The Majalla the leading political affairs magazine in the Arab world

Written by : Iason Athanasiadis

on : Monday, 15 Aug, 2011

Ports of Call

The flames engulfing English cities in scenes unseen since the riots of Athens 2008 and Paris 2005 mark the conclusion of an era. The same juggernaut that once dominated the world is coming to a shuddering halt in the gorges of Afghanistan and the skies over Libya and Somalia. Western armies and air forces are increasingly bogged down and shot up. It is the concluding chapter of a bout of imperial hubris accelerated by the 9/11 era. The chorus of defeat extends to European and American st...

Filed under: Blogs, Ports of Call -

Posted by : The Majalla

on : Monday, 15 Aug, 2011

Slow Transition

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is clinging to power, despite ongoing negotiations between the beleaguered President and the US over a new US and GCC backed deal asking for his resignation in exchange for immunity from prosecution. According to Asharq Al-Awsat, a member of the president's ruling party claims that Saleh is rejecting key points of the deal, while Saleh claims that the he is merely asking clarifying questions, and has no intention of stalling or of wholly rejecting the plan...

Filed under: News - Tagged with: attack, Saleh, Yemen

Written by : Matt Mc Cullough

on : Monday, 15 Aug, 2011

A Discrete Conflict

For a year and seven months, relatives of Abdul Ghaffar Lango heard nothing of his whereabouts. His abduction by armed plain-clothes men in the Pakistani province of Balochista...

Filed under: War & Peace - Tagged with: Afghanistan, balochistan, China, gas, Iran, Pakistan, resources, US

Written by : Jacqueline Shoen

on : Monday, 15 Aug, 2011

A Walking Contradiction

Andrew Card is a controversial figure. Most remembered as the man who whispered to President George W. Bush that America was under attack on 9/11. As President Bush’s White H...

Filed under: Interviews - Tagged with: Arab Spring, card, white house

Written by : Andrew Bowen

on : Friday, 12 Aug, 2011

Ibn Dawood

It’s a very lonely time for the Assads of Syria. Facing the largest domestic challenge to their rule since they came to power in 1970, Bashar Al-Assad and has family have so ...

Filed under: Blogs, Ibn Dawood - Tagged with: Assad, Hama, Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, US

Posted by : The Majalla

on : Friday, 12 Aug, 2011

Vox Populi

The Voice of Civil Society in Iraq National Democratic Institute January 2011 This report is ambitious in scope, claiming to assess the voice of civil society in Iraq....

Filed under: Reviews, Think Tank Reports - Tagged with: civil society, Iraq

Written by : Noam Schimmel

on : Friday, 12 Aug, 2011

In the Middle East of London

Running from 4 to 24 July, Shubbak embraced a wide variety of cultural expression—from theatre and poetry to dance, music, film, photography and architecture. Lectures and in...

Filed under: Culture - Tagged with: loondon arab culture, shubbak, Shubbak: A window on Contemporary Arab Culture

Written by : Fawaz Gerges

on : Thursday, 11 Aug, 2011

America’s Lost Strategy in Afghanistan part II

By announcing a substantial withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, President Obama has finally acknowledged that the Afghan Taliban cannot be militarily defeated, and that t...

Filed under: Features - Tagged with: Afghanistan, America, NATO, us policy, withdrawal

Posted by : The Majalla

on : Wednesday, 10 Aug, 2011

The Enigmatic Reformer

The killing of General Abdel Fatah Younis by an Islamist-linked militia within the anti-Qadhafi forces in Benghazi plunged the Libyan uprising into disarray. His death revealed...

Filed under: Profile - Tagged with: gadafi, Gaddafi, gadhafi, kaddafi, kadhafi, Libya, Qadhafi, saif al islam

Written by : Paula Mejia

on : Tuesday, 9 Aug, 2011

Hearts and Minds

Beyond its capacity for creating a tradition in which Egyptians hold their leaders accountable for their actions, the timing of the trial also speaks of a different political s...

Filed under: Blogs, Hearts and Minds - Tagged with: Egypt, mibarak, Mubarak, trial