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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
Vice President Marshal Abdel-Hakim Amer (2nd from left) salutes while receiving the cheers of crowds while touring Syria's borders with Israel in 1959. AFP

Did Abdel Nasser's right-hand man commit suicide, or was he killed?

Decades after his death, contradicting testimonies over events that transpired when Abdel Hakim Amer supposedly took his own life have surfaced. Al Majalla explores these different accounts.

Sami Moubayed 24 September 2023
Adopting people-centric AI with responsible and ethical regulation will unlock its positive potential, leading to a future that strengthens human capabilities and elevates the economy. Nash Weerasekera

AI and the future of jobs

Adopting people-centric AI with responsible and ethical regulation will unlock its positive potential, leading to a future that strengthens human capabilities and elevates the economy.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 24 September 2023
France’s Suez Moment has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains. Majalla/Agencies

France’s African empire may have had its ‘Suez Moment’

France's 'Suez Moment' has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 24 September 2023
Said Shimi has written more than 30 books in Arabic, chronicling his career and journey. Supplied

Cinematographer Said Shimi delves into history and cinema's unsung heroes in latest trilogy

In 'Tales of a Cinematographer: The Strange and the Hidden of Filmmaking,' Shimi takes us behind the scenes of his storied career, mixing personal anecdotes with a rich national history.

Wael Said 23 September 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf speak to the media prior to a meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, August 9, 2023 AFP

Why Algeria is at the centre of a flurry of US diplomacy

Washington is spending more time engaging with Algiers – long seen as more of an ally of Moscow and Beijing – as shifts in geopolitics centred on West Africa reverberate around the world

Rabie Khreis 22 September 2023
Professor Antoine Compagnon AFP

Has social media killed the literary star?

"What is Literature For?", a transcript of a lecture by Professor Antoine Compagnon recently translated into Arabic, fiercely defends literature in the modern age, even as many deny its importance.

Yousef Bin Abdul-Hamid 22 September 2023
From Mesopotamia, credited with inventing cuneiform writing and having a thriving economy, to today's burdened Iraq, there is still an opportunity for economic reform and societal development. Majalla/Agencies

Unlocking the massive potential of Iraq's economy: Obstacles and opportunities

From Mesopotamia, credited with inventing cuneiform writing and having a thriving economy, to today's burdened Iraq, there is still an opportunity for economic reform and societal development.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 22 September 2023
Artificial intelligence has consequences for humanity on the scale of Columbus' discovery of America. But how will this powerful new technology impact the Arab world? Al Majalla explains. Nesma Moharam

From Satellite TV to social media and now AI: How different tech revolutions shaped the Arab world

Artificial intelligence has consequences for humanity on the scale of Columbus' discovery of America. But how will this powerful new technology impact the Arab world? Al Majalla explains.

Houssam Itani 22 September 2023
There are promising signs of a national readiness to embrace the technological revolution sweeping the world but can Egypt's labour market accommodate young graduates in the field? Andy Potts

Egypt has embraced AI, but can its labour market accommodate the ambitions of its youth?

There are promising signs of a national readiness to embrace the technological revolution sweeping the world, but will Egyptian youth be able to find jobs in the field? Al Majalla explains.

Marcelle Nasr 21 September 2023
Gibran Kahlil Gibran. Getty Images

Did the Baha'i faith inspire Kahlil Gibran to write 'The Prophet'?

As readers celebrate 100 years of Gibran's seminal work, 'The Prophet', we revisit a lesser-known theory that Gibran's close companion, Abdu'l-Baha, was the inspiration behind the book.

Taissier Khalaf 21 September 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
Al Majalla
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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