Articles written by: The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
on :
Friday, 17 May, 2013
Last weekend’s general elections in Pakistan are significant for a variety of reasons. For the first time in the country’s history—and, unless the unexpected happens—there were will be a democratic transition of power from one civilian government to another one.
The vote was the clearest demonstration of the country’s young, vibrant civil society and private media, which can trump political corruption and the ever-looming specter of militant violence. Despite Taliban threats to ...
Read more »
on :
Monday, 29 Apr, 2013
It was clear from day one that President Mohamed Mursi and his government would face a daunting task at the helm of the Egyptian state. Hosni Mubarak’s civil order was mostly imposed through fear and coercion; political participation was a luxury enjoyed by only a select few. More significantly, the former president’s late economic reforms never managed to narrow the colossal gap between a rich minority and the millions of poor.
Today, Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood are struggling t...
Read more »
A newborn arrives, kicking and screaming into the world. The child is born in Lebanon, and when registered as a Lebanese citizen the parents will have to fill out the dotted li...
Read more »
on :
Wednesday, 13 Mar, 2013
A decade after the American-led invasion, Iraq’s fate remains uncertain. With the American forces gone, the project of rebuilding the country, creating a functioning democrat...
Read more »
on :
Monday, 25 Feb, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Assad government is ready to enter talks with the armed opposition, Syrian foreign minister Walid Al-Moallem said in Moscow on Monday.
Moallem said...
Read more »
on :
Thursday, 21 Feb, 2013
BEIRUT, Asharq Al-Awsat—Damascus was rocked on Thursday by a car bomb that exploded in the heart of the city, close to the headquarters of Syria’s ruling Ba'athist Party. Act...
Read more »
on :
Wednesday, 20 Feb, 2013
TUNISIA, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s prime minister, Hamadi Jebali, resigned yesterday after a failed attempt at forming a non-partisan government.
Jebali’s resignation is e...
Read more »
on :
Saturday, 16 Feb, 2013
Happy 33rd Birthday, The Majalla! On February 16, 1980, the magazine’s first edition went to print. The cover story was penned by British historian Desmond Stewart, who trave...
Read more »
on :
Monday, 11 Feb, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite resistance from within his own group, Syrian National Coalition leader Moaz Al-Khatib again renewed his call for talks with the Assad regime. Al-K...
Read more »
LONDON,Asharq Al-Awsat—Tens of thousands of mourners chanted anti-Islamist slogans on Friday at the funeral of Tunisian secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid, whose death ...
Read more »
Follow Us!