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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
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at an overview of the Israeli settlement of Har Homa (background) on February 20, 2020. AFP

Netanyahu centres reelection bid on burying two-state solution

As his popularity plummets, Netanyahu wants to portray himself as the only figure who can fend off growing US pressure to return to peace track.

Michael Horowitz 25 January 2024
The countries of the Arab Maghreb Union have ambitious plans for 2024 as they try to return to the kind of robust expansion seen before inflation and global geopolitical turbulence hit. Jamie Wignall

North Africa in a race against time for growth and development

The countries of the Arab Maghreb Union have ambitious plans for 2024 as they try to return to the kind of robust expansion seen before inflation and global geopolitical turbulence hit.

Mohamed Sharki 25 January 2024
A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on January 18, 2024, shows Israeli army vehicles driving on a road in Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. AFP

Israel’s bid to take Philadelphi Corridor comes with great risk

Israeli calls to retake control of Egypt's border with Gaza have been sharply rejected in Cairo. If Israel goes it alone, could its peace treaty with Egypt be at risk?

Amr Emam 24 January 2024
A woman holding a girl reacts after Israeli air strikes hit Ridwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, Gaza on October 23, 2023 Getty

A shattered Gaza dominates cultural debate in a shocked Arab world

War and violence are breathing new life into old grievances. It has always been the job of art and culture to help make sense of what we see. Is it still a reliable guide in this tumultuous world? 

Mohamed abi Samra 23 January 2024
Palestinians protest during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on January 10, 2024. AFP

The US project for Gaza's 'day after' and conditions for peace

Al Majalla reviews the US roadmap for ending Israel's war on Gaza and puts forth a more realistic and comprehensive resolution for a lasting peace in the region.

Hesham Alghannam 22 January 2024

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
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Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

20 April 2026

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips
Jason Lyon
Business & Economy

The Iran war is reshaping the China-Gulf economic model

21 April 2026

Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?

Charbel Barakat
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Lebanon and Israel: negotiations and the end of Hezbollah

23 April 2026

Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.

Al Majalla - London
Grace Russell
Science & Technology

Saving the soldiers: robots as Ukraine’s new weapon

22 April 2026

The war in Ukraine is becoming an open laboratory for testing advanced military technologies that may yet redefine the very meaning of combat

Marco Mossad
Nesma Moharam
Culture & Social Affairs

New book tackles the fading art of Koranic recitation

20 April 2026

Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival

Fadi El-Abdallah

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