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Egyptians cut back on expenses, but not on their coffee Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Egyptians cut back on expenses, but not on their coffee

Marcelle Nasr 15 September 2025
A guard stands outside the damaged National Museum of Yemen building in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Politics

As Israel steps up regional attacks, Yemen bears the brunt

Anwar Al-Ansi 14 September 2025

Palestinians in Gaza wait for their turn to die

Fares Garabet 22 January 2024
Through its genocide case against Israel, South Africa's own history of fighting apartheid and oppression can be recalled. It's also a bold move to call out Western hypocrisy. Majalla

South Africa’s decades-long solidarity with Palestine on display at ICJ

Through its genocide case against Israel, South Africa's own history of fighting apartheid and oppression can be recalled. It's also a bold move to call out Western hypocrisy.

Christopher Phillips 21 January 2024
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, portrait, soviet propaganda poster (detail), 1924 Alamy

A look at Lenin's complex legacy in the Arab world

On the 100th anniversary of the death of the influential communist leader, Al Majalla takes a look at his interesting yet complex relationship with Arabs and Muslims.

Sami Moubayed 21 January 2024
Not that long ago, nobody took Ben-Gvir and Smotrich seriously. Today, they are ministers in Israel’s government, with expanded remits and power over the West Bank. How did it get to this? Majalla

Ben-Gvir and Smotrich: The extremist duo who rose to power in Israel

Not that long ago, nobody took these men seriously. Today, they are ministers in Israel's government, with expanded remits and power over the Occupied West Bank. How did it get to this?

Michael Horowitz 20 January 2024
Iran is moving its proxy pieces around on the Middle East chessboard to pressure a ceasefire in Gaza while Israel tries to drag the US into a regional war. shutterstock

Iran and Israel face off on Middle East chessboard

Iran is moving its proxy pieces around on the Middle East chessboard to pressure a ceasefire in Gaza while Israel tries to drag the US into a regional war

Khaled Hamadeh 19 January 2024
Palestinians stand next to a mural of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat amidst the debris following Israeli bombardment on Rafah on November 22, 2023 AFP

War in Gaza puts future in focus, but Palestinians differ on what that looks like

The debate among Palestinians over their future covers a wide political spectrum and has intensified since the war began

Majed Kayali 18 January 2024
Egypt is afraid that the new deal between Somaliland and Ethiopia will further destabilise maritime trade in the Red Sea. shutterstock

Why Ethiopia's Red Sea ambitions unnerve Egypt

Egypt is afraid that the new deal between Somaliland and Ethiopia will further destabilise maritime trade in the Red Sea

Amr Emam 18 January 2024
Al Majalla provides exclusive insight into a fraternal rivalry between Hafez and Rifaat that ended up with Hafez remaining Syrian president. Lina Jaradat

Inside the decades-long power struggle between the al-Assad brothers

Al Majalla provides exclusive insight into a fraternal rivalry between Hafez and Rifaat that ended up with Hafez remaining Syrian president.

Ibrahim Hamidi 18 January 2024

Will 2024 see another Nakba in Palestine?

Fares Garabet 18 January 2024
At least 50 affected countries, a 40% decline in Suez Canal revenues, and German car factories paused production. Al Majalla lays out the economic impact of Red Sea disruptions in numbers. Majalla

Houthi attacks in Red Sea deal heavy blow to global trade

At least 50 affected countries, a 40% decline in Suez Canal revenues, and German car factories pause production. Al Majalla lays out the economic impact of Red Sea disruptions in numbers.

Mohamed Sharki 17 January 2024
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Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on January 31, 2019. GREG BAKER / AFP
Politics

Pivot to China? Gulf states mull options after Doha strike

12 September 2025

Israel's attack in Qatar erodes Gulf states' trust in the US and serves as a stark reminder that they cannot depend on American security guarantees

Xiaotong Yang
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

11 September 2025

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Al Majalla
Politics

From Idlib to New York: Sharaa’s winding road the UN

12 September 2025

From the plains of Idlib to the presidential palace in Damascus and now the UN headquarters in Manhattan, Al Majalla traces the Syrian president's journey to get to this historic moment

Ibrahim Hamidi
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

14 September 2025

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein

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