Al Majalla's Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arabic publishing houses on topics covering fiction, philosophy, science, history, and politics.

Khodr Al Agha

Al-Alfy: Egypt’s Champs-Elysées

During his reign, Khedive Ismail (r. 1863-1879) had dreamt to make downtown Cairo resemble the European countries that underwent remarkable progress in the field of architecture at that time…

Salwa Samir

Towards Saudi Sustainable Tourism

“The international tourism industry contributes 8% of greenhouse gases and 40% of hard waste. With more activities by the year 2030, more environmental challenges will be created. This places a huge…

Motasem Al Felou

Breathing New Life into Ancient Sites

Hossam Abdel Azeem has founded the Shawahid Misr initiative to preserve Egypt's heritage, especially neglected sites. In doing so, he is driven by his passion for ancient places and monuments and…

Maryam Raafat