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A boy sips a cup of tea during a break from work in an aluminium cookware manufacturing factory in Al-Bab, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on June 2, 2024. Aaref WATAD / AFP

Poverty in the Arab world is about more than just income

Being poor in countries like Somalia, Mauritania, Syria, and Yemen can also mean a lack of healthcare, education, housing, drinking water, or electricity.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 25, Mar 2025
Palestinians' suffering worsens amid continued food shortages in Gaza Strip. Reuters

Food insecurity: A chronic dilemma that worsens in Ramadan

Conflict, drought, tariffs, and inflation are making it harder to feed people in the Arab world. Yet if the wars in Ukraine and Sudan end with investment in agriculture, the clouds may brighten.

Marcelle Nasr 05, Mar 2025
A crucifix in a lattice of the Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene atop the Mount of Olives looks out at the Dome of the Rock in the Aqsa mosque complex in the old city of Jerusalem. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

Religious intolerance isn't intrinsic to Islam but came later

Earlier eras have been characterised by peaceful coexistence in Islam, when people from different religions lived side by side, with equal rights, at a time when violence raged around other faiths

Abdullah Al-Rashid 25, Dec 2024
Palestinian children gather at a destroyed vehicle, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Decades of Gulf aid to war-torn Arab countries tops $363bn

Although Gulf states can't give as much as they did before, there is still a huge need, and they will continue to play a key role in helping out

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 19, Oct 2024
Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia was president until the ripe old age of 93. AFP

Senior statesmen: the Arab world’s octogenarian presidents

Joe Biden's travails in the United States are familiar in the Middle East, a region that has had its fair share of elderly rulers. Here, Al Majalla looks at some who make the Democrat look young.

Sami Moubayed 16, Jul 2024
A woman walks past a mural painted in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza on a wall in Nairobi, Kenya, on 14 March 2024. Reuters

Palestinians must capitalise on the growing global support for their cause

The pursuit of international legal avenues to hold Israel accountable for its crimes must continue, and Palestinians need to unite behind a shared vision for the future

Asaad Ghanem 17, Mar 2024
From Gaza to Sudan, thousands of women have been killed, and millions have been displaced. In a region engulfed in turmoil and violence, women are disproportionally affected. Lina Jaradat

In a war-torn region, Arab women carry the heaviest burden

From Gaza to Sudan, thousands of women have been killed, and millions have been displaced. In a region engulfed in turmoil and violence, women are disproportionally affected.

Sawsan Jamil Hasan 08, Mar 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, Feb 2024
As the world moves away from oil, the region must move its national economies into a new era. But for most states, their starting position is far from ideal. Where and how should they change? Axel Rangel Garcia

Multiple crises in Arab world make economic recovery difficult

As the world moves away from oil, the region must move its national economies into a new era. But for most states, their starting position is far from ideal. Where and how should they change?

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 30, Jan 2024
Churchill had created a social hierarchy for the Middle East, and at its helm were the Arab Bedouins, then came the urban merchants in cities like Damascus. The third tier was Palestinian farmers. Mona Eing

Churchill's complicated legacy in the Arab world

Churchill had created a social hierarchy for the Middle East, and at its helm were the Arab Bedouins, then came the urban merchants in cities like Damascus. The third tier was Palestinian farmers.

Sami Moubayed 24, Jan 2024
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Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
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Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid distribution centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
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Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria has opens a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
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Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
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Rabbi behind the Abraham Accords: Trump key to Israel-Syria peace

30 June 2025

American Rabbi Abraham Cooper has just met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, weeks after meeting Syria's foreign minister in New York. Al Majalla went to ask his thoughts.

Ibrahim Hamidi

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