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Migrants disembark from a lifeboat on the southeast coast of England after being picked up at sea while crossing the English Channel from France on 16 August 2023. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

Lower migrant numbers hand Starmer a rare political win

Since he implemented new restrictions, net migration to the UK fell to 171,000 in 2025, almost half the number seen in 2024

Con Coughlin 05 June 2026
Abbas Khider’s novel The Memory Forger Al Majalla

A new book tackles estrangement both at home and in exile

Abbas Khider's novel The Memory Forger exposes the inherited structures of repression left behind by dictatorial regimes, and the hollow Western claims about human fraternity and equality.

Ali Almuqri 28 May 2026
A Palestinian man walks with his child after speaking to Reuters at an undisclosed location in Johannesburg, South Africa after being transfered from Gaza via Israel on 14 November, 2025. Reuters

Inside the shadow network moving Palestinians abroad

A plane carrying Gaza refugees arrived in Johannesburg earlier this month, exposing a systematic pattern of organised transfers that had Israeli military coordination

Michael Horowitz 24 November 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L), Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (C) and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama attend a working group session on Migration in Woodstock, southern England, on July 18, 2024. Hollie Adams / AFP

Goo-goo for Giorgia: Why Starmer is so smitten with Italy's migration policies

A look at Meloni's deal with Albania and what Labour hopes to learn from the far-right Brothers of Italy and its tough-on-migration approach

Bryn Haworth 05 October 2024
Migrants disembark from a lifeboat on the southeast coast of England after being picked up at sea while crossing the English Channel from France on August 16, 2023. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

Europe's leaders take notes on Meloni's tough migration stance

At a time when so many European leaders are facing intense political pressure to resolve the migrant crisis, the Italian PM's ability to reduce illegal migration by 60% has turned heads

Con Coughlin 29 September 2024
How migration, employment, and education are weakening the patriarchy and strengthening the nuclear family unit. Nesma Moharam

Palestinians in the diaspora: How the nuclear family unit is challenging the patriarchy

Through the story of a Palestinian couple who migrated to Saudi Arabia in search of better opportunities, Al Majalla explores the evolution of the Palestinian family.

Ahmad Ezzeddin Assaad 09 September 2023
taken on March 08, 2019 People wave Algerian national flags in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. AFP

France and Algeria's 'special' relationship is being tested once again

A migration accord between Algeria and its former colonial ruler struck in 1968 is now at the heart of the political reaction to riots following a police killing of a youth of Algerian descent

Rabie Khreis 17 July 2023
Nathalie Lees

As Sudan burns, one refugee embarks on a harrowing journey into the unknown

Like the Palestinians before them, Sudan's people seek refuge from war and dream of return. This is one personal story of conflict's devastating arrival in Khartoum.

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 10 July 2023
A general view shot shows a neighborhood in the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)

Stagnation in Syria’s Real Estate Market

The efforts of countries located in Syria’s vicinity and working to return Syrian refugees to their country forced the refugees to head to the real estate market, which is witnessing a major…

Jiwan Soz 26 August 2022
A handout photo made available by Belta news agency shows migrants gathering on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus, 08 November 2021 (issued 09 November 2021). EPA/LEONID

From Syria to Belarus: A Little Hope for Reaching Families in Germany

since the outbreak of the Syrian war nearly a decade ago, which followed the outbreak of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad in various regions of the country in mid-March of 2011,…

Jiwan Soz 12 November 2021
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The World Cup has always been a pitch for global politics

08 June 2026

From Hitler and Mussolini to South American dictators, world leaders have long seen in football's biggest tournament an opportunity to further an agenda

Mohamed Qutob
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2026 World Cup: football in the age of AI

09 June 2026

From 3D players to data-transmitting balls, the sport's biggest tournament is awash with technology to help with everything from offside decisions to viewer angles, but does this come at a cost?

Marco Mossad
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Trump started a war he can’t control

09 June 2026

Netanyahu continues to defy calls from Washington to pump the brakes on Israel's offensive in Lebanon, something Iran has linked to a future peace deal

John Haltiwanger
Axel Rangel Garcia
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Why is Iran targeting Kuwait and Bahrain?

10 June 2026

While it could be tied to military calculations related to the current US-Iran war, it also reflects a deeper struggle between two opposing regional visions

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Al Majalla’s Film Watch: football on the big screen

11 June 2026

We highlight some of the most notable movies centred on the world's most coveted sport

Wael Said

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