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The Ashira Tribe band Ibrahim Tutunji

Beirut’s ethereal music: confronting existential anxiety

In a shattered and divided Lebanon, a diverse group of musicians are choosing to operate on a different artistic and existential plane

Ibrahim Tutunji 07 September 2025
Pep Boatella

Lebanon’s challenge to disarm Hezbollah

Al Majalla tackles the latest developments, including signals from Washington and Riyadh, as well as Tehran's red lines

Al Majalla - London 03 September 2025
Pep Boatella

Disarming Hezbollah: will Lebanon seize or squander its opportunity?

After Israel dealt Iran and its regional axis a string of crippling blows last year, Lebanon now finds itself better-positioned to reclaim its eroded state sovereignty. Will it grab the chance?

Frederic C. Hof 03 September 2025
A portrait of a soldier in Beirut, Lebanon. 
Alamy

The Lebanese army can confront Hezbollah. Here's how.

Lebanon's president and prime minister have a big decision to make: whether, and how, to use the army to disarm Hezbollah. Today's army can be trusted, but its task must be well thought through.

Bilal Saab 03 September 2025
A destroyed Lebanese bank after it was set on fire by protesters, Tripoli, June 12, 2020. AFP

Investment in Lebanon: capital inflows depend on reforms

Security is a precondition for prosperity and trade, but there are willing partners and ample possibilities if investors are better protected and the Lebanese banking sector is strengthened.

Souraya Chahine 25 August 2025
Lebanese abstract artist Saloua Choucair and one of her works

Saloua Raouda Choucair: a century of abstraction

A museum named after the late Lebanese artist provides an insightful window into her enduring legacy

Mohamed abi Samra 24 August 2025
Al Majalla

New details emerge on Kamal Jumblatt's assassination

Classified documents from the 1970s obtained by Al Majalla show what led to the killing of the Lebanese Druze politician and how Syria came to occupy Lebanon

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 August 2025
Al Majalla

Kamal Jumblatt’s letter to Assad days before he was killed

The Druze leader, whose forces were winning Lebanon's civil war, disagreed with Syria's president over it. Now, Al Majalla publishes a letter he sent to Assad, aiming to put them on the same page.

Al Majalla - London 23 August 2025
US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack, also special envoy to Syria, fields questions from journalists after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon at a crossroads over Hezbollah arms

US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack used his latest visit to Beirut to deliver what was, in effect, an ultimatum to the Lebanese government, though he took care not to present it as such

Michael Harari 18 August 2025
Laura Salafia

Tom Barrack: the businessman with a huge Middle East remit

Donald Trump's ambassador to Türkiye and envoy to Syria has been having some critical conversations in regional capitals since April, from disarming Hezbollah to preventing another war with Israel

Omer Onhon 10 August 2025
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Alamy
Politics

The Lebanese army can confront Hezbollah. Here's how.

02 September 2025

Lebanon's president and prime minister have a big decision to make: whether, and how, to use the army to disarm Hezbollah. Today's army can be trusted, but its task must be well thought through.

Bilal Saab
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Al Majalla
Politics

Hugs and hand-holding: Modi sends signals to Trump in Tianjin

06 September 2025

With Modi keen to stand his ground against Trump's tariffs, and India-China relations beginning to thaw, the SCO summit gave New Delhi an opportunity to assert its diplomatic weight

Shakir Husain
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How Saudi Arabia is redefining the global mining map

06 September 2025

The Future Minerals Forum has become one of the world's most influential gatherings in the minerals sector, uniting stakeholders around the shared goal of building sustainable mineral supply chains

Faisal Faeq
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla’s Film Watch

03 September 2025

Every month, Al Majalla offers its take on the screen's newest releases, with the occasional dip into the archives to review an older classic.

Areej Jamal

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