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Trump started a war he can’t control Al Majalla
Politics

Trump started a war he can’t control

John Haltiwanger 09 June 2026
How art therapy helps Gaza's children process trauma Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

How art therapy helps Gaza's children process trauma

Houssam Marouf 09 June 2026
In his novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived', Sudanese novelist Mustafa Khalid Mustafa portrays war as a complex human experience.

Mustafa Khalid's latest novel distills the chaos of war

In his award-winning novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived,' six narrators give different yet intersecting accounts of Sudan's nightmarish conflict

Mansour Al-Souaim 03 June 2026
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

Türkiye’s proposed maritime bill risks reigniting old rivalries

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

Amr Emam 01 June 2026
Moroccan scholar Mustapha Rajwan

Mustapha Rajwan: the greatest service to a text is to interpret it

The Moroccan scholar has just won another award for his latest book. He spoke to Al Majalla about plots, characters, and the rhetoric of narrative.

Abeer Younis 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

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

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 31 May 2026
Fares Garabet

Packed for negotiations

Fares Garabet 28 May 2026
Abbas Khider’s novel The Memory Forger Al Majalla

A new book tackles estrangement both at home and in exile

Abbas Khider's novel The Memory Forger exposes the inherited structures of repression left behind by dictatorial regimes, and the hollow Western claims about human fraternity and equality.

Ali Almuqri 28 May 2026
US President Donald Trump with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on 10 November 2025. SANA / AFP

Why Syria-US ties cannot rely on leaders’ personal chemistry

Donald Trump and Ahmed al-Sharaa have formed a good relationship which has helped Syria immensely, but Trump's term ends in 2028, so institutional relations are now a priority.

Haid Haid 28 May 2026
The rebuilding of Gaza looks likely to begin in a piecemeal fashion, but something is better than nothing. Lina Jaradat

US partial Gaza rebuild could prove a high-stakes gamble

A move towards reconstruction and governance in areas not controlled by Hamas was not the plan but is arguably better than nothing. At least it gives Gazans some hope.

Amr Emam 27 May 2026
The crisis of expensive Eid sacrifices requires different public spending priorities to support agricultural and livestock production as a matter of national security. Lina Jaradat

How inflation and politics drove up Eid sacrifices costs in Egypt

Rising prices, dollar pressures, and Red Sea disruption are making Eid al-Adha increasingly unaffordable, exposing Egypt's dependence on imports and deepening concerns over food security

Marcelle Nasr 27 May 2026
Jordanian writer Rashed Issa tells Al Majalla that "the short story is at its best when it is luminous, suggestive, and marked by linguistic frugality and semantic generosity".

Rashed Issa on the sifting, sieving, and refining for short stories

Jordanian writer tells Al Majalla how he condenses language but not semantics, and where he takes his inspiration from.

Mona Shukri 27 May 2026
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In this image, taken from a video provided by the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service on 21 May 2026, a Russian navy seaman takes part in drills of Russia's nuclear forces. Russian Defence Ministry Press Service/AP
Politics

Russia’s timely reminder of its vast nuclear arsenal

03 June 2026

Military exercises in Belarus at an unusual time of year seem designed in part to make Moscow's adversaries think twice

Khattar Abu Diab
Opinion

Has Trump's patience with Netanyahu run out?

04 June 2026

The Israeli leader's intransigence is proving deeply problematic for the White House, so much so that Trump swore at him on a recent phone call

Con Coughlin
Units of Moqtada Sadr's militia parade with his photo down a main street of the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City June 21, 2014, in Eastern Baghdad. Washington Post
Politics

Sadr once again dismantles his armed militia. Why now?

03 June 2026

The decision to dismantle the Peace Brigades may herald a new stage in the Iraqi state's trajectory, or it could just be a shrewd recalibration to disorient friend and foe alike

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Adrián Astorgano
Business & Economy

Why people flock to the dollar when local currencies collapse

05 June 2026

An estimated 60% of all US banknotes in circulation are held outside the United States. In many parts of the world, the dollar is effectively the unofficial local currency. Al Majalla explains why.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A Royal Caribbean cruise sails into the Havana harbour on 6 May 2019, after the activation of Chapter III of the Helms-Burton Act, which sought to intensify the US blockade against Cuba. YAMIL LAGE / AFP
Politics

Cuba, lawfare, and Trump’s Venezuela temptation

02 June 2026

A new American legal ruling turns the screw on the Caribbean island nation by increasing the risks companies face by continuing to make money there. This is all part of the plan.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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