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A group photo of the leaders and representatives of the Arab countries participating in the Baghdad Summit on May 17, 2025. Reuters

Why the Arab world must forge a collective vision of the future

The Arab Summit is taking place in Baghdad amidst exceptional regional and international circumstances. Can individual and collective Arab security be secured?

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 17 May 2025
Members of the Egyptian Special Forces during their deployment at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in Rafah, October 20, 2023. AFP

Competing visions for the Middle East ahead of Cairo Summit

Israel, Türkiye, and Iran all have a plan for the region. Arab leaders met in Riyadh to come up with their own. Meanwhile, Trump walks back his plan for Gaza, saying he 'won't force it'.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 22 February 2025

Arab summit: Leaders face mounting challenges

Fares Garabet 16 May 2024
Bahrain King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival to attend the 33rd Arab Summit, in Manama, Bahrain, May 15, 2024 Reuters

Arab states once created the PLO. Its successor could be shaped at the Manama summit.

With millions of Palestinians under threat from the far-right Israeli government, now is not the time to disagree on representation. Arab states need to step in, just like they did before.

Majed Kayali 16 May 2024
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Finding a collective voice at the 2024 Arab Summit in Manama

Gaza is a top priority, but a confluence of factors means that now is the time to set up durable systems, including a regional security architecture. It all starts with having a collective Arab vision

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 15 May 2024
Jamil Mardam Bey Supplied

The first Arab Congress of 1913 and its tragic outcome

The 110th anniversary of the first Arab Congress in Paris sheds light on a tumultuous era in Arab history as its people battled for reform under the Ottoman Empire. However, it had a tragic ending.

Sami Moubayed 23 June 2023
In the final instalment of the two-part series, Sami Moubayed gives a historical review of key Arab summits over the years as Arab leaders grappled with consecutive wars, conflicts and uprisings. Eduardo Ramon

Arab Summits Part II: Second Intifada breaks out, US topples Saddam, and Arab Spring sweeps region

In the final instalment of the two-part series, Sami Moubayed gives a historical review of key Arab summits over the years as Arab leaders grappled with consecutive wars, conflicts and uprisings

Sami Moubayed 19 May 2023
In part one of a two-part series, Sami Moubayed gives a historical review of key Arab summits over the years as Arab leaders grappled with consecutive wars, conflicts and uprisings. Eduardo Ramon

Defending Palestine dominates agenda of first Arab summit in 1946

In part one of a two-part series, Sami Moubayed gives a historical review of key Arab summits over the years as Arab leaders grappled with consecutive wars, conflicts and uprisings

Sami Moubayed 18 May 2023
Abdelkader Zaoui

The Arab League Stuck in Flawed, Ineffective Role

The announcement of the delay of the Arab summit scheduled to be held in Algeria in March has revealed the depth of the fundamental political differences that afflict inter-Arab relations. It…

Abdelkader Zaoui 04 February 2022
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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
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Saudi Arabia and the US: renewing a long partnership

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

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Basem Khandakji on exile, imprisonment, and purpose

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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

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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
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Egypt's multipolar balancing act is paying off

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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.

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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.

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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
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