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When peace struggles to shape up Fares Garabet
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When peace struggles to shape up

Fares Garabet 01 June 2026
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter affiliated with Iran's separatist Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), mans a position north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. Safin Hamid/AFP
Politics

Why Iran’s militant Kurds stayed out of the US-Iran war

Alex Vatanka 31 May 2026
Jomana Alrashid, CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG) and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Red Sea International Film Festival Foundation Al Majalla

Jomana R. Alrashid becomes first Saudi named to TIME’s annual TIME100 Next list of the 100 leaders shaping the future

TIME100 Next highlights 100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science, activism, and more

Al Majalla - London 01 October 2025
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Artist Elias Izoli returns with an exploration of balance

The Syrian painter's new exhibition shows how tragedies around the world have shaped him and his work

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 01 October 2025
Ewan White

Crypto crossroad: the Middle East faces a digital dilemma

There are vastly different approaches to digital assets across the region, with some still reticent to embrace a $4tn industry

Sharif Mohammad 30 September 2025
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The National Cultural Awards: investing in Saudi creativity

The importance of culture in the Kingdom was reflected in the diversity of honours dished out during a recent Riyadh ceremony. From anime to archaeology, Saudi identity shone through.

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 25 September 2025
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of their meeting in Riyadh. SPA

Saudi-Pakistan defence pact cements already robust ties

For decades, Riyadh and Islamabad have been on the same page when it comes to defence and security, but their alliance has always been based on understandings. That is now evolving.

Kamal Alam 23 September 2025
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Kuwait's budget deficit shrinks without public spending cuts

Cost-cutting measures, along with improved non-oil revenues, reduced the deficit by 32.4%. Al Majalla gives a detailed breakdown.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 22 September 2025
Farmers pick coffee in Jazan farms, southern Saudi Arabia, January 26, 2022.
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Nurturing success: Gulf states make inroads in agriculture

Other Arab countries suffering from climate change and war could learn a lot from how Gulf states are harnessing tech and securing investment to unlock their agricultural potential

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 18 September 2025
Al Majalla

Turning waste into power: Oman’s energy transition gains steam

Muscat's decision to proceed with a utility-scale waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Barka marks a significant development in its energy and environmental policy

Neil Quilliam 16 September 2025
Al Majalla

How Saudi Arabia is redefining the global mining map

The Future Minerals Forum has become one of the world's most influential gatherings in the minerals sector, uniting stakeholders around the shared goal of building sustainable mineral supply chains

Faisal Faeq 07 September 2025
A model of a solar farm at the Masdar City pavilion at the World Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, January 18, 2012.
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Masdar's profitability shows momentum in the Gulf energy transition

The UAE's leading renewable energy company has demonstrated that commercially viable clean energy ventures can emerge from state-backed initiatives when policy, market conditions, and execution align

Neil Quilliam 02 September 2025
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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter affiliated with Iran's separatist Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), mans a position north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. Safin Hamid/AFP
Politics

Why Iran’s militant Kurds stayed out of the US-Iran war

31 May 2026

In March there was talk of armed Kurdish fighters opening a second front in Iran's north-west, but it never happened—for several very good reasons.

Alex Vatanka
Raúl Castro was Cuban president from 2006 to 2018, having served as Minister for the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. AFP
Profiles

Raúl Castro: the soldier who made Fidel’s revolution endure

31 May 2026

Fidel's brother built Cuba's armed forces and took over the presidency when his more charismatic sibling fell ill two decades ago. A recent US indictment from a 1996 incident now asks new questions.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on 25 May 2026. Reuters
Politics

How Pakistan became China’s indispensable intermediary

01 June 2026

With war closing the Strait of Hormuz, Islamabad has become both broker and bridge, mediating between rivals while keeping Beijing's overland trade routes alive

Shirley Ze Yu
SARA GIRONI CARNEVALE
Business & Economy

How AI is changing the nature of work

01 June 2026

Some predict 'the end of jobs,' others a 'jobs apocalypse,' but optimists think people will adapt and get paid to do different things. Amidst war and mountains of debt, is AI a help or a harbinger?

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Turkish drilling vessel Cagri Bey, which is set to conduct Turkiye's first deep-sea drilling operation docks in the Indian Ocean near the Mogadishu sea port in Mogadishu, Somalia April 10, 2026. Reuters / Feisal Omar
Business & Economy

Türkiye’s proposed maritime bill risks reigniting old rivalries

01 June 2026

The Exclusive Economic Zone risks reopening disputes over energy, maritime claims, and influence in the Eastern Mediterranean

Amr Emam

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