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Politics

Why this Yemen battle is different

Al Majalla - London 08 September 2026
Yemeni fishermen pass alongside a commercial vessel in the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, Yemen, on 5 April 2026.
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Politics

Why the battle for Bab al-Mandab is so important

Anwar Al-Ansi 07 September 2026
Workers are seen through a pipe at a construction site on the extension of Russia's TurkStream gas pipeline. Reuters

Türkiye and Israel go head-to-head in Europe’s new energy race

Ankara wants to be a regional energy hub, while Israel seeks deeper integration into Europe's emerging energy system. Will Europe choose or the other, or a combination, to meet its energy needs?

Abdulfattah Khattab 17 July 2026
Relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv were once good. Today, they are fractured. Eduardo Ramon

Why Israel-Türkiye relations have now hit rock bottom

Tel Aviv and Ankara were once so friendly that they shared intelligence and cooperated militarily. Today, they accuse each other of genocide and limit trade. Where next for these two regional rivals?

Michael Horowitz 17 July 2026
An emerging regional rivalry is playing out through a series of pipelines and trade routes. Al Majalla

Middle East chessboard being played between Türkiye and Israel

Overlapping interests in energy and geopolitics have led to competing maritime claims, disputes over trade corridors, and fights over fighter jets and Syria. It all adds up to a new strategic rivalry

Al Majalla - London 17 July 2026
Israel and Türkiye have competing interests in Syria, Palestine, the Gulf, Washington, and the global defence industry. They also have very different visions for the Middle East Pete Reynolds

Turkish-Israeli rivalry could determine the new Middle East

Türkiye calls Israel a 'terrorist state', Israel calls Türkiye 'the new Iran'. They have competing interests in Syria, Palestine, the Gulf, Washington, and arms exports. Will they come to blows?

Al Majalla - London 17 July 2026

How Egypt lost two of its most dynamic communities

A new book explores how Egypt's Jewish and Greek communities helped build the country's modern economy—and why they ultimately disappeared

Mohammed Magdy 16 July 2026
Egypt's new 'Octagon' complex outside Cairo will serve as its 'war brain'. AFP

Egypt’s new military brain tucked away deep in the sand

Army and intelligence units will decamp to the Octagon, a complex 65km outside Cairo, to fight the wars and manage the crises of the future

Amr Emam 16 July 2026
Shipping traffic through the Suez Canal is gradually increasing, almost three years after the Houthi militia in Yemen began targeting merchant vessels. Reuters

Traffic slowly returns to Egypt’s Suez Canal despite Houthi threat

Some big shipping companies are starting to reroute through the iconic waterway once again, with more problems currently in the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Gulf than in the Red Sea

Sharif Mohammad 14 July 2026

Al Majalla's Film Watch

Our regular round-up of the silver screen's latest releases from the Arab world and beyond

Wael Said 13 July 2026
An aerial view of the Maadi suburb and its section overlooking the Nile river in the south of Egypt's capital Cairo on 15 October 2021. Amir Makar / AFP

Egypt opens its property market to foreign buyers

As the country seeks more direct investment, a period of overbuilding and weak domestic demand means that there are plenty of assets to choose from, but are prices inflated?

Amr Emam 13 July 2026
The Egyptian government is betting on cash to fix a broken and expensive food subsidy system, but what impact will it have on the poor? Nesma Moharam

Egypt to bite the bullet and overhaul its food subsidy regime

This form of welfare eats up more than a fifth of the state budget and reform has been demanded by the IMF. Cairo says the changes will help the poorest. Others are less sure

Amr Emam 11 July 2026
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China is not scared of Trump’s squeeze on Iran

04 September 2026

Beijing has plenty of leverage to deter Washington

Henry Tugendhat
Underwater image of a diver among fish at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, taken on 8 March 2024. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
Business & Economy

The global race for rare earths reaches the ocean floor

07 September 2026

A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China

Abdulfattah Khattab
Raven Jiang
Politics

From the war on terror to networked security

07 September 2026

The main change since 9/11 is that military security has become one component of a much wider security ecosystem

Lina Khatib
Japanese director Takashi Miike at an event for the film 'Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki' IMDb
Culture & Social Affairs

Takeshi Miike's new Kabuki documentary surprises critics

06 September 2026

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

Leila Amar
Sara Padovan
Politics

Donald Trump and the new Latin American right

04 September 2026

Across Central and South America, a raft of right-wingers borrow from each other's playbooks and ride on the US president's coattails to win elections and power. Is it ideology or practicality?

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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