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Assessing the options for bypassing the Hormuz Strait Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Assessing the options for bypassing the Hormuz Strait

Alice Gower 20 April 2026
Hormuz games: Trump's blockade on Iran's blockade
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Hormuz games: Trump's blockade on Iran's blockade

Fares Garabet 20 April 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on August 28, 2017. Heidi Levine / AFP

Al Majalla obtains Guterres letter to Netanyahu on UNWRA ban

The UN Secretary-General warns Netanyahu that banning the UN agency would have devastating consequences for Palestinian refugees and reminds him of his obligations under international law

Al Majalla - London 31 October 2024
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Al Majalla’s Book Watch

Our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books covering a wide range of topics, reflecting some of the trends and thinking in the Arab world

Khodr Al Agha 31 October 2024
Lina Jaradat

Too big to bust: A look at Morocco’s $320bn drug industry

The Kingdom is working with European partners in its war on drugs. But with such stellar profits to be made and such keen demand, it has been an uphill battle.

Mohamed Sharki 31 October 2024

Israel's military targets

Fares Garabet 31 October 2024
Andrea Awada-Zeaiter of Dearborn attends a rally in support of Lebanon in light of recent Israeli strikes that killed hundreds on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, in front of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan. Katy Kildee/AP

Michigan’s Lebanese Americans feel abandoned by Democrats

Amid Israel's campaign in southern Lebanon, voters in the city of Dearborn express anger and indifference

Abdelhalim Abdelrahman 31 October 2024
A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024. Eyad BABA / AFP

Israel's ban on UNRWA sparks international outcry

The implementation of the ban is expected to have a catastrophic impact on Palestinians, with many Western governments and aid agencies express their deep concern

Con Coughlin 30 October 2024
Axel Rangel Garcia

Abbas Araghchi: The tweeting diplomat sailing Iran through a storm

Online, he is an avid user of social media. Offline, Iran's foreign minister is a seasoned international diplomat known for his calm but serious manner and negotiating skills.

Badia Fahs 30 October 2024
Lina Jaradat

Captagon throws al-Assad a crucial financial lifeline

The drug trade is bankrolling the Damascus government through an illicit trade valued at around $57bn. Al Majalla explains why it started and how it's shaping Syrian society.

Haroun al-Aswad 30 October 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Iran vs Israel: How do their militaries compare?

As the global community apprehensively watches the escalating rhetoric between Israel and Iran, the risk of direct confrontation between the two countries increasingly rises. This will have…

Al Majalla - London 29 October 2024
Lina Jaradat

How Iraq became a key conduit in the global drug trade

Its central location has made it a crucial hub. Today, Iraq not only trafficks drugs but produces them, and 60% of its citizens are now users. Unemployment and corruption have fuelled the problem.

Salam Zaidan 29 October 2024
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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