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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
A worker inspects pipes at the Amal oil field in eastern Libya, October 7, 2011. Reuters

The Israel-Iran war dealt another economic blow to North Africa

Fighting between Iran and Israel impacted North Africa, where surging prices may disrupt budgets and plans. But for North Africa's energy exporters, higher oil prices are a reason to cheer.

Kawthar Zantour 27 June 2025
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Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar

Images of rocket trails, explosions, and destruction were broadcast worldwide, but a quieter war in cyberspace was also being waged, and it was no less important

Marco Mossad 26 June 2025
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Artists bring Ala Tannir’s family home in Beirut back to life again

Built a century ago by Ala's grandparents, her 97-year-old uncle Aziz still lives on the third floor of this grand sea-facing property that developers would love. Instead, it is now a public space.

Charbel Khoury 26 June 2025
Late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrive together at the Arab Summit venue in Rabat on December 23, 1969. AFP

The time Abdel Nasser tried his hand at peace with Israel

Peace with Israel had crossed the Egyptian president's mind as early as 1952, when he engaged in secret negotiations with Israel, which ultimately failed

Sami Moubayed 25 June 2025
Emergency workers check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. John Wessels / AFP

Counting the cost of the Israel-Iran war

The recent Israel-Iran war is not just a regional flashpoint; it is a mirror reflecting the fragility and interdependence of the modern global economy

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 25 June 2025
A member of Syria's new authorities' security forces fires his weapon in Sanamayn, in the southern province of Daraa, during a reported large-scale military campaign on March 5, 2025. Bakr ALKASEM / AFP

What Daraa’s assassinations say about Syria’s transition

Unresolved grievances, weakened security structures, and the unchecked proliferation of weapons threaten Syria's ability to chart a new course towards peace and prosperity

Haid Haid 25 June 2025
A shot of Tabarka from the top of the Dchera neighbourhood Ibrahim Tutunji

Tunisia’s Tabarka: land of jazz, cork, red coral and nightingales

In this melodious north-western corner of Tunisia, there are plenty of reasons to be wistful, as memories of a glorious cultural era fade. Yet there are also reasons to hope.

Ibrahim Tutunji 25 June 2025
Adrián Astorgano

Shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire points to unfinished business

What Trump has dubbed the '12-Day War' could be just the opening salvo of a much longer conflict

Michael Horowitz 24 June 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Behind the bombs: the Israel-Iran cyberwar

Cyberwarfare has the potential to disrupt critical infrastructure, commercial networks and global supply chains, and during the 12-day Israel-Iran war, cyberattacks were being carried out in parallel…

Al Majalla - London 24 June 2025
A man walks past a billboard displaying photos of senior Iranian leaders and scientists killed in Israeli strikes, Tehran, June 13, 2025. AP

The rise and fall of Iranian intelligence

Tehran's spies and generals built an impressive network of eyes and ears from Mount Lebanon to the Hindu Kush. In a game of cat-and-mouse, they always seemed two moves ahead. Not so now.

Kamal Alam 24 June 2025
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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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