Damascus has recovered its natural cadence. Within it, the old and the new live side by side, the steadfast and the changing, reassurance shaded by…

Rarely does so totemic a presidential policy receive so resounding a smackdown. On 20 February, the Supreme Court ruled, in Learning Resources v…

Early in December, Israel’s military chief raised the alarm of the international community, saying the so-called yellow line in Gaza is the country’s…

Graced by the presence of remarkable strangers, some cities have subsequently found their names inextricably linked to these fleeting visitors…

A Lebanese artist of Armenian descent, Maral Dir Bogosian, began her artistic journey in Beirut—a city in perpetual transformation, constantly…

At the White House on Friday, 8 August, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia signed a long-awaited…

What if Max Brod had honoured his friend Franz Kafka’s dying wish and burned the manuscript of The Trial, as instructed? Had Brod kept his promise,…

The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…

Israel's unprecedented attack on Iran is hardly surprising. It follows decades of animosity, proxy battles and covert intelligence operations. But…

As a priest in Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio witnessed extensive poverty and its effects. When he was elected to lead the Catholic Church in 2013,…