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RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER  Pulse Canopy, 2025 CULTURE AND TOURISM ABU DHABI
Culture & Social Affairs

Manar Abu Dhabi: a dance between light and nature

Abeer Younis 31 December 2025
US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on 29 December 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Politics

Will the Gaza ceasefire make it to phase two?

Brian Katulis 30 December 2025
A displaced woman rests in Tawila, in the country's war-torn western Darfur region, on 28 October 2025, after fleeing el-Fasher following the city’s fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). AFP

From siege to slaughter: the fall of el-Fasher

After over 500 days of a crippling blockade, the city finally fell to the RSF, cementing their control of the giant Darfur state in western Sudan and giving them full access to key supply routes

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 30 October 2025

Israeli strikes leave Gaza ceasefire in tatters

Fares Garabet 30 October 2025
Governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, delivers his speech at the opening of the ninth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), in Riyadh, 28 October 2025. Reuters

Investing in people and AI: Saudi Arabia’s vision for a new Middle East

Now in its ninth edition, Riyadh's Future Investment Initiative has transformed from an investment forum into a geo-economic platform redefining how nations link peace, progress, and technology

Omar Harkous 29 October 2025

What's behind Trump's Morocco-Algeria peace push?

US envoy Steve Witkoff thinks a thaw in relations between the two North African neighbours may be possible in 60 days. But doubts remain about its ability to serve as an honest broker.

Rabia Abdul Salam 29 October 2025
US Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus speaks to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, 8 April 2008. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

David Petraeus talks Trump, Gaza 'gated' areas and challenges 'privatisation' of war

In an interview with Al Majalla, the former CIA director says the US president's Middle East approach is working and explains how Ahmed al-Sharaa's vision for Syria aligns with his own

Ahmed Maher 28 October 2025
Al Majalla

Algeria’s nuclear energy ambitions still stalled despite potential

There are some very good reasons why the North African country should pursue civil nuclear power generation, but as experts warn, there are also some very good reasons to pause

Rabia Abdul Salam 28 October 2025
People walk amid the destruction in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on October 11, 2025, a day after a ceasefire took effect. AFP

Gaza's partition: Palestinian peril dressed up as pragmatism

Presented as post-war stabilisation, an experiment in controlled fragmentation appears to be underway, with diplomacy, security, and commerce converging to cement a new geopolitical order

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 28 October 2025
Eduardo Ramon

Eyal Zamir: the army chief trying to save Israel from Netanyahu

This is the second time that Zamir has reported to Israel's prickly prime minister, but the first time he has publicly disagreed with him. Who will get the better of the argument?

Kamal Alam 26 October 2025
Al Majalla

Could a sports boycott of Israel work?

Türkiye and Spain have led calls for Israel to be treated like Russia in 2022, and expelled from UEFA, FIFA and Olympic competitions, but most sporting boycotts have not changed states' behaviour

Christopher Phillips 25 October 2025
Romanian novelist Doina Ruști Supplied

Doina Ruști: in literature, everything is personal

The Romanian novelist of an acclaimed parable of communism, whose father was murdered during her childhood, explains the science behind her craft and her love for folklore

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 25 October 2025
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2025 highlights and what to look out for in 2026

30 December 2025

Al Majalla reflects on this year and the first quarter of the 21st century, highlighting standout achievements, events and trends

Al Majalla - London
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Lightning speed: 25 years of evolving telecoms

30 December 2025

What was cutting-edge in 2000 now sits in museums. From wires, dial-up, and fax paper to the world in the palm of your hand, tech empires have risen and fallen in just a generation.

Abdulfattah Khattab
This aerial view shows residents waving Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognising Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on 26 December 2025. Farhan Aleli / AFP
Politics

Israel scores strategic win with Somaliland deal, but it comes with risk

27 December 2025

An axis comprising Israel, Ethiopia, and Somaliland appears to be emerging, which has the potential to polarise the Horn of Africa and rapidly accelerate its militarisation

Omar Harkous
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Standout Arabic novels of 2025: stories of belonging

30 December 2025

Some stories tackled contemporary life—its realities, tragedies, and evolving conditions—while others turned to the past as an escape, critically distancing themselves from present crises

Ibrahim Adel
US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on 29 December 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Politics

Will the Gaza ceasefire make it to phase two?

30 December 2025

Israel's ongoing violations of the truce and Trump's apathy over Palestinian grievances give little room for optimism

Brian Katulis

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