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Syrian President Nureddin al-Atassi at the United Nations on June 6, 1967. Alamy
Documents & Memoirs

Syria's history in the United Nations

Sami Moubayed 19 September 2025
Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza on September 18, 2025, due to an Israeli military operation, moving with their belongings to the south after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Politics

Palestinians flee Gaza City amid terrifying Israeli invasion

Salem Al Rayyes 19 September 2025

Fighting continues in Sudan

Fares Garabet 22 June 2023

Libya’s politics of division

Since 2011, division and anarchy have engulfed the North African country. Today, it's split in half: one government in the east and another in the west

Ahmed Maher 22 June 2023
Britain is currently planning to work with Morocco to build the largest renewable electricity grid, in line with energy transition plans and addressing climate change challenges, at a cost of $22bn. Ewan White

Morocco to light up Britain

Britain is currently planning to work with Morocco to build the largest renewable electricity grid, in line with energy transition plans and addressing climate change challenges, at a cost of $22bn.

Mohamed Sharki 22 June 2023
It's no secret that the technological revolution has created a parallel reality, which, in turn, has been reflected in literature. Technology has helped narrow gaps felt by distance and exile. Al Majalla

Bridging gaps: How technology has shaped diaspora literature

It's no secret that the technological revolution has created a parallel reality, which, in turn, has been reflected in literature. Technology has helped narrow gaps felt by distance and exile.

Haitham Hussein 20 June 2023
Millions of individuals are suffering and dying in displacement camps, while resources continue to dwindle and donor fatigue becomes a growing concern. Manon Biernacki

From refugees to crippling poverty, a look at Syria's never-ending humanitarian crisis

Millions of individuals are suffering and dying in displacement camps, while resources continue to dwindle and donor fatigue becomes a growing concern

Al Majalla - London 20 June 2023
American-English poet T. S. Eliot AFP

A look at T.S. Eliot's influence on Arabic poetry

Poets such as Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, Salah Abd al-Sabour, Khalil Hawi, and Mahmoud Darwish were said to have been influenced by Eliot; we examine the depth of this inspiration.

Paul Chaoul 19 June 2023
Director Ali Cherri attends a screening of "The Dam" during the 60th New York Film Festival at Francesca Beale Theater on October 01, 2022 in New York City. Getty Images

Lebanese filmmaker Ali Cherri finds meaning in quiet desolation

Identifying the motives for artistic expression is never easy. As the writer Mohammed Abi Samra finds in an encounter with 'The Dam' director, it can elicit more questions than answers.

Mohamed abi Samra 18 June 2023
First President of Egyptian Republic General Mohamed Naguib (C) salutes the cheering crowd, 21 June 1953 in Cairo, along with vice president of Council Gamal Abdel Nasser. AFP

This day in history: The birth of the Egyptian Republic

Battle-bred and furious with their defeat in the Palestine War of 1948, the Free Officers blamed King Farouk for their ills and came to power, on this day 70 years ago, with vengeance in their eyes

Sami Moubayed 18 June 2023
Al Majalla takes a deep dive into the evolution of US sanctions against Syria, the Caesar Act’s critical role in that evolution and how these sanctions place a ceiling on Arab normalisation with Damascus. Luca D'Urbino

How the Caesar Act restricts normalisation with Syria

A deep dive into the evolution of US sanctions against Syria, the Caesar Act's critical role in that evolution and how these sanctions place a ceiling on Arab normalisation with Damascus.

Andrew Tabler and Matthew Zweig 17 June 2023
Libya's warring factions are not fighting and oil is flowing, but this illusion of stability can disappear anytime. A legitimate government is key to ensuring development in the country. Eduardo Ramon

Perpetual deadlock is limiting Libya's potential

Libya's warring factions are not fighting and oil is flowing, but this illusion of stability can disappear anytime. A legitimate government is key to ensuring development in the country.

Ben Fishman 17 June 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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