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Kuwaiti military helicopters perform during an airshow to mark the country's 63rd Independence Day celebrations in Kuwait City on February 26, 2024. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP

At 64, Kuwait still faces many of the same challenges

As Kuwait marks its National Day, it continues to grapple with the lingering effects of past crises while confronting new economic, political, and security challenges

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 25 February 2025
Iraqis in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad. AFP

Agree to disagree: Just how 'national' are Iraq's national days?

In a country where nationalism is subordinate to religious and ethnic identity, a new law could have helped build a sense of 'Iraq'. If only its political class were not so addicted to disagreement.

Ayad Al-Anbar 28 May 2024
Members of the pro-independence Taiwan Statebuilding Party burn a Chinese flag on boat trip in the Taiwan Strait in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Flag Raisings and Burnings in Taiwan as Some Mark China's National Day

Two small Taiwanese groups at far ends of the debate over relations with Beijing marked China's national day on Saturday with flag raisings and flag burnings, very opposite responses at a time of…

01 October 2022
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US President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House on 18 November 2025, in Washington, DC. Win McNamee / Getty
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Saudi Arabia and the US: renewing a long partnership

28 November 2025

Al Majalla's December cover story highlights the signficance of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington in November

Al Majalla - London
Opinion

Events have shown that Israel's might has its limits

01 December 2025

Israel's aggression and territorial expansion have become a political, financial, and moral burden, as they have on its Western government allies, who find it increasingly difficult to defend

Majed Kayali
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attend a welcoming ceremony for participants of the BRICS summit in Kazan on 22 October 2024. Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP
Politics

Egypt's multipolar balancing act is paying off

26 November 2025

With nuclear know-how from Russia, weapons from America, infrastructure from China, and money from the Gulf, Egypt is making the most out of a world with many powers.

Amr Emam
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

The Moroccan dirham emerges as an alternative currency in African markets

25 November 2025

As European banks retreat, debt balloons, and price volatility spooks central banks, Morocco's national currency is increasingly being used in continental trading.

Mohamed Sharki
A work from Syrian artist Shadi Abu Saada's latest exhibition, 'Migrants'. Mark Hachem Gallery
Culture & Social Affairs

Shadi Abu Saada’s take on the migrant experience

13 November 2025

The Syrian artist's works on display in Beirut consider the hopes and dreams of migrants, the walls they face, and their eventual arrival in a safe harbour

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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