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The one thing that terrifies Donald Trump Al Majalla
Business & Economy

The one thing that terrifies Donald Trump

Michael Hirsh 10 April 2026
Al Majalla's Film Watch
Culture & Social Affairs

Al Majalla's Film Watch

Wael Said 10 April 2026
From jellyfish to transhumanism: Neuralink successfully implants a brain chip into a human, opening up a new frontier in the evolution of mankind. Sara Gironi Carnevale

Elon Musk's new brain chip: A major tech-science milestone

From jellyfish to transhumanism: Neuralink successfully implants a brain chip into a human, opening up a new frontier in the evolution of mankind.

Mohammed Mansour 12 February 2024
The role of the state, society, and the individual has rarely been more in flux in the Middle East. The philosophical underpinning of their roles and relationships matters now more than ever. Sara Gironi Carnevale

Non-state actors and the dangerous webs they weave

The role of the state, society, and the individual has rarely been more in flux in the Middle East. The philosophical underpinning of their roles and relationships matters now more than ever.

Houssam Itani 11 February 2024
A view of the sunrise, with the red planet Mars visible in the background. Shutterstock

Space isn’t the final frontier

Mars fantasists still cling to dreams of the Old West

Foreign Policy 10 February 2024
Al Majalla looks at how voiceprint technology works, how it has already been used and what might lie ahead for what could be an important part of our AI-driven future. Nicola Ferrarese

Voiceprint technology: A commercial hit with military utility

Al Majalla looks at how voiceprint technology works, how it has already been used and what might lie ahead for what could be an important part of our AI-driven future.

Marco Mossad 07 February 2024
Al Majalla entered a new and exciting phase 12 months ago. Here, we reflect on our history and what we covered in the past year. Majalla

Al Majalla celebrates first anniversary after relaunch

Al Majalla entered a new and exciting phase 12 months ago. Here, we reflect on our history and what we covered in the past year.

Al Majalla - London 05 February 2024
As Facebook turns 20, the digital "town square" is being rebuilt — and posing problems. Ewan White

Facebook turns 20: Is it the end of the social network?

Public posting is increasingly migrating to closed groups, rather like email. What Zuckerberg calls the digital "town square" is being rebuilt — and posing problems.

The Economist 04 February 2024
Wherever you look, there are problems in the world’s major trade arteries, with the worst ripple effects yet to be felt. Despite this, more disarray may follow. Al Majalla

Drying up: Trade route challenges mount from every angle

Wherever you look, there are problems in the world's major trade arteries, with the worst ripple effects yet to be felt. Despite this, more disarray may follow.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 03 February 2024
Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic. Although it is now considered a war crime, there are plenty of modern-day examples of its utilisation, the most recent of which is in Gaza. Nash Weerasekera

Starvation as a weapon of war: An all too familiar horror in history

Starving civilians is an ancient military tactic. Although it is now considered a war crime, there are plenty of modern-day examples of its utilisation, the most recent of which is in Gaza.

Steve Hewitt 02 February 2024
As the world’s attention turns to the safety of maritime trade routes, it is important to recall that civilisations have transported goods and people across the seas for thousands of years. Michelle Thompson

Contemporary wars bring mankind's rich maritime history into focus

As the world's attention turns to the safety of maritime trade routes, it is important to recall that civilisations have transported goods and people across the seas for thousands of years.

Houssam Itani 01 February 2024
Washington has finally woken up to the importance of developing this vital region, with Nigeria showing the greatest investment potential — in the trillions. Majalla

Blinken tours West Africa with eye on safeguarding maritime trade

Washington has finally woken up to the importance of developing this vital region, with Nigeria showing the greatest investment potential — in the trillions.

Mohamed Sharki 28 January 2024
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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