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Christian Éboulé on decolonising the mind

The Cameroonian journalist discusses his debut novel, 'Le Testament de Charles', and how post-independence generations still bear the scars of colonialism

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 07 January 2026
A view taken on March 5, 2009, in Paris shows skeletons, part of the Department of Anthropology at the Musée de l'Homme (The Museum of Man) in Paris. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP

'The Bread of the French': a poetic indictment of French racism

Xavier Le Clerc's novel doesn't merely unmask France's ugly colonial past; it warns of the present's ability to reproduce it

Samir Qasimi 28 August 2025
Sara Gironi Carnevale

Marie Le Pen: The French populist sentenced for graft

A court found the National Rally leader guilty of embezzling EU funds and slapped her with a five-year ban on running for political office. But it's too early to write her political obituary just yet.

Con Coughlin 05 April 2025

Marie Le Pen banned from running in French presidential race

Fares Garabet 03 April 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, during the G7 Economic Summit, in Brugo Iniasia in Italy, June 14, 2024. Reuters

Algeria and France unravel their last remaining trade links

Relations have plummeted between Paris and Algiers. The latter sought a fairer deal, but the former seemed to want only oil, gas, and a grain market. As French firms leave, Algeria is moving on.

Rabia Abdul Salam 03 March 2025
The final issue of Algerian French-language daily newspaper "Liberté" is seen at a stand in Algeria's capital Algiers on April 14, 2022. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

Why some Algerians wish to bid adieu to the French language

A contentious cultural and political issue can often be oversimplified with crude arguments, but the question of languages and identities is much more nuanced.

Samir Qasimi 02 March 2025
France's President Emmanuel Macron reacts during a bilateral meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Chequers in Aylesbury, England, on January 9, 2025. Toby Melville/AFP

After a string of setbacks, France faces an uncertain 2025

France saw three governments fall in the span of one year and its presence in Africa substantially dwindle. What became of a country that used to wield significant global influence?

Khattar Abu Diab 14 January 2025
A protester holds a poster with an image of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol during a candlelight rally calling for the ouster of the president in Gwanghwamun in Seoul on December 5, 2024. ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP

Are democracies doomed to gridlock and dysfunction?

From France to South Korea, US democratic allies are descending into political chaos

Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig 07 December 2024
French writer David Diop poses during a photo session in Paris on September 20, 2018. JOEL SAGET / AFP

French novelist David Diop on giving voice to history's voiceless

The award-winning French novelist tells Al Majalla about the inspiration behind his book, 'At Night All Blood Is Black,' and the challenges of merging fact with fiction

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 02 November 2024

Behind Victor Hugo's admiration of Islam

At a time when Islamophobia began to take hold in Europe, the renowned French poet pushed back on misconceptions. His works feature over a hundred references to the Prophet Muhammad and the Quran.

Ali Almuqri 24 October 2024
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Is the Red Sea moving toward an ordered space governed by capable states or toward a grey zone edging toward disorder? Read our February cover story to find out.

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How the US got the SDF to capitulate to Damascus

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Al Majalla publishes a full account of what transpired during negotiations, the draft integration framework, and proposed constitutional amendments

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Trump's only Iran option

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Ahead of US-Iran talks on Friday, Al Majalla lays out what's on the negotiating table and what issues Tehran is likely—and unlikely—to be flexible on

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The expiry of New START risks nuclear Armageddon

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A key nuclear limitation treaty between the US and Russia will expire on 5 February, leaving many biting their fingernails

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