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Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair (C) waves as he leaves a UN-run school sheltering Palestinians, whose houses were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes during the 2014 war, in Gaza City on February 15, 2015. SUHAIB SALEM / AFP
Politics

Tony Blair's hand in Gaza's 'Day After' raises eyebrows

Bryn Haworth 18 September 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) walks among members of the Israeli army at Mount Hermon in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights of Syria, on December 17, 2024. AFP
Politics

Netanyahu’s ‘peace through force’ doctrine hurts Syria talks

Haid Haid 18 September 2025
The expiry of a fishing agreement between Morocco and Europe has put pressure on Spain to act. Shutterstock / Majalla

Morocco fishes for better benefits from Europe

As Spain reckons with the aftermath of the ended fishing agreement between Europe and Morocco, Rabat demands better terms.

Mohamed Sharki 24 July 2023
The Tunisian tennis star exudes a special authenticity which is embodied in her national pride, her compassion towards opponents and her inspiring ascension to tennis' top ranks. Andy Edwards

Ons Jabeur serves up 'ace' of hearts at Wimbledon

Despite losing at Wimbledon, the Tunisian tennis star has won the hearts of viewers around the world, who are emotionally invested in her rise to tennis stardom

Nawwar Jabbour 23 July 2023
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, left, and Emily Blunt as Kitty Oppenheimer in a scene from "Oppenheimer." AP

Nolan’s "Oppenheimer": An explosive masterpiece

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer was released in cinemas across the world on Wednesday, coinciding with another awaited film: Barbie. Samer Abu Hawwash shares his initial thoughts.

Samer Abou Hawwach 22 July 2023
The treaty which gave rise to modern Turkey created a new world order which was outdated from the start. The Kurds ended up getting the shortest end of the stick.  Albane Simon

Lausanne centenary: The treaty that continues to pain the region

The treaty which gave rise to modern Turkey created a new world order which was outdated from the start. The Kurds ended up getting the shortest end of the stick. 

Al Majalla - London 22 July 2023
The signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, in the Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24th July 1923. Getty/Majalla

The Treaty of Lausanne created a new world order outdated from the start

The 100-year-old accord defined modern Turkey, but also set up new conflicts by disregarding the rights of weaker peoples and defeated nations

Houssam Itani 22 July 2023
Turkey: Kurdish troops (cavalry). Getty

How a string of unjust treaties shortchanged the Kurds

From the 1639 Shirin Palace Agreement to the Lausanne Treaty of 1923, Kurdish self-determination was ignored by the world's dominant powers who were looking out for their economic interests.

Salih Muslim 22 July 2023
Signed on 24 July 1923, the treaty had profound consequences for the Middle East and beyond. On its centennial, an understanding of it rests on an appreciation of the complex factors that led to it. Albane Simon

100 years of Lausanne: How modern Turkey rose from the ashes of WWI

Signed on 24 July 1923, the treaty had profound consequences for the Middle East and beyond. On its centennial, an understanding of it rests on an appreciation of the complex factors that led to it.

Omer Onhon 22 July 2023
In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, Turkish statesman Ahmet Davutoğlu also addresses the regional landscape and the emerging new world order. Basel Arbar/Al Majalla

Erdoğan friend-turned-rival Davutoğlu talks Turkey's post-election future

In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, Turkish statesman Ahmet Davutoğlu traces the evolution of his relationship with Erdoğan, when it soured, and his vision for a democratic Turkey

Ibrahim Hamidi 21 July 2023
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest climb the fence outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on July 20, 2023 as firefighters try to put out a fire there. AFP

For Sweden, burning Quran at home damages diplomacy abroad

Yet another "insult" to Muslims in Sweden by an Iraqi refugee has proven the tipping point for already tense relations with the Scandinavian nation, complicating diplomacy and politics abroad

Shelly Kittleson 20 July 2023
Sacks of confiscated captagon pills at the judicial police headquarters in the town of Kafarshima south of Lebanon's capital Beirut. AFP

Washington’s four-point plan to take down the Syrian narco-trade

That the Biden administration delivered a strategy for countering the Syrian narco-trade is a welcome development. But absent due pressure on Damascus, the strategy will unlikely have any real effect.

Natalie Ecanow and Matt Zweig 20 July 2023
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Trump's visit tests 'special' US-UK relationship

16 September 2025

Despite Trump's often hostile engagement with traditional US allies, Starmer has trodden a careful path to keep him on side. But is this sustainable?

Christopher Phillips
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
Armed men from the MSA, an armed political movement in Mali's Azawad region, gather in the desert outside Menaka on March 14, 2020. AFP
Politics

The Sahel's paramilitary problem

09 September 2025

Armed groups are being formed in places like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, where state militaries cannot defeat jihadists and separatists alone. Once formed, however, they seldom stay loyal.

Sergey Eledinov
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
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Butterfly effect: can the Palestine protest movement turn the tide?

14 September 2025

For nearly two years, protests around the world calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza haven't fizzled out, but grown. Their geographic reach and longevity appear to have no precedent in history.

Bryn Haworth

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