid to take Philadelphi Corridor comes with great risk

Israeli calls to retake control of Egypt's border with Gaza have been sharply rejected in Cairo. If Israel goes it alone, could its peace treaty with Egypt be at risk?

Amr Emam 24 January 2024
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)   during a summit in the Saudi capital Riyadh on 20 October 2023. AFP

What are the biggest challenges facing the GCC in 2024?

Israel's war on Gaza, rising US-China tensions, the stubborn war between Russia and Ukraine, and the worsening effects of climate change top GCC leaders' concern this year

Dana Al Enezzi 23 January 2024
A woman holding a girl reacts after Israeli air strikes hit Ridwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza on October 23, 2023 Getty

A shattered Gaza dominates cultural debate in a shocked Arab world

War and violence are breathing new life into old grievances. It has always been the job of art and culture to help make sense of what we see. Is it still a reliable guide in this tumultuous world? 

Mohamed abi Samra 23 January 2024
Palestinians protest during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on January 10, 2024. AFP

The US project for Gaza's 'day after' and conditions for peace

Al Majalla reviews the US roadmap for ending Israel's war on Gaza and puts forth a more realistic and comprehensive resolution for a lasting peace in the region.

Hesham Alghannam 22 January 2024

Palestinians in Gaza wait for their turn to die

Fares Garabet 22 January 2024
Through its genocide case against Israel, South Africa's own history of fighting apartheid and oppression can be recalled. It's also a bold move to call out Western hypocrisy. Majalla

South Africa’s decades-long solidarity with Palestine on display at ICJ

Through its genocide case against Israel, South Africa's own history of fighting apartheid and oppression can be recalled. It's also a bold move to call out Western hypocrisy.

Christopher Phillips 21 January 2024
Not that long ago, nobody took Ben-Gvir and Smotrich seriously. Today, they are ministers in Israel’s government, with expanded remits and power over the West Bank. How did it get to this? Majalla

Ben-Gvir and Smotrich: The extremist duo who rose to power in Israel

Not that long ago, nobody took these men seriously. Today, they are ministers in Israel's government, with expanded remits and power over the Occupied West Bank. How did it get to this?

Michael Horowitz 20 January 2024
Iran is moving its proxy pieces around on the Middle East chessboard to pressure a ceasefire in Gaza while Israel tries to drag the US into a regional war. shutterstock

Iran and Israel face off on Middle East chessboard

Iran is moving its proxy pieces around on the Middle East chessboard to pressure a ceasefire in Gaza while Israel tries to drag the US into a regional war

Khaled Hamadeh 19 January 2024
Palestinians stand next to a mural of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat amidst the debris following Israeli bombardment on Rafah on November 22, 2023 AFP

War in Gaza puts future in focus, but Palestinians differ on what that looks like

The debate among Palestinians over their future covers a wide political spectrum and has intensified since the war began

Majed Kayali 18 January 2024

Will 2024 see another Nakba in Palestine?

Fares Garabet 18 January 2024
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Why siccing Syria's army on Hezbollah is so dangerous

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If Trump's idea is implemented, it would all but certainly further undermine regional stability and US interests in the Middle East

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The G7 grapples with the politics of AI access

23 June 2026

As advanced AI models become strategic assets, the G7 is confronting difficult questions of access, dependence, and control

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US plan for Libya: unification or management of division?

26 June 2026

A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?

Areig Elhag
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The World Cup is helping boost the Arab hospitality sector

26 June 2026

Owing to time-zone differences, the tournament is creating a new spending cycle for cafés and restaurants in Arab cities

Mohamed Sharki
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Umberto Eco's 'Inventing the Enemy' as relevant as ever

22 June 2026

A forgotten lecture by the renowned Italian writer at the University of Bologna in 2008 traced the history of hatred through language, myth, and imagination, all of which still apply today

Antoine Jockey

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