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100 years on, television confronts the digital age

Exactly a century ago, images sent in the form of electronic signals via radio waves heralded a new invention, one that would shape politics, culture, and much else. Where next for TV?

Marco Mossad 12 October 2025
Brian Stauffer

Has X become the go-to social media platform of the far right?

Twitter was known for its liberalism. It has been transformed into a very different beast, posing implications for news provision and political debate in a year with the next race for the White House

Marco Mossad 21 May 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

TikTok: The most popular social media app in the US

Social media platforms have been the centre of controversy in recent years as concerns about their role in disseminating misinformation and scandals over data privacy have surfaced.Despite these…

Al Majalla - London 19 March 2024
A global brand and a much-loved bird are out, taking blue-tick verifications with them, scandal has arrived, rivals have launched and advertisers left. And the world has been asking: ‘Why?, Elon?’ Dave Murray

One year on, Elon Musk consolidates Twitter's ruin

A global brand and a much-loved bird are out, taking blue-tick verifications with them, scandal has arrived, rivals have launched and advertisers left. And the world has been asking: 'Why?, Elon?'

Khaled Kassar 14 December 2023
American scholar Kate Eichhorn believes that forgetting has become impossible in the digital age, which documents all of our movements. Shadi Alaa Aldin reviews her book, "The End of Forgetting". Shutterstock

The end of forgetting: Is social media holding us hostage to our pasts?

American scholar Kate Eichhorn believes that forgetting has become impossible in the digital age, which documents all of our movements. Shadi Alaa Aldin reviews her book, "The End of Forgetting".

Shadi Alaa Aldin 16 June 2023
A boom in cosmetic surgery among Syrian women has sparked talk of a link between the country’s war and perceptions of beauty there. Nawar Jabbour looks into the trend, also driven by social media. Nathalie Lees

Syrians seek solace in cosmetic surgery

With the war in their country not yet entirely over, people there are seeking solace by wearing a new face, perhaps as a distraction from lingering suffering

Nawwar Jabbour 29 April 2023
The TikTok war between the US and China is rooted not only in Washington’s fear of potential threats to national security but also a wider clash of cultures and freedoms. Nicola Ferrarese

The TikTok war is about more than technology

The TikTok war between the US and China is rooted not only in Washington's fear of potential threats to national security but also a wider clash of cultures and freedoms.

Khaled Kassar 29 April 2023
Stellar growth made TikTok one of the world's most popular social media apps, but Western countries are accusing the platform of being an agent of China. Nash Weerasekera

TikTok under attack amid fears it is harvesting data 

Stellar growth made TikTok one of the world's most popular social media apps, but Western countries are accusing the platform of being an agent of China

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 10 March 2023
TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/

EU Commissioner Says He Will Remind TikTok CEO To Respect EU Rules

Chinese social media company TikTok must remember to respect European Union rules, including transparency requirements regarding its algorithms, Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton…

09 January 2023
A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iranians Appear to Defy Warning from Powerful Guards with More Protests

Iranian students defied warnings from the feared Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia that nationwide protests must end by Sunday, prompting a fierce response from riot police and militia, videos…

30 October 2022
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington, on 18 November 2025.
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Saudi Arabia scores ally upgrade in Washington

19 November 2025

Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to 'major non-NATO ally' status, but bigger issues of normalisation with Israel and a binding security treaty need more time. Nonetheless, this is a huge step forward.

Abdullah F. Alrebh
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

From oil to AI: a century of Saudi-US partnership

17 November 2025

The Saudi-US alliance is entering a new phase—one characterised by maturity, equilibrium, and a shared vision attuned to a world increasingly shaped by technology

Omar Harkous
Al Majalla's Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim Hamidi interviews Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on 13 November 2025. Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Asaad Shaibani on how Syria untangled its Russian knot

18 November 2025

In Part 1 of a two-part interview with Al Majalla, Syria's foreign minister explains how the Assad regime fell and how President Ahmed al-Sharaa went from a wanted man to a world leader

Ibrahim Hamidi
Opinion

A new Ukraine peace plan surfaces out of the blue

20 November 2025

Kyiv looks to be under renewed pressure amid reports that Russia and the US have been secretly drafting a 28-point peace plan to put an end to the conflict

Con Coughlin
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Culture & Social Affairs

'It Was Just An Accident' takes on the morality of revenge

19 November 2025

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi tells the story of a group of ordinary people, all tortured by the same man, grappling with whether or not to take justice into their own hands

Maram Abou Hawach

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