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Lina Jaradat

Hamas: Limited options and high costs for Palestinians

As the Israeli net closes in on Rafah, what are the remaining options for Hamas?

Majed Kayali 07 May 2024
A protest encampment on the University of Chicago campus on May 4, 2024, against Israel's war on Gaza. Students are calling for the university to divest from companies complicit in the war. AFP

A campus at war over Gaza: Who sets right from wrong?

The current wave of student discord has captured the world's attention with images of hundreds of police smashing up encampments and making arrests.

Makram Rabah 06 May 2024
This picture taken on January 5, 2024, shows Gaza City's Omari Mosque, the oldest mosque in Gaza, damaged in Israeli bombardment. AFP

Cultural heritage sites not spared in Israel's war on Gaza

Israel has destroyed historic landmarks with deep religious and cultural significance that helped Gaza foster its unique sense of place and identity

Houssam Marouf 04 May 2024
Marco Lawrence/Majalla

Netanyahu vs Sinwar: Egocentrism personified in Gaza war

The Israeli prime minister and Hamas leader have inflated military progress in Gaza, whitewashed their failures and religionised the war. Who can cast doubts about a divine victory?

Ahmed Maher 15 April 2024
US President Joe Biden (L) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on 18 October 2023. Reuters

Gaza tests the boundaries of America's 'special' relationship with Israel

Six months of war have led to huge swings in public opinion and growing criticism of Israel from US leaders, which would have been unthinkable in the past. Have things changed?

Aqeel Abbas 10 April 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi walk together after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow. AFP

Allies to a point: inside the complex Russia-Iran relationship

In Syria, Tehran-backed militias helped Assad fight rebels with air cover from the Kremlin, while in Ukraine Putin flies Iranian drones at Kyiv. Best friends? Not quite. This alliance is complex.

Lina Khatib 03 April 2024
A woman reacts as she inspects damages at Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew. Reuters

An Arab perspective on the Gaza War after six months of conflict

Israel's friends are falling away, its army cannot claim victory, its major ally is losing patience, and its diplomatic isolation has never been so stark. For Arab states, the time is now.

Hesham Alghannam 01 April 2024
The Secretary General of Fatah's Central Committee Jibril Rajoub tells Al Majalla that the Palestinians need a unified strategy to mend divisions and leverage new-found global support for their cause. Lina Jaradat

Jibril Rajoub: The world can no longer ignore Palestine

The Secretary General of Fatah's Central Committee tells Al Majalla that the Palestinians need a unified strategy to mend divisions and leverage new-found global support for their cause

Ahmed Maher 26 March 2024
A woman walks past a mural painted in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza on a wall in Nairobi, Kenya, on 14 March 2024. Reuters

Palestinians must capitalise on the growing global support for their cause

The pursuit of international legal avenues to hold Israel accountable for its crimes must continue, and Palestinians need to unite behind a shared vision for the future

Asaad Ghanem 17 March 2024
Palestinian children carry traditional "fanous" lanterns in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024.

Israel's war casts dark shadow on Ramadan in Gaza

The joy normally associated with this holy Muslim month has disappeared from people's faces. Al Majalla speaks to displaced Palestinians who barely have enough food to feed their families.

Salem Al Rayyes 12 March 2024
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington, on 18 November 2025.
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Saudi Arabia scores ally upgrade in Washington

19 November 2025

Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to 'major non-NATO ally' status, but bigger issues of normalisation with Israel and a binding security treaty need more time. Nonetheless, this is a huge step forward.

Abdullah F. Alrebh
Palestinian novelist Basem Khandakji
Culture & Social Affairs

Basem Khandakji on exile, imprisonment, and purpose

26 November 2025

The Palestinian novelist who won the Arabic Booker Prize in 2023 from behind Israeli prison walls speaks to Al Majalla about his extraordinary life and literary journey

El-Sayed Hussein
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) looks on during a meeting with US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 20 November 2025. AFP
Politics

Trump presents Ukraine with a ‘very tough choice’

24 November 2025

Zelensky said he's being asked to decide between Ukraine losing its dignity or losing a key partner

Sam Skove and John Haltiwanger
AFP-Reuters-Al Majalla
Business & Economy

UK chancellor aims to strike a balance with her 2025 budget

27 November 2025

Policymakers' main worry ahead of Rachel Reeves' announcements this week centred on the reaction of the bond markets. So far, they have received a cautious welcome.

Bassam Mahfouz
US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
Politics

How Tucker Carlson put Arab Christians on America's map

25 November 2025

Prominent conservative journalists and politicians have broken ranks to call out Israeli crimes against Arab Christians. The effects continue to ripple through Donald Trump's support base.

Kamal Alam

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