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Vice President JD Vance at a news conference as Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen on 12 April 2026, in Islamabad. Jacquelyn Martin/ REUTERS
Politics

The US has ditched professional diplomacy

Nicholas Grossman 24 April 2026
Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah Pete Reynolds
Politics

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

Al Majalla - London 23 April 2026
Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic. Although it is now considered a war crime, there are plenty of modern-day examples of its utilisation, the most recent of which is in Gaza. Nash Weerasekera

Starvation as a weapon of war: An all too familiar horror in history

Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic. Although it is now considered a war crime, there are plenty of modern-day examples of its utilisation, the most recent of which is in Gaza.

Steve Hewitt 02 February 2024
Affectionately known as Al-Fedayeen, the Palestinian national football team reminded the world of a people's ambitions for statehood – and revealed the wider extent of demands for peace in Gaza.  Eduardo Ramón

Palestinian team – and cause – shines at Asia Cup

Affectionately known as Al-Fedayeen, the national football team reminded the world of a people's ambitions for statehood – and revealed the wider extent of demands for peace in Gaza. 

Mohamed Qutob 02 February 2024

Gaza's last lifeline under threat after UNRWA funding pulled

Fares Akkad 01 February 2024
Western support for the Palestinian cause is increasing, but not in the corridors of power. Prominent Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi speaks to Al Majalla on Gaza's war and its global implications. Al Majalla

Rashid Khalidi: We’re not even close to a Palestinian solution

Western support for the Palestinian cause is increasing, but not in the corridors of power. A prominent Palestinian-American historian speaks to Al Majalla on Gaza's war and its global implications.

Samer Abou Hawwach 02 February 2024
Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street in November Reuters

The Palestinian state: When good intentions aren’t good enough

Realism, not wishful thinking, is needed when addressing the prospects for a two-state solution

Ahmed Maher 31 January 2024
There is growing unemployment after Israel revoked work permits and withheld tax revenue from the PA. Meanwhile, it continues its brutal war on Gaza, heightening emotions at a tense time. Al Majalla

Tensions mount as economic crisis grips West Bank

There is growing unemployment after Israel revoked work permits and withheld tax revenue from the PA. Meanwhile, it continues its brutal war on Gaza, heightening emotions at a tense time.

Sherine Younes 31 January 2024
US President Joe Biden is briefed on the deadly drone attack at a US outpost in Jordan by members of the national security team in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, US,  29 January 2024. Reuters

Biden weighs options after US troops killed in Jordan

In an election year, Biden needs to draw a line for Iran to deter future attacks while also avoiding a further regional escalation

Michael Horowitz 30 January 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Cargo ships drown in extra costs due to Red Sea crisis

Ocean freight shipping rates are set to increase further in early February amid the ongoing Red Sea crisis. According to the Xeneta ocean freight rate benchmarking platform, market average short-term…

Al Majalla - London 30 January 2024
As the world moves away from oil, the region must move its national economies into a new era. But for most states, their starting position is far from ideal. Where and how should they change? Axel Rangel Garcia

Multiple crises in Arab world make economic recovery difficult

As the world moves away from oil, the region must move its national economies into a new era. But for most states, their starting position is far from ideal. Where and how should they change?

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 30 January 2024
The iconic Indian nationalist leader famously said: 'Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense as England belongs to the English and France to the French.' Majalla

Gandhi: A supporter of Palestine and fierce critic of Zionism

The iconic Indian nationalist leader famously said: 'Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense as England belongs to the English and France to the French.'

Sami Moubayed 30 January 2024
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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