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Basel Adra: I wanted to make a film as disturbing as my reality

Speaking to Al Majalla, the Palestinian co-director of Best Documentary winner 'No Other Land' says he believes that solidarity with Gaza's suffering was a factor in his film's Oscars success

Houssam Marouf 14, Mar 2025
Men sit before a wall displaying pictures of killed Palestinians in Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank on July 5, 2023, after the Israeli army declared the end of a two-day military operation in the area. AFP

Why Israel is threatened by Jenin

The camp's residents show strong social cohesion. Unlike many other cities and villages in the West Bank, it is not characterised by political divisions.

Salem Al Rayyes 05, Jul 2023
An Israeli settlement Nevi Yakov in eastern Jerusalem. In the background is the Palestinian neighbourhood of Beit Hanina. AFP

Palestinian options at a standstill with no breakthrough in sight

Last year witnessed a significant escalation regarding the Israeli targeting of Palestinians

Majed Kayali 05, Feb 2023
A Palestinian waitress work at the newly-opened women-only restaurant, called Sabaia VIP, in Gaza City September 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Sandwiches and A Safe Space: A Gaza Restaurant Run By women, For Women

A Palestinian woman has realized her dream of becoming a chef in the male-dominated Gaza Strip thanks to a new eatery where she heads an all-female staff looking after an all-female clientele. …

12, Sep 2022
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“Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said”

This American book, and many of the major American comments about it, seem to still have not figured out the real Edward Said. The deeply rooted spirit of Said, starting from Jerusalem, through Cairo…

Mohammad Ali Salih 21, Jun 2021
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Palestinian children receive malnourishment treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 30, 2024. Bashar TALEB / AFP
Politics

Israel under mounting international pressure to let aid into Gaza

20 May 2025

The UK, France and Canada issue their toughest warning yet to Israel, with the UK suspending trade talks. Meanwhile, the UN warns 14,000 babies could die if aid is not let in.

Salem Al Rayyes
Documents & Memoirs

Lifting the veil on secret US-Assad talks

21 May 2025

Al Majalla reveals the covert talks over several years between the representatives of a reluctant Syrian president and successive White House administrations hoping find a missing American.

Ibrahim Hamidi
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Politics

Why Trump decided to lift sanctions on Syria

20 May 2025

Trump's decision to reverse decades of US policy on Syria within just a few hours in Riyadh reflects the weight of influence that Middle Eastern leaders can have on Trump's decision-making process

Caroline Rose
An Iranian couple walk past mural paintings depicting scenes from the torture of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, on a major highway in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 1, 2004. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

From Abu Ghraib to Sde Teiman: rogue acts or systemic policy?

22 May 2025

Can torture in US and Israeli-run prisons be chalked up to a few 'bad apples', as some officials claim? Studies have shown some instances of abuse were not only tolerated but tacitly endorsed.

Nour Bader
Opinion

Will Trump's peace-through-prosperity blueprint for the region work?

15 May 2025

The US president sees commerce and economic cooperation as the best way to bring stability to a war-torn region. Time will tell if this blueprint will pay dividends.

Con Coughlin

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