This year had the largest Arab presence in the history of Cannes, with nine Arab films featured. The Red Sea International Film Festival supported five of these films, in addition to the opening film.

Omani novel 'The Water Diviner' nabs International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Al Majalla sat with Alqasmi to discuss the underlying themes in his award-winning novel.

Al Majalla talks to Georgi Gospodinov, the Bulgarian author who won this year's International Booker Prize for his novel 'Time Shelter'

While one sad beauty with a mass of hair might enchant us, the collection is more like a despondency of depressed Victorian women

He was not the only Saudi singer who sang about the colours and heritage of Saudi Arabia, but he was the one that stole the hearts of its people

He has helped introduce people from all corners of the Arab world to Saudi Arabia's dialect and style, and has played a key role in the modernisation that Saudi Arabia is currently experiencing

An analysis of the events and currents leading up to, during, and after the Nakba, together with an assessment of the available historical records

A look at the history of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon since the Nakba and the relationship between Lebanese and Palestinians both before and after the camps

For years, Palestinians and Israelis have employed cinema to depict contrasting narratives of Palestine. But to what end?

Amid all the fuss about the advent of chatbots like Bard, it's strange to be reminded of the Bard — whose works turn 400 years old this year