The beautiful game cuts across class and conflict, changing relationships and communities. Al Majalla looks at its depiction in Arab literature

The US wants to revive talks on Ethiopia's Nile dam, but another strategic contest between Addis Ababa and Cairo has emerged in the Red Sea, which could complicate reconciliation efforts

The dominant family in Libya's east tried to take the capital by force in 2019 but were thwarted. Could a son's carefully planned succession soon lead to the same outcome?

Under US tutelage, Tel Aviv and Beirut have agreed to work together to disarm Hezbollah and gradually replace Israel's army with Lebanon's in the south

In Menoh Fih and Qishr al-Bayd, the Egyptian oud player absorbs from his Eastern heritage a sense of freedom in handling, play, and improvised surprise

New discoveries and multibillion-dollar investments are redrawing the country's energy map

Is a new US plan capable of achieving real unification, or is it simply managing division?

Power-sharing between east and west should be possible, but negotiations get tricky when it comes to dividing revenues and remits. Will the two rival families agree to compromise?

The Haftar family in the east and the Dbeibeh family in the west are both influential players in the Tripoli-Benghazi standoff, but envoys from the US and UN are trying to find a way through.

Belgium's deputy premier and minister of foreign affairs also talks about the importance of a Palestinian state, upholding international law, and ties with Saudi Arabia