ع
Sections
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
Regions
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
More
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • Newsletter

LATEST ISSUE

Latest Issue
Magazine Archive
النسخة العربية
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Region
  • MENA
A painting by Fahad Al-Khalif
Culture & Social Affairs

Rain-soaked cities in the paintings of Saudi artist Fahad Al-Khalif

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 10 September 2026
The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained Al Majalla/Reuters
Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

Steve Hewitt 10 September 2026
Al Majalla

Fighting cancer with cancer: new vaccine raises hope

In what could be a game-changer, Moderna and Merck announced the first-ever positive results from a Phase III trial to combat melanoma

Mohammed Mansour 03 September 2026
Ada Z Shen

Smart drugs can now spot the chinks in cancer’s armour

This killer disease evolves to hide and avoid detection from the cells that would destroy it, but as recent trials show, scientists are wising up to cancer's defences

Mohammed Mansour 03 September 2026

Al Majalla's Book Watch

We review the latest releases from Arab publishing houses

Khodr Al Agha 03 September 2026
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives at the State Strategic Command headquarters—known as "The Octagon"—in the New Administrative Capital on 4 July 2026. Digital Repository of Egypt's Official Media

Egypt hardens stance as Ethiopia plans more Nile dams

Cairo has sharpened its rhetoric, believing Addis Ababa is more interested in using the Nile as a weapon than for electricity generation

Amr Emam 03 September 2026

Trump mulls his next punches against Iran

Fares Garabet 02 September 2026
Palestinian-German author Alena Jabarine Tim Oehler

Alena Jabarine on Palestine advocacy in Germany

The Palestinian-German author speaks to Al Majalla about the challenges facing Palestinian voices in Germany and how she engages German readers from within their own cultural and political context

Mohammed Magdy 02 September 2026
An armed defector from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrives, believed to be surrendering to the Sudanese military, in the west of Omdurman on 19 August 2026. Ebrahim Hamid/ AFP/ Al Majalla

A blanket US arms embargo on Sudan is not the answer

An American envoy has advised the UN Security Council to treat each warring Sudanese party equally, while Washington relaxes restrictions on the RSF militia's main foreign backer

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 01 September 2026
A beach in the city of Marsa Matrouh, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea northwest of Cairo, Egypt, on 16 June 2015.
 Reuters

Egypt's Sahel: from tourist hub to economic centre

A wave of Gulf investment aims to transform the northern coast into a year-round economy that can attract foreign direct investment (FDI)

Marcelle Nasr 01 September 2026
Noelia de Alda

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad 31 August 2026
Lina Jaradat

When Orientalism stuck its nose into the history of scent

Are 'Oriental' perfumes really linked to sensuality and ill repute, or are they a Western invention nourished by an unwarranted sense of superiority?

Yasmin Abdallah 31 August 2026
  •  Load More
  • Popular
  • Editor's Pick
Reuters/Al-Majalla
Politics

Government drones redraw the rules of war in Yemen

09 September 2026

A military expert writes about new weaponry on the battlefield that could tip the balance of power away from the Houthis, while also highlighting the challenges

Robert Tollast
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Inside Assad’s nuclear secrets

09 September 2026

Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed

Al Majalla - London
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Al Majalla/Reuters
Politics

The murky origins of al-Qaeda explained

09 September 2026

Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history

Steve Hewitt
Susan Sarandon in Echo Chamber ANDREA MICONI
Culture & Social Affairs

Susan Sarandon on fear, freedom, and refusing to change

08 September 2026

The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered

Leila Amar

Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter

Get the best of Al Majalla, straight to your inbox.

Your newsletter subscriptions are subject to Al Majalla privacy policy and terms and conditions.

CARTOON

The Strait of Trump?

MORE CARTOON
logo
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • About Al Majalla
  • Al Majalla Team
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
logo

© Al Majalla Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

0:00:00
0:00:00