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An Iraqi fisherman casts his net in the Euphrates River, which passes through the city of Nasiriyah the capital of the Iraqi Dhi Qar Governorate on January 2, 2024. Asaad Niazi / AFP

Nasiriyah and Iraq’s rural-urban divide

It is no easy task to write about a wound that has yet to heal. In Nasiriyah and the Reed Hut, published by Al-Masar Publishing House, Ahmed Abdul Sattar reopens this wound

Marwan Yassin Al Dulaimi 30 July 2025
Ottoman artillery at Hareira in 1917 to defend against the British advance into southern Palestine. Shutterstock

This day in history: Ottoman-ruled Gaza falls to the British

Gaza has long been a theatre of military confrontation, witnessing four major battles before Israel finally occupied it in the 1967 war

Sami Moubayed 07 November 2024
Founded in secularism, this strong republic faces further change. Religious groups are rising, it has joined NATO but not the EU, and has yet to resolve the Kurdish question. This is its story so far. Majalla

Turkey turns 100: A moment of pride at a challenging time for the nation

Founded in secularism, this strong republic faces further change. Religious groups are rising, it has joined NATO but not the EU, and has yet to resolve the Kurdish question. This is its story so far.

Omer Onhon 29 October 2023
The signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, in the Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland, 24th July 1923. Getty/Majalla

The Treaty of Lausanne created a new world order outdated from the start

The 100-year-old accord defined modern Turkey, but also set up new conflicts by disregarding the rights of weaker peoples and defeated nations

Houssam Itani 22 July 2023
Turkey: Kurdish troops (cavalry). Getty

How a string of unjust treaties shortchanged the Kurds

From the 1639 Shirin Palace Agreement to the Lausanne Treaty of 1923, Kurdish self-determination was ignored by the world's dominant powers who were looking out for their economic interests.

Salih Muslim 22 July 2023
Signed on 24 July 1923, the treaty had profound consequences for the Middle East and beyond. On its centennial, an understanding of it rests on an appreciation of the complex factors that led to it. Albane Simon

100 years of Lausanne: How modern Turkey rose from the ashes of WWI

Signed on 24 July 1923, the treaty had profound consequences for the Middle East and beyond. On its centennial, an understanding of it rests on an appreciation of the complex factors that led to it.

Omer Onhon 22 July 2023
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A municipal worker fixes a sign in Sharm el-Sheikh, as the Egyptian resort town gets ready to host a US-brokered Gaza peace summit, on October 12, 2025. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
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Gaza ceasefire takes off, but expect turbulence ahead

11 October 2025

Al Majalla lays out four key hurdles to clear to ensure the truce sticks this time around

Brian Katulis
US President Donald Trump greets Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Evan Vucci / AFP
Politics

Can Palestinians trust Donald Trump?

14 October 2025

Only US pressure will ensure that Israel honours the Gaza ceasefire

Omar H. Rahman
Nesma Moharam
Politics

Two years after October 7

06 October 2025

Al Majalla examines the repercussions of Hamas's attack on Israel, which set into motion a series of significant changes and power shifts in the Middle East

Al Majalla - London
Malagasy Colonel Michael Randrianirina, head of the CAPSAT military unit, reads out a statement in front of the presidential palace, where he announces the army is taking power in Antananarivo on October 14, 2025. Luis TATO / AFP
Politics

Madagascar's military coup is part of a wider African trend

14 October 2025

A rapid chain of events led to the president fleeing for his life following deadly clashes with citizens. But what happened is not uncommon for Africa. Al Majalla explains why.

Sergey Eledinov
Iraqi painter and sculptor Dia al-Azzawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Dia Azzawi’s latest murals mourn the ruin of Arab cities

09 October 2025

Iraqi sculptor's epic wall-mounted installations evoke the destruction of Aleppo and Mosul, displayed in Beirut in the shadow of ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Mohamed abi Samra

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