On February 15, 2020, Hezbollah organized a ceremony to unveil a statue of Qassem Soleimani in the Lebanese town of Maroun al-Ras, roughly half a mile from the border with Israel. The statue…

What’s in a Name? The name “Majalla” literally means “magazine” in Arabic. Some might wonder why our publication has such a simplistic name. When plans for the…

This month Majalla is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The magazine was founded on February 16, 1980, by publishers Hisham and Muhammad Ali Hafez and it quickly became one of the most important and…

In the evolving world of journalism, newly appointed editors-in-chief like to take on the role of a revolutionary leader. After filtering the comrades one by one, they eliminate secret agents,…

When the Brexit fever was at its height, and the words ‘febrile’ and ‘torrid’ seemed to be on every pundit’s lips, along with ‘free movement,’ ‘cake and eat it’ and the godawful ‘Brexit’ itself, I…

The mysteries of the ancient Egyptians are huge, but the key to understanding the life, culture and belief systems of the ancient civilization under its strong rulers is in front of us—in its…

The Economists’ Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society.Binyamin Appelbaum. Little, Brown, 2019. 448pp. Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American…

Almost 30 years on since Sonic made his debut in the video game world, the blue hedgehog has finally made his first appearance on the big screen. After months of online criticism, delays and…

First held in 2010, the Parallax Art Fair is an annual art exhibit that prides itself on being run by artists rather than a corporation. Since then, the fair has grown to become one of the most…

Egypt was the first in the Arab world and Africa to establish an animation production. In 1934, the pioneering brothers Solomon, David and Frankel Herschel (recent immigrants from Soviet Belarus) who…