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Architects at Venice Biennale challenge Israel’s culture of erasure
Culture & Social Affairs

Architects at Venice Biennale challenge Israel’s culture of erasure

Iain Ackerman 12, Jul 2025
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Details from the trial of the Jordanian pilot’s IS killer

Rania El Akhdar 10, Jul 2025
Yusra Naim

Kemi Badenoch: Britain's new anti-woke Tory leader

A fierce critic of the Left, Badenoch made history by becoming the first black woman to lead a British political party, and she has a plan to reverse the Conservative Party's fortunes

Con Coughlin 24, Nov 2024
Dave Murray

Boris Johnson's 'Unleashed': Wild claims and vivid detail

In his bestseller memoir, Johnson explains how he tried to talk Putin out of invading Ukraine, how Netanyahu's security team bugged his bathroom and other shocking allegations

Con Coughlin 22, Nov 2024

Biden allows Ukraine to use US missiles inside Russia

Fares Garabet 21, Nov 2024
M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on a Russian position on December 29, 2023, in Ukraine. Getty

Biden ups the ante in Ukraine war ahead of Trump presidency

No sooner did Washington greenlight Ukraine's use of long-range missiles than Russia announced it had signed a law allowing a nuclear strike in response to such an attack

Con Coughlin 19, Nov 2024
English author Samantha Harvey attends a photocall during the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square Gardens on August 27, 2018, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getty

Samantha Harvey: I wanted to tell a story that captured Earth's contradictions

Al Majalla interviews the British writer who won the Booker for her novel Orbital—a story set in space that reveals much about life on Earth and how isolation can sometimes be a privilege

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 13, Nov 2024
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Novel on Algeria's Black Decade nabs France’s Goncourt Prize

Kamel Daoud's 'Houris' weaves together the suffering of the body with the suffering of a society sworn to silence over a trauma that has yet to heal

Samir Qasimi 08, Nov 2024
French writer David Diop poses during a photo session in Paris on September 20, 2018. JOEL SAGET / AFP

French novelist David Diop on giving voice to history's voiceless

The award-winning French novelist tells Al Majalla about the inspiration behind his book, 'At Night All Blood Is Black,' and the challenges of merging fact with fiction

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 02, Nov 2024

Behind Victor Hugo's admiration of Islam

At a time when Islamophobia began to take hold in Europe, the renowned French poet pushed back on misconceptions. His works feature over a hundred references to the Prophet Muhammad and the Quran.

Ali Almuqri 24, Oct 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 9, 2024. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP

Two stirring speeches and one anti-fascist song tell a story of a divided Europe

How a fiery speech by far-right Hungarian PM Victor Orbán at the European Parliament, followed by an unusually stirring speech by Ursula von der Leyen, inspired a group of MPs to break out into song

Bryn Haworth 21, Oct 2024
Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov poses in Paris on November 8, 2022, after he was awarded the Medicis Foreign Literature Prize for his novel Les Abeilles Grises. Bertrand GUAY / AFP

Why Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov is avoiding predictions

The award-winning novelist, whose storylines are known for their prescience, tells Al Majalla how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has irrevocably changed him

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 13, Oct 2024
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Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
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Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
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Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
Lina Jaradat
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Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
Lina Jaradat
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How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

James Jeffrey

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