The Majalla the leading political affairs magazine in the Arab world

Written by : Jacqueline Shoen

on : Thursday, 20 Oct, 2011

America is Listening

For the first time in eight months, the American flag was raised over the US embassy in Tripoli last month. One day earlier, on 21 September, Ambassador Gene Cretz returned to Libya’s capital after having been recalled to Washington in December 2010 for consultations in the wake of a WikiLeaks release that made public classified diplomatic cables from 2009, in which the ambassador had expressed his personal opinions of Libya’s ousted leader, Muammar Qadhafi. Soon after Ambassador Cretz...

Filed under: Interviews - Tagged with: ambassador, bush, cretz, death, future, Libya, NTC, policy, Qadhafi, terrorism

Written by : Maryam Ishani

on : Thursday, 20 Oct, 2011

Qadhafi Confirmed Dead

Colonel Muammar Qadhafi said he would rather die than step down from his leadership of Libya. According to The Majalla sources in Libya, that is indeed what has come to pass. Qadhafi was killed in a gun battle in Sirte. Details are still unclear about the events leading to his death. Initially National Transitional Council (NTC) Chairman, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, announced that Qadhafi was injured, shot in both legs as he attempted to flee the town of Sirte in a one-hundred car convoy. Acc...

Filed under: News - Tagged with: dead, gadafi, Libya, Muammar Qadhafi, Qadhafi

Written by : Alastair Beach

on : Wednesday, 19 Oct, 2011

Seeing Past the Slogans

The fallout from last week’s deadly clashes between the army and Coptic protesters is continuing here in Cairo, with a coalition of NGOs this week accusing the ruling militar...

Filed under: Blogs, Egypt Unwrapped - Tagged with: blog, cairo, Copts, Egypt, egypt unrwrapped, Muslims, sectarian

Written by : Killian Clarke

on : Tuesday, 18 Oct, 2011

Lessons in Reform

Egypt’s economy is in a serious post-revolutionary slump; economic growth only emerged from negative territory in the past few months and many Egyptians are beginning to ...

Written by : Paula Mejia

on : Tuesday, 18 Oct, 2011

As the fighting continues…

The fighting began right after Friday prayer when a group of 50 or so men and women raised the ousted regime’s green flag near the neighborhood of Abu Salim. Casualties were ...

Filed under: Blogs, Hearts and Minds - Tagged with: blog, Libya, NTC, Qadhafi, Sirte

Written by : Maryam Ishani

on : Tuesday, 18 Oct, 2011

Fighter at a Neglected Front

The 32-year-old wears her scarf loosely, a style more familiar in Iran or the Gulf than Yemen and she hasn’t settled her mind yet about the prize that has put her at ...

Filed under: Profile - Tagged with: karman, nobel, peace prize, profile, Saleh, sanaa, Yemen

Written by : Thomas Alberts

on : Monday, 17 Oct, 2011

War of Numbers

Numbers are central to the stories we tell. They leverage sentiment and ignite emotion and can be downright dangerous. But if the weight of numbers can be crushing, w...

Filed under: War & Peace - Tagged with: al jazeera, algeria, Algerian War, Bashar Al-Assad, cairo, Damascus, Dera’a, Egypt, Hafez Al-Assad, Hama, Hama Massacre, Joseph Nye, New York Times, number of protestors, Numbers, Syria, Syrian Human Rights Committee, Tahrir Square, Washington Post

Written by : Juliet Highet

on : Friday, 14 Oct, 2011

A New Master

Rachid Koraichi whose work has been described as “writing passion” has just won the £25,000 Jameel Prize for a selection of embroidered cloth banners from a series entitle...

Filed under: Culture - Tagged with: british museum, caligraphy, culture, ecstatic flow, jameel prize, koraichi, v and a

Written by : Adel Al Toraifi

on : Friday, 14 Oct, 2011

The Illusion of Peaceful Revolutions

There are numerous illusions about the "Arab Spring", some of which are apparent and clear to any observer, whilst others may require years or even decades for us to uncove...

Filed under: Editors Choice, Uncategorized -

Written by : Jacqueline Shoen

on : Thursday, 13 Oct, 2011