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A deal being signed at the recently held  Cultural Investment Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 30, 2025. SPA
Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia ramps up investment in culture

Turki Harbi 10 October 2025
Iranian writer and translator Hamid Reza Mohajerani Supplied
Culture & Social Affairs

Hamid Reza Mohajerani on the shared heritage of Farsi and Arabic

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush 09 October 2025
Heads of state stand for a group photo at the Arab-Islamic summit held in Riyadh on November 11, 2024. SPA

Arab-Islamic Summit: An opportunity to advance the two-state solution

Netanyahu is pushing for a 'New Middle East' that erases Palestine from the map. With Trump in the White House, all bets are off. We must act now before it's too late.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 11 November 2024
The WTC, Domain Hotel and Bahrain Bank are seen in the Manama skyline. Shutterstock

How Lebanon's civil war helped Bahrain become a regional finance hub

Although it was one of the first countries in the region to produce oil, its natural resources proved limited, so it turned to finance, where it was able to carve out a niche role for itself

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 01 November 2024
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Al Majalla’s Book Watch

Our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books covering a wide range of topics, reflecting some of the trends and thinking in the Arab world

Khodr Al Agha 31 October 2024
A man walks through the meeting hall where the yearly Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference is held in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 24, 2023. AFP

Saudi investment summit set to unveil $28bn in deals

As those representing capital fly into Riyadh for the Future Investment Initiative, there are renewed opportunities in a diversifying and more sustainable Saudi economy

Turki Harbi 29 October 2024
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Riyadh on October 9, 2024. SPA

Is Araghchi trying to save Gaza and Lebanon...or Iran?

The Iranian foreign minister has just concluded a regional tour, working out who is still a friend, who is frosty, and who might help in other ways in its hour of need

Amr Emam 23 October 2024
Palestinian children gather at a destroyed vehicle, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Decades of Gulf aid to war-torn Arab countries tops $363bn

Although Gulf states can't give as much as they did before, there is still a huge need, and they will continue to play a key role in helping out

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 19 October 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

PIF: The main driver of Saudi Arabia's economic transformation

The PIF has been the primary driver for meeting the needs of Vision 2030, attracting foreign investments, and enhancing local content by increasing the private sector's contribution to its portfolio…

Al Majalla - London 17 October 2024
Nash Weerasekera

Saudi Arabia's economy has what it takes to weather any storm

Saudi Arabia heads into 2025 with recalibrated yet sharpened ambitions, enhanced credibility, and greater capacity to manage crises, not least those erupting on its doorstep.

Khaled Kassar 17 October 2024
Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari receives Saudi investment minister Khalid Al-Falih SPA

Saudi Arabia's $2.2bn investment deepens economic ties with Pakistan

Top-level political backing for the Kingdom's latest support for its ally adds to hope that more is to come after a top-level signing ceremony this month

Kaswar Klasra 16 October 2024
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Will China’s ‘New Security Architecture’ deliver for the Middle East?

Beijing's arm-round-the-shoulder approach to the region's problems contrasts to Washington's traditional gun-in-the-back stance. Middle East leaders seem to like it. Will they reap the rewards?

Shirley Ze Yu 16 October 2024
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The flaw in Trump’s 'dealmaking' Middle East peace plan

16 October 2025

Rushed deals and a disregard for root problems provide a flimsy foundation for sustainable peace  

Abdullah F. Alrebh
Peter Reynolds
Business & Economy

The fight for resources could determine who 'wins' the war in Sudan

17 October 2025

The army and the RSF rely on the assets at their disposal to sustain governance and fund their war efforts, while trying to win over the international community by seizing larger swathes of Sudan

Sharif Mohammad
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa hold a meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko / AFP
Politics

Unpacking Sharaa's diplomatic overture to Putin

16 October 2025

In Moscow, Syria's new president said he wants to restore and redefine relations with Russia—a former foe. But is this a genuine olive branch or a message to Washington?

Samer Elias
Israeli singer Yuval Raphael parades with the Israeli flag during the dress rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel on May 16, 2025. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Culture & Social Affairs

Cultural boycotts: the double standards that expose Western hypocrisy

16 October 2025

The international community's contradictory responses to Ukraine and Gaza lay bare the farce of a supposed rules-based global order

Sawsan Jamil Hasan
Opinion

Gaza truce rests on Trump's ability to restrain Netanyahu

16 October 2025

The Israeli premier's uncompromising attitude threatens the fragile ceasefire that the US president has worked so hard to secure

Con Coughlin

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