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Iran-Houthi escalation could backfire. Here is how
Politics

Iran-Houthi escalation could backfire. Here is how

Ibrahim Jalal 05 October 2026
Fatima Mansouri at a campaign rally for the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) ahead of the legislative elections in Tangier, Morocco, on 16 September 2026.
AP
Profiles

Fatima Mansouri: Morocco's first female prime minister?

Mohamed Sharki 04 October 2026

Al Majalla's Book Watch

We review the latest releases from Arab publishing houses

Khodr Al Agha 03 September 2026
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives at the State Strategic Command headquarters—known as "The Octagon"—in the New Administrative Capital on 4 July 2026. Digital Repository of Egypt's Official Media

Egypt hardens stance as Ethiopia plans more Nile dams

Cairo has sharpened its rhetoric, believing Addis Ababa is more interested in using the Nile as a weapon than for electricity generation

Amr Emam 03 September 2026

Trump mulls his next punches against Iran

Fares Garabet 02 September 2026
Palestinian-German author Alena Jabarine Tim Oehler

Alena Jabarine on Palestine advocacy in Germany

The Palestinian-German author speaks to Al Majalla about the challenges facing Palestinian voices in Germany and how she engages German readers from within their own cultural and political context

Mohammed Magdy 02 September 2026
An armed defector from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrives, believed to be surrendering to the Sudanese military, in the west of Omdurman on 19 August 2026. Ebrahim Hamid/ AFP/ Al Majalla

A blanket US arms embargo on Sudan is not the answer

An American envoy has advised the UN Security Council to treat each warring Sudanese party equally, while Washington relaxes restrictions on the RSF militia's main foreign backer

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 01 September 2026
A beach in the city of Marsa Matrouh, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea northwest of Cairo, Egypt, on 16 June 2015.
 Reuters

Egypt's Sahel: from tourist hub to economic centre

A wave of Gulf investment aims to transform the northern coast into a year-round economy that can attract foreign direct investment (FDI)

Marcelle Nasr 01 September 2026
Noelia de Alda

How Gaza turned US public opinion against Israel

Supporting Israel used to help politicians get elected, but with Americans far more critical of Tel Aviv's influence on US policy, it has now become a liability at the ballot box

Assal Rad 31 August 2026
Lina Jaradat

When Orientalism stuck its nose into the history of scent

Are 'Oriental' perfumes really linked to sensuality and ill repute, or are they a Western invention nourished by an unwarranted sense of superiority?

Yasmin Abdallah 31 August 2026
US Navy 5th Fleet spokesman Commander Tim Hawkins is pictured at the 5th Fleet Headquarters in the Bahraini capital Manama on 26 October 2021. Mazen Mahdi / AFP

'We are sealing Iran's ports and keeping Hormuz open'

In an interview with Al Majalla, CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins details what the US has achieved vis-a-vis Trump's maximum pressure campaign on Tehran and its regional proxies

Ahmed Maher 30 August 2026
Motorists drive past a billboard in Tehran depicting Trump drowning in the Strait of Hormuz on 24 August 2026. AFP

The US is learning the wrong lessons in Iran

Tactical excellence can never salvage strategic incompetence

Bret Devereaux 29 August 2026
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Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Politics

Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

The Economist
Opinion

Russia boosts its defence budget with an eye on Europe

02, Oct 2026

Putin seems to have concluded that to secure a decisive victory in Ukraine, he needs to go after the countries in Europe that are supporting Kyiv

Con Coughlin
A digital billboard displays fuel prices at a petrol station in Berlin on 2 October 2026. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

Analysts believe that Trump is hoping to lower domestic fuel prices before the November midterm elections, which could see Democrats win a majority of seats in Congress

Alexandra Sharp
A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose

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