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Farmers use a threshing machine as they harvest their wheat in Minya, south of Cairo. Reuters
Business & Economy

Will Egypt’s rural development plan stop the young from leaving?

Amr Emam 29 July 2026
Sharm el-Sheikh is once again attracting tourism capital. Nesma Moharam
Business & Economy

Sun, sea, and sales: investors eye up Sharm el-Sheikh’s hotels

Marcelle Nasr 27 July 2026
This aerial photograph shows an inundated area in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province on 31 May 2026, following recent flooding as water levels from the Euphrates River rise. BAKR ALKASEM / AFP

Preventing the next Euphrates flood

Last month's floods exposed gaps in coordination and governance. Addressing them now will determine whether the next rise in the river becomes a managed risk or another costly emergency.

Haid Haid 21 June 2026

Iran uses its leverage against the US

Fares Garabet 21 June 2026
A picture taken on 24 January 2014 shows covers of the comic series Tintin translated into several languages at the Casterman publisher headquarters in Brussels.  AFP

From Tintin to Tetouan: the rise of Moroccan comics

Long dismissed as kids' entertainment and overshadowed by literary traditions, comics have evolved into a vibrant medium of artistic expression, social critique, and cultural memory

Najeeb Mubarak 21 June 2026
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

The war inside Iran's right

The war exposed how divided Iran's right has always been and handed each faction a new weapon to wield against the other

Alex Vatanka 19 June 2026
Al Majalla

Trump’s Iran truce leaves Israel out

Washington reportedly refused to show Israel a draft of the MOU when asked. Therefore, without its buy-in, Israel is not obliged to adhere to the deal.

Michael Horowitz 19 June 2026
Mark Smith

Trump’s deal: repercussions in the Gulf, Iran, and Israel

The MOU reached by the two warring nations forces a rethink of the Middle East's political, security, and economic landscape

Al Majalla - London 18 June 2026
Al Majalla

How Pakistan quietly brokered the historic US-Iran deal

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 18 June 2026

US-Iran deal sealed. Strait of Hormuz now open.

Al Majalla - London 18 June 2026
Türkiye's main opposition CHP party's court-installed leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, delivers a speech at the party's headquarters in Ankara on 30 May 2026. Adem ALTAN / AFP

Türkiye’s opposition is now a shell of its former self 

Since the CHP defeated the ruling AKP party in the 2024 local elections, its leaders have either been deposed or imprisoned, in what its supporters call a targeted campaign

Omer Onhon 17 June 2026
AlMajalla

Trump has his Iran deal. How soon until oil prices come down?

It's complicated, but not this month, most likely.

Keith Johnson 17 June 2026
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Libyan National Army Deputy Commander Saddam Haftar, and Trump advisor Massad Boulos in Washington on 29 June, 2026. @US_SrAdvisorAF/X
Politics

US plan for Libya: unification or management of division?

26 June 2026

A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?

Areig Elhag
Dave Murray
Science & Technology

More than a game: a look inside the mind of a football fan

30 June 2026

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?

Alaa Emara
A fighter loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds up a weapon backdropped by the minaret of a mosque, during a graduation ceremony in the southeastern Gedaref state on 27 May 2024. AFP
Politics

The quiet push to finally end Sudan's civil war

29 June 2026

External actors and some domestic parties are believed to be working behind the scenes towards a settlement. Why now?

Shawgi Abdelazim
Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in the centre of the hall during the China-Africa forum at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, on 5 September 2024.
 AFP
Business & Economy

China doubles down on Africa with its zero-tariff policy

01 July 2026

Beijing's duty-free access for African exports promises mutual economic gains, but more importantly, it deepens its strategic influence across the continent

Rabia Abdul Salam
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Why siccing Syria's army on Hezbollah is so dangerous

28 June 2026

If Trump's idea is implemented, it would all but certainly further undermine regional stability and US interests in the Middle East

David Schenker

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