Amy Assad is an editor at <em>The Majalla</em> and an English–Syrian, London-based writer who specializes in the arts and culture of the Middle East. She received her BA in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from Leeds University and has lived and studied in Syria and Morocco.

The Life and Times of Hezbollah

[escenic_image id="55183403"] Hezbollah: The Story from Within Naim Qassem, translated by Dalia Khalil Saqi 2010 £9.99 Lebanon’s decline…

A Quiet Town

[caption id="attachment_55239372" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mr Abdo Ahmad Mohammad Obeya. Source: Youssef Nabil/Last of The Dictionary Men,…

People by Numbers

[caption id="attachment_55239955" align="alignnone" width="620"] “Floos,” Mona Chalabi, 2013. [/caption]During the ten years since the US-led…

Holding Hope Hostage

[caption id="attachment_55240746" align="alignnone" width="559"] Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim[/caption]Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim is…

Awakening Memories

[caption id="attachment_55241542" align="alignnone" width="620"] Scanograms #1, Image 09, Samira in her wedding gown, the first Christian wedding in…

Faith in a Cultural Evolution

[caption id="attachment_55243616" align="alignnone" width="620"] Children sit down for lunch in the Syriac Orthodox church hall in Acton, London…

Palestine at the Proms

[caption id="attachment_55244555" align="alignnone" width="620"] Nigel Kennedy and the Palestine Strings perform Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" at the…

Pearls of Wisdom

[caption id="attachment_55245684" align="alignnone" width="620"] Buckets of pearls at the V&amp;A's Pearls exhibition (James Hanna/V&amp;A/Qatar…

A Tale of Destiny—and Cats

[caption id="attachment_55245766" align="alignnone" width="620"] A still from Feeding 500. (Rafed Al-Harthi/ Ray Hadded)[/caption] Many people would…

Mashrou' Leila's New Project

[caption id="attachment_55245956" align="alignnone" width="620"] Hamed Sinno of Mashrou' Leila. (The Majalla/James Hanna)[/caption]The small concert…