'Plomb' is a dark, unsettling debut novel by the French writer that explains violence in language, body and consciousness

Born just over 100 years ago, Al Majalla takes a look at the life and career of the handsome lead actor

Where social media offers magic solutions, the real world delivers slammed doors

Christopher Nolan's latest film is the latest in a long line of works that retell the timeless tale

Our ancestors managed the land with controlled fires that reduced the accumulation of dry wood and vegetation. Not doing so means we now have giant fuel stores. Sometimes, the old ways are the best

Weaving together oral testimony, family memoir, and fiction, the writer seeks to preserve truth in the face of propaganda and political upheaval

The journey from spoken word to written form to giant cinema screens taken by this 3,000-year-old story in some ways matches that of its protagonist

Five years after his death, Douaihy's novels reveal how one of Lebanon's greatest writers lived between two languages, two worlds, and transformed the news of the day into stories that outlasted it

History, memory, and migration converge in a deeply human story of exile and return

A familiar presence at Cannes, the French actress and filmmaker stars in the new film Roma Elastica. She spoke to Al Majalla in the south of France about freedom, ageing, and Marion Cotillard