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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
The World Bank says Palestine's tech sector has unrealised potential that, if appropriately harnessed, can lead to more job creation and boost economic growth. Ewan White

Despite Gaza war, Palestine’s tech sector remains an avenue of hope and opportunity

The World Bank says Palestine's tech sector has unrealised potential that, if appropriately harnessed, can lead to more job creation and boost economic growth

Lina Khatib 21 December 2023
Palestinian brothers sit on the rubble of their house in front of an apartment block in part of the northern Beit Hanun district of the Gaza Strip. AFP

Gaza's "day after" poised to bring more strife than stability

The fact that Netanyahu still insists on managing the conflict rather than resolving it should worry us all. Al Majalla looks at how Netanyahu is only hardening his stance on a two-state solution.

Michael Horowitz 20 December 2023
A supporter of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi reacts after the presidential election results in Cairo, Egypt, on December 18, 2023. Reuters

A look at Egypt's pressing priorities as el-Sisi secures third presidential term

El-Sisi faces a number of challenges on the road. These include the current war in Gaza, threats to Egypt's share in the water of the Nile River, rising inflation and high birth rates.

Amr Emam 20 December 2023
The World Food Programme will have to pull its general assistance for Syria in January, at a time when it is needed in the war-torn country more than ever. Ewan White

Syria crisis compounds as humanitarian aid runs out

The World Food Programme will have to pull its general assistance for the country in January, at a time when it is needed in the war-torn country more than ever

Joseph Daher 20 December 2023
Mona and Julia in a still from 'Goodbye Julia'. Mad-Distribution

"Goodbye Julia": Sudan’s social divide poignantly depicted in Cannes prize winner

After nabbing the 2023 Cannes Film Festival's Freedom Prize, Mohamed Kordofani's feature film debut will be Sudan's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.

Areej Jamal 20 December 2023
Axel Rangel Garcia/Eyal Warshavsky/Majalla

Yair Lapid to Al Majalla: A Palestinian state will be delayed significantly, but the idea not dead

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, former Israeli prime minister and now opposition leader Yair Lapid lists the pressing issues he sees for Israel and the obstacles to peace

Ahmed Maher 19 December 2023
US marines have acted against raiders in the Bab al-Mandab strait, where Israel's war on Gaza has intensified a proxy battle between Iran and Israel. It is worrying traders, sailors and insurers. Axel Rangel Garcia

Piracy off Yemeni coast raises global shipping costs

US marines have acted against raiders in the Bab al-Mandab strait, where Israel's war on Gaza has intensified a proxy battle between Iran and Israel. It is worrying traders, sailors and insurers.

Mohamed Sharki 19 December 2023
Axel Rangel Garcia/Majalla

If it’s abnormal in Jerusalem, it’s because ‘we are filled with love’

The Nachloat tour, why is the word 'co-existence' absurd? how can you tell if you are hopeless? And the 'big lie' of a temporary military occupation

Ahmed Maher 18 December 2023
People walk along a street at the entrance of the Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian camp south of Beirut on November 15, 2023, as battles between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip continue. AFP

Lebanon’s displaced feel forgotten while war rages in Gaza

People who have fled the cross-border clashes in Lebanon's south warn that the world is underestimating the extent of fighting while the country is ill-prepared for a breakdown in rules of engagement.

Joudy El-Asmar 18 December 2023

From 1948 to 2023, Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues

Fares Garabet 18 December 2023
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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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