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British author Andrew Millar holds his novel "The Land in Winter" during a photoshoot for the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist. CHRIS J RATCLIFFE / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Andrew Millar on why he falls back on silence

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 12 November 2025
Renewables need $2.3tn a year to stay on track
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Renewables need $2.3tn a year to stay on track

Al Majalla - London 11 November 2025
A series of red lines were drawn at a meeting of gas producing countries in Algiers. Al Majalla looks at what they are, where they came from, and what they may mean for energy markets. Ewan White

Top global gas producers set four red lines

A series of red lines were drawn at a meeting of gas-producing countries in Algiers. Al Majalla looks at what they are, where they came from, and what they may mean for energy markets.

Rabia Khreis 18 March 2024
A still from the film Trenque Lauquen Bulldog Film

Five imaginative films that brought cinema back to its pre-Covid shine

2023 saw a trend of films-within-films with cutting-edge directors embracing classic cinema

Firas Al-Madi 18 March 2024
Memory aims to improve decision-making by retaining what is significant while discarding the rest. Shutterstock

Best forgotten? How the brain needs to filter memory to stay fit

It is no coincidence that the most intelligent people who ever lived often forgot the most basic details about their lives. The way the brain is formed and how it works can help explain this.

Alaa Emara 17 March 2024
Coca-Cola and Pepsi have faced mounting pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and pollution. Sara Gironi Carnevale

Eco war: Coca-Cola and Pepsi fight to out-green each other

Plastic bottles contribute a quarter of the pollution affecting seas and oceans. The biggest two companies are trying to out 'green' each other, but doubts are being cast over their recycling plans.

Kawthar Zantour 15 March 2024
From casual chats to commercial trades and confidential information, the transport and targeting of data under the Red Sea is a major issue. Can the Houthis cripple the world's communications? Dave Murray

Make or break: Houthi underwater cables carry more than just megabits

From casual chats to commercial trades and confidential information, the transport and targeting of data under the Red Sea is a major issue. Can the Houthis cripple the world's communications?

Marco Mossad 11 March 2024
X CEO Elon Musk (right) Sam Altman, and OpenAI CEO (Left), face to face in an open legal battle. AFP

Dissecting discord: The unravelling of the Musk-Altman OpenAI partnership

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI unveils rift over AI mission, transforming a once-promising partnership into a legal battleground

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 11 March 2024
The stories of a musical composer, a physicist, and a Nazi leader are competing for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards. Laura Salafia

Ten biopics up for an Oscar. But what makes this genre so popular?

The stories of a musical composer, a physicist, and a Nazi leader are competing for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards

Samer Abou Hawwach 10 March 2024
The gaming industry is having to recalibrate after the lockdown boosted user and revenue figures. Shutterstock

The ‘Zoom boom’ left gaming giddy. Now it's sobering up

After the world reopened, the gaming sector's heyday came to an end. Now, the leading firms are making layoffs to get in shape.

Khaled Kassar 10 March 2024
As the Ukraine war drags on and causalities mount, more women have joined the frontlines. But women have a long history of fighting in wars. Al Majalla explains. Mona Eing

Ukraine's women soldiers remind of history's female warriors

As the Ukraine war drags on and causalities mount, more women have joined the frontlines. But women have a long history of fighting in wars. Al Majalla explains.

Steve Hewitt 08 March 2024
China's maritime focus at present remains in its vicinity. Its presence in the Middle East is a slow build. It might never become a regional military superpower, but it can't be ruled out entirely. Alexandra Espâna

China slowly grows its naval presence in the Middle East

China's maritime focus at present remains in its vicinity. Its presence in the Middle East is a slow build. It might never become a regional military superpower, but it can't be ruled out entirely.

Khaled Hamadeh 07 March 2024
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As Sharaa steps into the White House, Syria steps into the US orbit

09 November 2025

In what could be a historic turning point in US-Syria relations, the new government in Damascus will likely join the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS)

Subhi Franjieh
Sara Padovan
Politics

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

11 November 2025

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff
Axel Rangel Garcia
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Barbara Leaf on being the first US official to meet Ahmed Sharaa

10 November 2025

On Monday, the Syrian president shook hands with Trump at the White House. Speaking to Al Majalla, a former State Department official explains why this is a moment she could have never imagined.

Ibrahim Hamidi
AFP-Reuters-Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Zohran Mamdani becomes first Muslim mayor of New York

04 November 2025

The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances

Tarek Rashed
Ewan White
Politics

How Trump reshaped the world

03 November 2025

Al Majalla examines key developments in the US and across the globe less than a year into Trump's second presidential term

Al Majalla - London

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