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Egyptian troops pose atop a bunker on which they just planted their flag on the Israeli Bar Lev line east of the Suez Canal, Egypt, on October 13, 1973.

How are wars named?

From the World Wars to the Nakba and the two Intifadas, Al Majalla explains why some names stuck and others did not.

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Movie "All quiet on the Western Front", directed by Lewis Milestone, sreenplay by Maxwell Anderson and George Abbott based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, produced by Carl Laemmle jr., Universal Pictures USA 1930.

World War I film wins Oscar in nod to Ukraine war

War has long been a fixture of the cinema industry and it is no surprise that amid the Ukraine war, 'All Quiet on the Western Front' wins this prestigious awardrn

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Photo shows (from R to L) Yara Al-Ghandour, Naila Hamdy, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at AUC’s School of GAPP, Amr Bayoumi and Ibrahim Awad in a panel discussion after screening “The Last Resort” documentary at the AAUC’s Tahrir Culture Center on Tuesday night. (Credit: Salwa Samir)

When European Refugees Found “The Last Resort” in Egypt

A documentary about the untold story of the thousands of Europeans who were welcomed by Egypt as refugees during World War II was made by first-time Egyptian director Yara Al-Ghandour. The 30…

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1- Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, in Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2022. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

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Contemporary history has not witnessed such an escalation with consequences Russia did not suffer from its Western opponents even during the height of the Cold War, which lasted for more than forty…

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The announcement of the delay of the Arab summit scheduled to be held in Algeria in March has revealed the depth of the fundamental political differences that afflict inter-Arab relations. It…

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The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are intergovernmental institutions founded in 1944 which greatly influence world development and financial order. They are also known as the…

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