A rich and rebellious season has been greeted with underwhelmed reviews on social media, in a world where real-life events have made it harder for satirists to shock with provocative fiction

Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa temporarily leaves Damascus for Zurich and examines how the new-found quiet makes him feel.

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer was released in cinemas across the world on Wednesday, coinciding with another awaited film: Barbie. Samer Abu Hawwash shares his initial thoughts.

In an interview with Al Majalla, Al-Zahrani discusses his prestigious appointment as director of the Arab World Institute in Paris and why he chose to quit while at the zenith of his career

If the point of naming storms is to deter people from venturing out, then the name Mildred is unlikely to work. A heatwave called Cerberus, on the other hand, is more frightening.

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa writes a regular column in Asharq Al-Awsat. Peru's great man of letters is more interested in shedding light on the human condition than trending on social media.

The passing of the renowned Czech author is a metaphor for the continued slow death of the novel genre

In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, the distinguished academic discussed the history of relations between Islam and Italy and the areas of clarity and discord between two intertwined cultures

"A Treason in Morocco" is the debut AI-authored Arabic novel published in book form. Al Majalla interviewed Ahmad Lutfi about how he put it together and what this new literary frontier means.

Segments of Lebanon have an undying love affair with luxury cars that is not only immune to the successive tragedies that hit the small country, but seems to thrive under tragedy.