Uncle Zezo, Uncle Mickey, and Dr Alloush perform in displacement shelters and hospitals, striving to restore fragments of a joy last felt in 2023. Al Majalla meets them.
[caption id="attachment_55236723" align="alignnone" width="620"] Demonstrators hold placards reading: “We All Are Hrant Dink, We All Are Armenians,” during the trial of the suspects charged with the…
[caption id="attachment_55236698" align="alignnone" width="620"] Source: Kim Badawi/Getty Images[/caption]
Love of newspapers has a long history in the Middle East, where news publications first…
[caption id="attachment_55236582" align="alignnone" width="620"] The El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers[/caption]
As Algeria celebrates fifty years of independence, a group of Muslims and Jews from…
[caption id="attachment_55236457" align="alignnone" width="620"] A carved milestone dating back to the eighth century is on display during a press preview of the “Roads of Arabia” exhibition at…
[caption id="attachment_55236365" align="alignnone" width="620"] Actor Liam Neeson poses for a photo before a press conference to promote his film Taken 2. Souce: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/GettyImages[…
[caption id="attachment_55236031" align="alignnone" width="628"] Still from 'the Other Son' (2012)[/caption]
[inset_left]The Other Son
Year: 2012
Director: Lorraine Levy
Writers: Noam Fitoussi,…
[caption id="attachment_55235553" align="alignnone" width="555"] Ben Affleck in a still from Argo (2012)[/caption]A recurring joke in Argo is that no one knows what ‘Argo’ means. It is the title of a…
[caption id="attachment_55235448" align="alignnone" width="620"] Valley of the Kings mural from King Tutankhamun's tomb[/caption]This month marks the 90th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun…
[caption id="attachment_55235390" align="alignnone" width="620"] Stephen Dorff as an Israeli fighter pilot in Zaytoun (2012)[/caption]The UK Jewish Film Festival runs from 1–18 November across the UK…
[caption id="attachment_55235140" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egypt's new Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II [/caption]On 29 November, clerics from the Coptic Orthodox Church began casting ballots…
After the euphoria of liberation has worn off, Syrians are now confronted with the daunting task of a country ripped apart by a decade-long war. It will be a long road, but people are hopeful.
Uncle Zezo, Uncle Mickey, and Dr Alloush perform in displacement shelters and hospitals, striving to restore fragments of a joy last felt in 2023. Al Majalla meets them.