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Mo Amer in 'Mo' Eddy Chen/Netflix

‘Mo’: a rare humanization of Palestinians on mainstream TV

Now streaming on Netflix, Season 2 delves deeper into the fight for freedom far from Palestine, shining a light on refugee pain and their longing for the homeland

Nawwar Jabbour 17 March 2025
Karim Abdel Aziz from the Al-Hashshashin series. Instagram

'The Assassins' sheds light on one of the most dangerous cults in Islamic history

The Egyptian series premiered on the first day of Ramadan and tells the story of the 11th-century cult leader Hasan i-Sabbah, whose followers were credited as pioneers of organised assassinations

Sami Moubayed 20 March 2024
The Bear's crew is too busy to heal; they have to keep their ship from sinking. Irene Blasco

'The Bear' offers a recipe for loss but leaves healing off the ingredient list

The fictional series, named after the restaurant at which it's set, puts the viewer's heart on the chopping board. Al Majalla dissects the show available on Disney+ in an all-encompassing review.

Obaid al-Tamimi 25 September 2023
A still from Khali Balak Mn Zizi (Take Care of Zizi) TV series.

Should Egypt’s Ramadan TV Dramas Better Reflect Reality?

Violence, murder, bullying and swear words have been the highlights of Egyptian TV drama series for years now. That prompted the state authorities to set a code of ethics for TV dramas to…

Menna A. Farouk 07 May 2021
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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
Pete Reynolds
Politics

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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