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A view of the Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound after renovation work carried out by the Waqf, a Jordanian-backed body that oversees Muslim religious sites in Jerusalem, on 10 January 2018. THOMAS COEX / AFP

Why Al-Aqsa matters more than ever to Jordan

At a time when Amman's security ties with Washington are being questioned, asserting its custodianship role over Al Haram Al Sharif could win it favour at home

Neil Quilliam 25 August 2026
Axel Rangel Garcia/Majalla

Feeling lost in Jerusalem? It’s called Palestinian self-demolitions

Five decades of demolition of Palestinian houses in occupied East Jerusalem

Ahmed Maher 26 April 2024
Asmahan with Muhammad Al-Tabei

Of love and politics: Asmahan’s turbulent final years in Jerusalem

Egyptian journalist Mohamed Al-Tabii recounts in his book how the Syrian singer navigated the turbulent waters of life in the ancient city during her 31 short years.

Wael Tawfik 18 April 2024
Israeli police officers monitor Palestinians performing Friday prayers outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem on January 19. Reuters

Fears mount over rising Al-Aqsa tensions as Ramadan nears

No single event has a greater potential of triggering a regional war than an incendiary incident at Al-Aqsa during Ramadan — especially against the backdrop of Israel's brutal war on Gaza

Daniel Seidemann 02 March 2024
Israeli police confront with mourners as they carry the casket of slain Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her funeral in east Jerusalem, Friday, May 13, 2022. Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American reporter who covered the Mideast conflict for more than 25 years, was shot dead Wednesday during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank town of Jenin. (AP Photo/Maya Levin)

Israeli Police Beat Mourners At Journalist’s Funeral

Israeli police on Friday moved in on a crowd of mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, beating demonstrators with batons and causing pallbearers to briefly drop the…

AP 13 May 2022
Gamal Abdel Maboud

O! Those Who Are Asleep, Wake Up and Pray to Allah

Cairo during Ramadan has a special flavor that no one can taste but those who take permission from its sultans who were rulers or sultans of the divine love from the Sufis who lay Cairo in the arms…

Gamal Abd El-Maboud 01 April 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the conflict in the Middle East from Cross- Hall of the White House on May 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Getty)

Biden Can Keep the Two-State Solution Alive

President Joe Biden and his team came into office understandably hoping to deprioritize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They saw Washington-led negotiations as a trap that had ensnared previous U.S…

Ilan Goldenberg 25 June 2021
Israel's incoming Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (behind) walks past (R to L) incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, as Bennet gives an address before the new cabinet at the Knesset on June 13, 2021. (Getty)

New Israeli Govt. Faces Difficult Internal, External Challenges

The Flag March that took place in the Old City of Jerusalem, less than 48 hours after the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) approved the new Bennett-Lapid coalition government, has underscored the…

Amal Shahada 25 June 2021
Jeremy Ben-Ami

Three American Jewish Leaders Opine on Gaza Violence

Last week, the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding. In the US, the conflict has exposed two major negative developments…

Mohammad Ali Salih 29 May 2021
 Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite movement Hezbollah, addresses the crowds through a giant screen at a rally agains US President Trump decision to relocate the US Embassy to Jerusalem, on December 11, 2017 in a Beirut southern suburb. Getty Images

Hezbollah and Gaza: A Dilemma of Self-Preservation

In a televised speech on Tuesday, May 25, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah commented on the most recent Gaza war by proposing a new formula: Jerusalem or regional war. “An attack on Jerusalem or the…

Hanin Ghaddar 29 May 2021
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Al-Jawf: the key to defeating the Houthis

05, Nov 2026

The battle for this strategically important and resource-rich province tests the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour

Al Majalla - London
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al-Saud, Pakistan's army chief General Syed Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Tehran on 26 October 2026. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
Politics

Pakistan’s balancing act in a fragmenting world

07, Nov 2026

Staying friends with the Turks, Chinese, Russians, Americans, Europeans, Iranians and Saudis simultaneously is a big ask for Islamabad's diplomats, but somehow they are managing it

Kaswar Klasra
Politics

Can the Democrats prevent a new round of war with Iran?

05, Nov 2026

Despite the war's unpopularity, Trump seems determined to press on until he can claim a decisive victory, whether by diplomacy, force, or a combination of the two

Aqeel Abbas
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Abdul El-Sayed: the progressive Michigander who beat the pro-Israel lobby

07, Aug 2026

The Egyptian-American epidemiologist became the first Muslim senator in US history, despite $70mn spent to defeat him in the Democratic primary

Tarek Rashed
French author Philippe Djianada looks out from a window at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, following his win of the French Goncourt literary prize for his novel "The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel," on 3 November 2026. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Culture & Social Affairs

A novel about a murder in Paris wins the 2026 Goncourt

06, Nov 2026

French novelist Philippe Jaenada's novel 'The Unknown Woman of Quai de Javel' wins big, while the Prix Renaudot goes to François-Henri Désérable for his novel about an unlikely wine expert

Najeeb Mubarak

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