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Nash Weerasekera/Majalla

From unicorns to dystopians: The disappearance of Israel's centre-centre

Despite Israelis protesting against Netanyahu every Saturday, a closer look through the political lens shows centrists moving further to the right and an almost non-existent left

Ahmed Maher 25 September 2024
The French delegation attends the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Mexico City on 12 October 1968. Days earlier, hundreds of Mexican students had been shot and killed. EPU/AFP

Let the Games begin: Olympics tries to outrun its political shadow

For over a century, states' disagreements in other areas have spilled over into the world's highest profile sports arena, with boycotts and counter-boycotts. Al Majalla reviews a chequered history.

Sami Moubayed 25 July 2024
Andy Edwards

David Cameron returns to world stage

The appointment of Cameron certainly signals a shift towards the centre ground of British politics

Con Coughlin 10 December 2023
As a sportsman once renowned for his courage, dismissing Khan's potential political comeback would be foolish. But as he sits in a prison cell, it's hard to envision his return to the frontlines. Rob Carter

Imran Khan: From prison cell to political comeback?

As a sportsman once renowned for his courage, dismissing Khan's potential political comeback would be foolish. But as he sits in a prison cell, it's hard to envision his return to the frontlines.

Con Coughlin 24 September 2023
History is riddled with stories of ambitious women who emerge from the shadow of their powerful husbands to have political careers of their own. Albane Simon

From Madame Mao to Evita: A look at some of the most influential first ladies of history

History is riddled with stories of ambitious women who emerge from the shadow of their powerful husbands to have political careers of their own

Manaf Saad 28 April 2023
In an interview with Al Majalla, the accomplished novelist-turned-politician reflects on her fascinating career. Andy Edwards

Doha Assy: A champion of Egypt’s intellectual scene

In an interview with Al Majalla, the accomplished novelist-turned-politician reflects on her fascinating career

Rabab Kassab 15 March 2023
Some analysts dismiss the opinion polls and doubt that there will be a new civil war, but there is no clear escape from the risk of more political violence due to deep political divisions. Andrei Cojocaru

Is a new American civil war coming?

Some analysts dismiss the opinion polls and doubt that there will be a new civil war, but there is no clear escape from the risk of more political violence due to deep political divisions

Robert Ford 05 February 2023
A general view of buildings under construction in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

The Ambitious Plan to Transform the Egyptian Economy

The Egyptian state has been pushed to take unprecedented measures to weather the storm hitting the domestic economy as a result of the global standoff around the Russia-Ukraine war, especially since…

Dalia Ziada 27 May 2022
Iraqi lawmakers attend the first session of the new Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, on January 9, 2022. (File photo via Reuters)

Iraqi Law Criminalizes Calls for Normalization with Israel

On Thursday 26 of May, the Iraqi Parliament passed a law, titled “Criminalizing Normalization and Establishment of Relations with the Zionist Entity”, 275 lawmakers voted in favor of it in Iraq’s 329…

Suzan Quitaz 27 May 2022
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Reuters)

Egypt Moves Ahead With National Dialogue

Political and partisan forces in Egypt, as well as civil action players in the country, have enthusiastically welcomed the invitation to national dialogue extended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah…

Mohammed Khalil 20 May 2022
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
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Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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