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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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Mark Smith
Politics

Trump’s deal: repercussions in the Gulf, Iran, and Israel

18 June 2026

The MOU reached by the two warring nations forces a rethink of the Middle East's political, security, and economic landscape

Al Majalla - London
Opinion

Hormuz may reopen, but the deal is strewn with mines

21 June 2026

Perhaps Lebanon, not the nuclear file, will become the real test of the agreement's ability to survive

Ibrahim Hamidi
Al Majalla
Politics

New laws will embed Israel in US security agencies

16 June 2026

Legislation to fund the American military and intelligence services will include requirements that Israeli defence firms be involved in sensitive projects and that classified information be shared

Robert Ford
Business & Economy

Hormuz is open, but obstacles to trade still linger

22 June 2026

Even if diplomatic progress continues, the Strait could be closed again. As a result, the geopolitical risk premium attached to Gulf energy exports is unlikely to disappear entirely.

Neil Quilliam
A painting by the Egyptian artist George Bahgory from the series “Love and Football”.
George Bahgoury via Facebook
Culture & Social Affairs

Football and art: fusing a popular sport with culture

22 June 2026

Artists use paintings, sculpture, murals, and digital designs to iconise, idolise, and mythologise football culture in a language understood by all

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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OPINIONS

Why Syrian action against Hezbollah is unlikely

Elie Kossaifi
Elie Kossaifi

The Syrian solution to Hezbollah

Al Majalla - London
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How Syria and Lebanon can cooperate to shape their collective futures

Subhi Franjieh
Subhi Franjieh

Why Trump's Syria-Hezbollah gambit could backfire

Michael Horowitz
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