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Iran's conservative Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf addresses supporters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on June 26, 2024, during his election campaign ahead of a presidential vote to replace the late president. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

The war inside Iran's right

Alex Vatanka 19 June 2026
Trump’s Iran truce leaves Israel out Al Majalla
Politics

Trump’s Iran truce leaves Israel out

Michael Horowitz 19 June 2026
Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. AP

Palestinians besieged by 'stigma' in Lebanon camps

Palestinians in Lebanon are deprived of the most basic rights and subjected to stereotypes and discriminatory laws that hinder their development and progress.

Joudy El-Asmar 18 October 2023
A Palestinian youth fills a bucket with water at the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023. AFP

Gaza economy decimated as Israel deprives residents of food, water, electricity and fuel

Before war struck, poverty and jobless rates were sky-high and could now soar further, as conflict wipes out signs of a recovery in growth. The wider world is watching the impact on energy markets.

Sharif Mohammad 18 October 2023
Israeli army soldiers patrol an undisclosed area in northern Israel bordering Lebanon on October 15, 2023. AFP

Hezbollah’s dilemma: Shift the war or stick to rules of engagement?

In the hours after Hamas attacked Israel, forces over the northern border in Lebanon kept within existing rules of engagement. After a lack of backing for wider action from Tehran, what is next?

Khaled Hamadeh 18 October 2023
Women are huge contributors to the literary heritage of Arab-Islamic civilisation and many books have proven it.

The 'unknown' Arab and Muslim women scholars, who taught some of history's most esteemed men

Were women in Arab and Islamic history marginalised and excluded from intellectual, scientific, and cultural affairs, or are these simply stereotypical ideas easily refuted by facts?

Abdullah Al-Rashid 17 October 2023
The 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent brutal Israeli military campaign on Gaza beg the question: Can mutual animosity between Israel and the Arab world ever be resolved? Nathalie Lees

New approaches needed to end the vicious cycle of violence in the Middle East

The 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent brutal Israeli military campaign on Gaza beg the question: Can mutual animosity between Israel and the Arab world ever be resolved?

Houssam Itani 17 October 2023

A global debt storm looms amid political uncertainty

The global economy is intricately tied to politics and peace and Israel's war on Gaza raises geopolitical tensions in an already tense global climate.

Khaled Kassar 17 October 2023

Israel's war on Gaza shows unresolved and long-standing Palestinian grievances

While the images of Israel's brutal bombing campaign in Gaza are gut-wrenching, there is an opportunity in every crisis. Now more than ever, it shows the need for a viable Palestinian state.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 16 October 2023

Israeli mission: Obliterate Gaza

Fares Garabet 16 October 2023
75 years after the first Nakba, Israel is forcibly displacing Palestinians from their land, just as what happened to their forefathers. Michelle Thompson

Palestinians in Gaza in the midst of a modern-day Nakba

75 years after the first Nakba, Israel is forcibly displacing Palestinians from their land, just as what happened to their forefathers.

Houssam Marouf 16 October 2023
The Kingdom’s domestic revolution also requires a revolution in its external relationships to reflect these changes. Nathalie Lees

The past should not hold the present hostage

The Kingdom's domestic revolution also requires a revolution in its external relationships to reflect these changes.

John Jenkins 16 October 2023
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Trump’s 2026 Iran deal differs from Obama’s 2015 JCPOA

18 June 2026

Although an MOU will be officially signed on 19 June, there are already significant differences a decade later, despite the US aim being largely similar. Could Trump open Iran like Nixon opened China?

Robert Ford
Sara Gironi Carnevale
Science & Technology

A smarter ball, or a safer one? The header dilemma facing world football

11 June 2026

The official World Cup ball showcases the latest advances in football technology, but new research questions whether future designs should prioritise brain safety as well as performance

Marco Mossad
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian holding a memorandum of understanding he and US President Donald Trump signed to end the US-Iran war on 17 June, 2026. IRINN Iranian state television/AFP
Politics

How a US-Iran deal will impact Gulf relations with Tehran

17 June 2026

As a costly war draws to a close, Tehran has the chance to chart a new course in relation to its neighbours, but that requires a change of mindset

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil
Stefano Summo
Culture & Social Affairs

World Cup songs: from local themes to global industry

11 June 2026

Football's biggest tournament has come to adopt a single soundtrack every four years to give each offering a distinct identity. Is this genuine culture, or a mass marketing technique?

Najeeb Mubarak
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Politics

How Pakistan quietly brokered the historic US-Iran deal

16 June 2026

Islamabad kept both sides talking even as missiles were being launched. That tenacity looks to have paid dividends in a way that could yet reshape the Middle East's power dynamics.

Kaswar Klasra

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