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Hot Air Balloon Festival over Mada'in Saleh (Hegra) ancient site, AlUla, Saudi Arabia. was taken in 2020 Mar 18 Shutterstock

The promising future of Arab tourism

Countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco have been traditional magnets for tourists in the region, but now GCC countries are becoming rising competitors

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 05 April 2023
This picture taken on December 12, 2022 shows an aerial view of an old fort in the Khaybar oasis in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Getty Images

Ancient Saudi fort in need of preservation

The importance of fully examining structural history above and below ground cannot be overstated and preservation efforts are urgently needed in Khaybar to protect what is there

Reem Al-Kamali 30 March 2023
A man in Tehran holds a local newspaper reporting on its front page the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, signed in Beijing the previous day, on March, 11 2023. AFP

Will the Saudi-Iran deal reshuffle the regional security deck?

Three factors that limit optimism over the deal are Iran's radicals, China's unwillingness to play a more significant security role in the region and Israel's fear over Iran's nuclear programme 

Bilal Saab 21 March 2023
Saudi state minister Musaed bin Muhammad Al-Aiban, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Wang Yi and Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani. DPA

Why China is mediating in the Middle East

With significant and deepening interests in the Middle East, Beijing's growing role in geopolitics is reshaping both the region and China's reputation in global diplomacy, first via Riyadh and Tehran

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 14 March 2023
The West's mistaken belief that the BRI is a play by Beijing to boost its military power clashes with China's principle of peaceful development. Eduardo Ramon

What Saudi Arabia can learn from China’s Belt and Road Initiative

The West's mistaken belief that the BRI is a play by Beijing to boost its military power clashes with China's principle of peaceful development

Becky Shen 14 March 2023
King-Salman-orders-that-the-11th-of-March-of-each-year-be-Flag-Day-700x439

Saudi Flag Day: A celebration of great significance

A royal decree issued by King Salman recently marked 11 March as Flag Day for citizens to celebrate the flag's significance throughout history

Khalid al-Ghannami 11 March 2023
While the state has been on a steady path towards women empowerment, the Saudi Vision 2030 has turned steps into giant leaps Eleanor Shakespeare

Saudi Arabia is embracing the aspiring woman

While the state has been on a steady path towards women empowerment, the Saudi Vision 2030 has turned steps into giant leaps

Abeer Albraheem 07 March 2023
This transformational development is part of the Kingdom's broad Vision 2030 reforms, which also support women's rights, a developed legislative system, and a renewed economic policy Julien Pacaud

Saudi Arabia experiencing transformational development in the realm of philosophy

This transformational development is part of the Kingdom's broad Vision 2030 reforms, which also support women's rights, a developed legislative system, and a renewed economic policy

Saad Almuharib 05 March 2023
During the reigns of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad and Saud bin Abdulaziz, Diriyah became the most important city the Arab world, second only to the two Holy Mosques Nash Weerasekera

Diriyah: The capital of the first Saudi state

During the reigns of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad and Saud bin Abdulaziz, Diriyah became the most important city the Arab world, second only to Mecca

Abdullah Al-Rashid 22 February 2023
The capital will have a new jewel on its skyline that will be a residential, cultural, technology and entertainment hub. WAS

The New Murabba project: The beating heart of Riyadh

The capital will have a new jewel on its skyline that will be a residential, cultural, technology and entertainment hub

Shujaa Albogmi 20 February 2023
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Syria's new post-sanctions test

22 December 2025

Damascus finally gets breathing room after the US repealed its draconian Caesar sanctions, but it can't exhale just yet. Al Majalla explains why.

Haid Haid
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Israeli gas and the crafting of a 'new Middle East'

22 December 2025

The US is poised to use Israeli gas as a lever to keep Iran on the backfoot following its regional setback, and it could even use it to undercut Russia's economy

Ibrahim Hamidi
Women and children at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, in January 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Zakaria
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After el-Fasher: the trajectory of war in Sudan

16 November 2025

Washington seems to have changed its tone after the RSF committed atrocities in October, putting increasing pressure on the foreign backers of a paramilitary that now controls Darfur. What next?

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb
Despite a new president, a new prime minister, a new government, and a new central bank governor, what has actually changed after Lebanon's economic collapse? Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

A state in crisis: Lebanon’s struggle to restore financial stability 

20 December 2025

Following the appointment of a new president, Lebanon has struggled to come to terms with the deep-rooted challenges of its financial collapse

Toufic Chanbour
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This year in film: landmark moments across platforms

22 December 2025

Al Majalla looks back at a memorable and haunting year in film, with Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab one of 2025's most powerful works

Wael Said

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