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Israel is making Gaza uninhabitable which some believe to be an attempt to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their land, 75 years after the Nakba of 1948. Majalla

The Middle East's long history of displacement casts dark shadow on Gaza

The Middle East is no stranger to displacement. Al Majalla highlights case studies in Lebanon and Syria as a potential template for the future of Gaza.

Lina Khatib 03 February 2024
Since the Nakba, Palestinians have endured the agony of displacement. Refugee camps became makeshift homes for Palestinians uprooted by the relentless waves of aggression. Lina Jaradat

Refugee camps and the permanency of temporary refuge

Since the Nakba, Palestinians have endured the agony of displacement. Refugee camps became makeshift homes for Palestinians uprooted by the relentless waves of aggression.

Sawsan Jamil Hasan 06 December 2023
Ali Shaath and his fiancée Samiha al-Tanir in 1937

Digital archive to help reunite Palestinians in the diaspora

Palestinian Researcher Samar Dewidar is set to launch 'Palestinian Stories' — a digital archive to help bring together Palestinian diaspora families who were separated due to the Israeli occupation

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 07 June 2023

A group of Palestinian refugees walk along the road from Jerusalem to Lebanon on November 9, 1948. AFP

Palestinian intellectuals determined in their pursuit to accurately chronicle the Nakba

An analysis of the events and currents leading up to, during, and after the Nakba, together with an assessment of the available historical records

Mohamed abi Samra 17 May 2023
In this picture taken on April 19, 2023 a young Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, walks beneath flags of Fatah and posters along an alley at the Shatila camp for Palestinian refugees in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Palestinians in Lebanon: Fortress-camps and multiple identities

A look at the history of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon since the Nakba and the relationship between Lebanese and Palestinians both before and after the camps

Ahmad Al-Hajj Ali 17 May 2023
A Palestinian artist paints a mural at the Yarmuk refugee camp in the southern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus on November 2, 2022. AFP

How Palestinian refugee camps became a gathering place for dreamers

Typically, refugees of war return home in peacetime. This didn't happen for the Palestinians who have been in exile since 1948. Their temporary shelter has become their seemingly permanent abode.

Sameer Al-zapen 13 May 2023
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US President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House on 18 November 2025, in Washington, DC. Win McNamee / Getty
Politics

Saudi Arabia and the US: renewing a long partnership

28 November 2025

Al Majalla's December cover story highlights the signficance of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington in November

Al Majalla - London
Palestinian novelist Basem Khandakji
Culture & Social Affairs

Basem Khandakji on exile, imprisonment, and purpose

26 November 2025

The Palestinian novelist who won the Arabic Booker Prize in 2023 from behind Israeli prison walls speaks to Al Majalla about his extraordinary life and literary journey

El-Sayed Hussein
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attend a welcoming ceremony for participants of the BRICS summit in Kazan on 22 October 2024. Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP
Politics

Egypt's multipolar balancing act is paying off

26 November 2025

With nuclear know-how from Russia, weapons from America, infrastructure from China, and money from the Gulf, Egypt is making the most out of a world with many powers.

Amr Emam
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

The Moroccan dirham emerges as an alternative currency in African markets

25 November 2025

As European banks retreat, debt balloons, and price volatility spooks central banks, Morocco's national currency is increasingly being used in continental trading.

Mohamed Sharki
Pope Leo XIV presides over the Holy Mass at the Volkswagen Arena, during his first apostolic journey, in Istanbul, Türkiye, on 29 November 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Politics

Why Pope Leo XIV chose Türkiye as his first foreign trip

29 November 2025

Anatolia's foundational role in early Christianity is why it is at heart of the Catholic Church's efforts to build closer ties with the Greek Orthodox Church in Istanbul

Omer Onhon

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