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A collage of Israel's policy of destruction and starvation in Gaza. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

Majed Kayali 28 April 2026
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

Haid Haid 28 April 2026
Spain and Morocco have revived an ambitious project for a tunnel under the Mediterranean Sea. The long-held dream to link two continents would be a historical first and economically transformative. Ewan White

The $10bn undersea dream to link Europe and Africa

Spain and Morocco have revived an ambitious project for a tunnel under the Mediterranean Sea. The long-held dream to link two continents would be a historical first and economically transformative

Mohamed Sharki 07 May 2023

Classified document reveals details of bringing Syria back to Arab League

Detailed plans to end Damascus' diplomatic isolation have been set out and shared with major global and regional powers. Al Majalla has seen them and outlines the promise and pitfalls that lie ahead.

Ibrahim Hamidi 06 May 2023
Majalla

‘Saudi Arabia can play a crucial role in mediating Sudan conflict’

Former UK ambassador to both Sudan and Saudi Arabia says Riyadh could play an important intermediary role because it has experience dealing with both the Sudanese military and the RSF

Con Coughlin 05 May 2023
Assi al-Rahbani changed the face of Lebanese and Arab music with his brother Mansour and the legendary singer Fairuz. On what would have been his 100th birthday, Al Majalla looks at their life stories. Andrei Cojocaru

Centennial of Assi al-Rahbani shines light on his cherished musical legacy

Assi al-Rahbani changed the face of Arab music along with his brother Mansour and the legendary singer Fairuz. On what would have been his 100th birthday, Al Majalla looks at their life stories

Mohamed abi Samra 04 May 2023

International community turns blind eye to Sudan crisis

Fares Garabet 04 May 2023
Eduardo Ramon

In Africa, war takes time and life is short

As Sudan plunges into conflict, the prospect of a long-term war becomes a likely scenario.

Ahmed Maher 03 May 2023
Sudanese refugees from the Tandelti area who crossed into Chad, in Koufroun, near Echbara, queue to receive aid kits on April 30, 2023. AFP

The war in Sudan is more than just a power struggle

Sudan's two military factions and offshoot militias are all part of the intricate web of foreign interests in Sudan and are merely tools to protects these interests

Khaled Hamadeh 02 May 2023
Al Majalla spoke to female writers from Sudan's diaspora to gather their views on the latest war raging in their homeland, which was so recently moved toward democracy by its women leaders. Al Majalla

The kandakas of Sudan speak up on the country’s plight

Al Majalla spoke to several female intellectuals from the troubled country's diaspora to gather their views and perspectives on the latest violent crisis raging in their homeland

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 02 May 2023
Does the chance of acclaim change the motivation of writers? Can stories win awards without conforming to the requirements of prize-givers, or does the ceremony just distract from the creative process? Shutterstock

How literary prizes can twist the plot for writers

Does the chance of acclaim change the motivation of writers? Can stories win awards without conforming to the requirements of prizegivers, or does the ceremony just distract from the creative process?

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 01 May 2023
This is the third IS leader to have been killed in 14 months — placing the leadership of the worldwide jihadist movement under serious and unprecedented strain. Majalla

IS under unprecedented strain after yet another leader killed

This is the third IS leader to have been killed in 14 months — placing the leadership of the worldwide jihadist movement under serious and unprecedented strain

Charles Lister 01 May 2023
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Eduardo Ramon
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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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