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Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim during an interview at his home in Cairo. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Sonallah Ibrahim: the maverick novelist who never betrayed his convictions

Khalil Sweileh 18 August 2025
US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack, also special envoy to Syria, fields questions from journalists after meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Politics

 Lebanon at a crossroads over Hezbollah arms

Michael Harari 18 August 2025
A movement based on Arab nationalism took control of Syria in 1963 and went on to shape the politics of the region for decades after. Andrei Cojocaru

This day in history: The Ba’ath Party comes to power in Syria

A movement based on Arab nationalism took control of Syria in 1963 and went on to shape the politics of the region for decades after

Sami Moubayed 07 March 2023
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Libya's oil wealth: A blessing and a curse

While Libya has an abundance of oil it is politically and strategically divided and lacks economic and human capital

Mohamed Sharki 06 March 2023
A new Ramadan series on MBC sheds light on the life of the first Ummayad Caliph Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan Facebook

Muawiyah: A first-class statesman and pioneer of civilisation

A new Ramadan series on MBC sheds light on the life of the first Ummayad Caliph Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan

Abdullah Al-Rashid 03 March 2023
People inspect damage in the aftermath of an Israeli air strike that hit the medieval Citadel of Damascus on February 19, 2023. AFP

Reaching for the Heights: The secret American attempt to reach Israel-Syria peace

Hof says that the inability to reach peace was a result of lack of will more so than US shortcomings

Nikolaos van Dam 02 March 2023
An aerial view shows Kuwait City and the National Assembly Building (Kuwait Parliament), Kuwait, March 20, 2020. REUTERS

Kuwait’s demographic predicament needs skills, not speed

It will take time not legislation to reduce Kuwait's foreign labour force dependence

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 01 March 2023
The architects of the 1913 coup were officers from the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) Jamie Wignall

The coup that brought down the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman coups inspired similar coups against leaders in Iran, Iraq and Syria

Sami Moubayed 28 February 2023
The year 2022 saw the release of many remarkable Arabic publications that cover different literary genres, which shows a vibrant literary movement throughout the Arab world. Julien Pacaud

22 books to bid farewell to 2022

The year 2022 saw the release of many remarkable Arabic publications that cover different literary genres, which shows a vibrant literary movement throughout the Arab world

Haitham Hussein 27 February 2023
Members of Lebanon's movement Hezbollah on March 1, 2016, in the southern town of Kfour in the Nabatiyeh district, during the funeral of a Hezbollah fighter, who was killed while fighting a longside Syrian government forces in Syria Getty Images

Damascus Documents reveal story behind creation of Hezbollah

Al Majalla obtains Damascus Documents which reveal how Iran founded Hezbollah in Lebanon in the 1980s

Ibrahim Hamidi 26 February 2023
General view during the European Foreign ministers council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 20 February 2023. Foreign ministers will mainly discuss one year conflict in Ukraine and fifth package of sanctions against Iran. EPA

Is Britain a spent force in the Middle East?

The fall out of Brexit at home, a lessening of western power and the diminishing importance of the Middle East to London and its western allies has seen the UK step back from the region

Christopher Phillips 24 February 2023
Destruction in Gaziantep Imad Bezzi

Earthquake survivor recounts psychological ‘aftershocks’

Lebanese survivor of the Turkey earthquake explains how the disaster has mentally scarred those who experienced it

Mohamed abi Samra 23 February 2023
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US President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Politics

Putin rides high after Alaska

18 August 2025

Seven instances that showed the Russian leader had the upper hand during his meeting with Trump

Robert Ford
Aliaa Aboukhaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

How Gaza’s hakawati use storytelling to cling to memory and life

17 August 2025

Storytelling in a genocide in which there has been no formal education for two years is no luxury. Rather, it is an attempt to revive the imaginations of a generation robbed of their childhood.

Houssam Marouf
Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler hold up an MOU on security cooperation in Ankara on August 13, 2025. Syrian Foreign Ministry
Politics

The implications of expanded Syria-Türkiye military ties

15 August 2025

Israel has made clear its objection to Turkish military bases in Syria. Could a recently signed MOU between Ankara and Damascus to boost security cooperation threaten Türkiye's good ties with the US?

Omer Onhon
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How Vision 2030 diversified the Saudi economy

16 August 2025

In the second instalment of a two-part series, Al Majalla looks at how Saudi Arabia moved from a horizontal to a vertical development model, powered by an ambitious package of reforms

Hussein al-Sharaa
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes an address following an emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza at 10 Downing Street in London on July 29, 2025. Toby Melville / AFP
Politics

Performative politics: Palestine recognition pledges ring hollow

18 August 2025

The moves by France, the UK and other Western states appear to be more about appeasing domestic critics with symbolic gestures rather than a genuine attempt to change Israel's behaviour

Christopher Phillips

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