Said Khatibi on confronting Algeria’s Black Decade

After winning the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the Algerian novelist reflects on memory, violence, and his country's unresolved past

El-Sayed Hussein

Trump’s New Refugee Policy

Facing backlash over the decision to drastically limit the number of refugees who will be permitted to settle in the United States, State Department officials are attempting to defend the move and…

Tracy Wilkinson

Sophia Loren: The Italian Screen Queen

Majalla - London Italian actress Sofia Loren, original name Costanza Brigida Villani Seacolón, was born in Rome on September 20, 1934. She began her film career in 1951 and rose above her poverty…

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The People's Authoritarian

by Michael Kimmage Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation. Serhii Plokhy. Basic Books, 2017. 432pp. The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the…

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Privileges to Poverty

[caption id="attachment_55257135" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Movenpick Resort in Ain Sohkna (Source- Maria Asaad).[/caption] By Maria Asaad I remember looking up towards the blinding ball of…

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The Never-Ending War on Terror

[caption id="attachment_55256344" align="aligncenter" width="4920"]A general view shows smoke and flames rising behind the minaret of a mosque in Yarmuk, a Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of…

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The Curl Craze!

[caption id="attachment_55256279" align="alignnone" width="853"] Egyptian women join the Facebook group The Hair Addict to represent curly haired women in Egypt (Facebook).[/caption] by Maria…

Maria Asaad