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Imam Al-Ghazali. Wikicommons

Al-Ghazali and the myth of civilisational decline

Examining the idea that one man's critique caused the silencing of science and philosophy across the Arab world at a time of discovery and progress.

Abdullah Al-Rashid 12 April 2026
China`s Chang'e 4 lunar probe lands on the moon's surface with the sun in the background. Shutterstock

Chinese lunar mission peels back hidden layers of the moon

In an interview with Al Majalla, prominent planetary scientist Jianqing Feng, sheds light on the moon's geological history and the enigmatic layered structures beneath its surface.

Khaled Yousri 26 September 2023
Celsius Pictor

Insight into how brain tells time brings Einstein's theory of relativity down to earth

Time has long been mysterious, from Aristotle to Einstein. Now, new research shows how perceptions of it work in the brain, with echoes of the forces that shape the cosmos.

Mohammed Mansour 25 July 2023
The rich relationship between Arabs and the stars began with the need to navigate and then deepened into a detailed intellectual endeavour to understand. Muhammad Mustafa

The stars: The Arabs' map in the sky

The rich relationship between Arabs and the stars began with the need to navigate and then deepened into a detailed intellectual endeavour to understand.

Abdullah Al-Rashid 12 June 2023
Futuristic server room with quantum computers and group of scientists. Getty

Quantum computing opens horizons in data processing

It is a major paradigm leap in computing capabilities, offering promise in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, cybersecurity, and financial services

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 03 May 2023
Science has a clear answer, yet some clerics try to frame them as a kind of divine punishment from God. Nash Weerasakera

Science vs religion: An explanation of earthquakes

Some Islamists are exploiting the disaster to scare Muslims into blindly following their ideology

Khalid al-Ghannami 15 February 2023
With the establishment of seismology as a field in the 19th century the monitoring of earthquakes became a much more precise science. Getty

Understanding earthquakes: A history of seismology

With the establishment of seismology as a field in the 19th century the monitoring of earthquakes became a much more precise science

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 09 February 2023
Jonas Aqvist, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Olof Ramstrom, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry announce winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry Caroline R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless, during a news conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 5, 2022. TT News Agency/Christine Olsson via REUTERS

Nobel Prize Goes to Pioneers of Lego-like "Click Chemistry"

Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create new compounds…

05 October 2022
Abdullah Gohar, a researcher at El Mansoura University works on renovating the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown four-legged amphibious whale called "Phiomicetus Anubis", that helps trace the transition of whales from land to sea, which were discovered in the Fayum Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt, near the town of El Mansoura, north of Cairo, Egypt August 26, 2021. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egyptian Amphibian Whale Walked the Land 43 Million Years Ago!

A research team led by Egyptian scientists has succeeded in recording the discovery of the genus and species of the ancestors of amphibian whales, which roamed Egyptian waters about 43 million years…

Salma Adham 03 September 2021
More than 50% of female faculty and staff experienced sexually harassing behavior in academic science and medicine, according to a 2018 report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. (TNS)

For Women in Science, ‘Visibility’ Isn’t Always a Good Thing

One of my mentees, a young doctor, laughed when I recently told her how two of my adult daughters crawled across the bedroom floor to take a photo of my computer screen because Golden State Warriors…

Margaret Handley 04 July 2021
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Houthis seek expansion after reaching Bab al-Mandab

17 September 2026

After rapid advances, the Yemeni rebel group is fortifying its positions along the vital maritime chokepoint, while intensifying pressure in southwestern Taiz, northern Lahj, and Marib

Ibrahim Jalal
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Culture & Social Affairs

Backlash over Macklemore ban shows major US culture shift

16, Sep 2026

The American rapper's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour over his 'Free Palestine' speech and the British singer's meek rebuttal sparked an uproar on social media

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Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

16 September 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

Elie Kossaifi
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

AI data centres: the costliest infrastructure race in history?

16 September 2026

Investment could reach $50tn by 2050, but electricity, semiconductors and data laws will determine where the factories of the new economy are built

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS
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Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

15 September 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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