Culture & Social Affairs

Yasmina Nysten and the elusive nature of memory

In Memory Keepers, the Finnish-Lebanese artist explores the fragile boundaries between memory and imagination, presence and disappearance

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 21 October 2026

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Women and Diversity Win Big in Historic Midterms

Much has been made of the historic firsts the election brought for Congress, with Muslims, Native Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans and African-Americans winning key races along with more than 100…

Jaweed Kaleem 09 November 2018

Syria's National Museum Reopens Doors in War-Scarred Damascus

Syria’s National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven years after war forced them to close and months after the government recaptured all rebel…

Kinda Makieh 02 November 2018

Latin America Is Facing a Refugee Crisis

Picture your salary and life’s savings depleted by hyperinflation. The local store is missing many basic food products, and the pharmacy has no stock of the medicines you need on a daily or weekly…

Dany Bahar 26 October 2018

Crocheting the Stress Away

An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. As for Hagar, she is a crochet artist who uses yarn as her medium. The 28…

Farah Hashem 12 October 2018

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 21 September 2018

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…

Majalla 07 August 2018

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…

Majalla 03 August 2018

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is Croatia’s Real World Cup Star

by Farah Hashem Wearing her national team’s chequered football shirt, cheering her country’s players from the VIP box, and embracing each and every player from both teams under the pouring rain,…

Majalla 01 August 2018

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…

Majalla 27 July 2018

12 Days to Explore the Ancient Wonders of Egypt

[caption id="attachment_55256425" align="alignnone" width="940"] The Great Pyramid, left, is the only standing monument of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World." (Norma Meyer)[/caption] by…

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