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US bolsters its regional military assets amid Iran talks Al Majalla
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US bolsters its regional military assets amid Iran talks

Al Majalla - London 17 February 2026
The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy Aliaa Aboukhaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy

Charbel Khoury 17 February 2026
Palestinian director Basel Adra (L) and Israeli director Yuval Abraham pose during a photo session in Paris on October 29, 2024. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP

Oscar winner ‘No Other Land’ fails to highlight the root issue

The documentary about Israel's crimes in the West Bank deserves praise, yet the discourse around the film remains far removed from the heart of the issue: the illegal and immoral military occupation

Samer Abou Hawwach 06 March 2025
A Palestinian activist holding a national flag stands by as an Israeli army bulldozer moves during an ongoing raid on the Tulkarm camp for Palestinian refugees in the north of the occupied West Bank. Zain JAAFAR / AFP

West Bank Palestinians suffer largest forced displacement in decades

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been pushed out of refugee camps in the northern West Bank as Israeli settlers grab more and more land

Ahmed Draghmeh 05 March 2025
Palestinians' suffering worsens amid continued food shortages in Gaza Strip. Reuters

Food insecurity: A chronic dilemma that worsens in Ramadan

Conflict, drought, tariffs, and inflation are making it harder to feed people in the Arab world. Yet if the wars in Ukraine and Sudan end with investment in agriculture, the clouds may brighten.

Marcelle Nasr 05 March 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

War in Sudan has displaced millions, with half the population aid-dependent

In April 2023, violent clashes erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, resulting in the displacement of more than 12.5 million people…

Al Majalla - London 04 March 2025
Palestinians gather for a communal iftar, or fast-breaking meal, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid building rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 1, 2025. AFP

Competing visions for a post-war Gaza

The cyclical nature of the conflict and Israel's occupation continue to shape regional and international outlooks

Ahmed Maher 03 March 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, during the G7 Economic Summit, in Brugo Iniasia in Italy, June 14, 2024. Reuters

Algeria and France unravel their last remaining trade links

Relations have plummeted between Paris and Algiers. The latter sought a fairer deal, but the former seemed to want only oil, gas, and a grain market. As French firms leave, Algeria is moving on.

Rabia Abdul Salam 03 March 2025
Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov, flanked by Palestinian Hamas fighters, smiles after being released along with two others as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on February 22, 2025. Bashar TALEB / AFP

Any plan for Gaza must ensure Hamas can't reconstitute

One idea is to create humanitarian zones where Palestinians —excluding Hamas—can live safely. Israel would then give Hamas leaders the choice of leaving Gaza or facing Israelis outside of these areas.

Dennis Ross 03 March 2025
The final issue of Algerian French-language daily newspaper "Liberté" is seen at a stand in Algeria's capital Algiers on April 14, 2022. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

Why some Algerians wish to bid adieu to the French language

A contentious cultural and political issue can often be oversimplified with crude arguments, but the question of languages and identities is much more nuanced.

Samir Qasimi 02 March 2025
Matthew Zweig, one of the architects of the Caesar Act

Caesar Act architect: Lifting Syria sanctions is "complicated"

The US levied swingeing sanctions on Bashar al-Assad's regime for torturing and killing thousands. Matt Zweig, who helped draft it, speaks to Al Majalla about its details and future.

Ibrahim Hamidi 02 March 2025
A young Palestinian boy sits on rubble as he attends the Friday noon prayers near the ruins of the al-Faruq mosque, destroyed in Israeli strikes in Rafah, southern Gaza. SAID KHATIB / AFP

In Gaza, Palestinians observe Ramadan amid grief and ruin

Mosques are rubble and families have been torn apart. Those who survived mourn those who did not. Amidst the trauma, celebrating seems strange. Yet in a sprinkling of lanterns, there is resistance.

Houssam Marouf 01 March 2025
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Trump has few good options on Iran

16 February 2026

As the US and Iran head to talks in Geneva, competing forces are pulling Trump in opposite directions. There are only two "good" scenarios in front of him, and neither will be easy to achieve.

Michael Horowitz
AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Back to Qandil: PKK fighters finally leaving Syria

12 February 2026

More than 40 years after PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan began building networks of trained operatives in Syria's north-east to infiltrate Türkiye, they have been sent packing

Ibrahim Hamidi
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
Politics

Pakistan proves its utility as a key US intermediary

12 February 2026

Islamabad emerges as a key bridge in tricky conflicts from Iran to China

Kamal Alam
AFP/Reuters/Al Majalla
Politics

Bigger than Maduro: Trump’s real designs on Latin America

09 February 2026

Christophe Ventura, a French expert on Latin America, speaks to Al Majalla about Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, and China's role in a continent that the US president considers his backyard.

Elie Kossaifi
Scarlett Yang
Culture & Social Affairs

The benefits and flaws of child social media bans

10 February 2026

Whether to legislate against Under-16s accessing a big part of contemporary society is a complex question involving law, technology, privacy, rights, and the nature of a child's development

Hala Al-Naji

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