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Screens show the number of votes as members of the United Nations General Assembly vote on the Palestinian issue and the implementation of the two-state solution, at the UN headquarters in New York on September 12, 2025. Reuters
Politics

The world inches towards Palestine recognition. Too little, too late?

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 15 September 2025
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
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) and Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman speak with media members in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, DC, on November 1, 2023. AFP

Saudi normalisation with Israel still possible after its war on Gaza

The US wants to end the war by expanding the circle of mediators, involving Saudi Arabia, and placing the Abraham Accords on the table in exchange for a final settlement

Khaled Hamadeh 07 December 2023

Staggering civilian death toll in Gaza underscores urgency of diplomacy

Fares Garabet 07 December 2023
Since the Nakba, Palestinians have endured the agony of displacement. Refugee camps became makeshift homes for Palestinians uprooted by the relentless waves of aggression. Lina Jaradat

Refugee camps and the permanency of temporary refuge

Since the Nakba, Palestinians have endured the agony of displacement. Refugee camps became makeshift homes for Palestinians uprooted by the relentless waves of aggression.

Sawsan Jamil Hasan 06 December 2023
Brian Stauffer

How Israel misread Hamas

The intelligence failure that led Israel to misread Egypt in 1973 is, in fact, the same as that which led it to believe Hamas was not looking for war.

Michael Horowitz 06 December 2023
Darfur is part of a more intricate conflict involving the region’s armed groups, complicated by their relationship with the army, the central authority, and neighbouring countries in the region. Pep Boatella

Darfur’s fractured politics add to the complexity and danger of Sudan’s civil war

Darfur is part of a more intricate conflict involving the region's armed groups, complicated by their relationship with the army, the central authority, and neighbouring countries in the region.

Shawgi Abdelazim 06 December 2023
During the 1948 Nakba, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to The New York Times in which he compared Irgun, the paramilitary wing of Zionism at that time, to "Nazi and Fascist parties". Sara Gironi Carnevale

Israel's war on Gaza and Einstein’s definition of madness

During the 1948 Nakba, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to The New York Times in which he compared Irgun, the paramilitary wing of Zionism at that time, to "Nazi and Fascist parties".

Bryn Haworth 05 December 2023

Civilian casualties mount amid relentless Israeli onslaught on Gaza

Fares Garabet 05 December 2023
Since the start of the revolutionary movement “Woman, Life, Freedom” a year ago following Mahsa Amini's tragic death, the world has rediscovered Iran and its people in a new light. Irene Blasco

Iranian women are being killed and their bodies stolen

An Iranian poet residing in Germany bears witness to the resilient spirit of her people in the face of bloodthirsty mullahs

Andisheh Karami 05 December 2023
Jay Torres

Escalation of Gaza war raises risks to the Middle East

As the Israel-Hamas war rages on in Gaza, the region runs the risk of a major escalation

Andrew Tabler 03 December 2023
Nathalie Lees

Gaza war’s repercussions and options

The long-term effect of the Gaza war is hard to predict, but it will have regional and global repercussions at different levels

Al Majalla - London 03 December 2023
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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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