Al Majalla's Film Watch

Every month, Al Majalla offers its take on the screen's newest releases, with the occasional dip into the archives to review an older classic.

Areej Jamal

Batiking For a Living

Samar Hassanein graduated from the Faculty of Art Education in 1998. She worked in pottery for some years and took part in many local exhibitions. She then entered the world of candles and also…

Salwa Samir

Jiggery-wokery

Given that it has become the bugbear of all right-thinking right-wingers, does it strike anyone as odd that the word ‘woke’ is almost unheard, except in the protestations of right-wing people? I have…

Bryn Haworth

Fun Loving Criminals?

Bath is a small gem of a city in the west of England, named after hot springs which exist nowhere else in the British Isles – the other spas are all cold. I have known the place, and worked there…

Bryn Haworth

The Challenge of a Lifetime

I wonder what makes someone take up a challenge like wanting to complete a marathon. Why would someone endure this with his body? It is a huge distance of 42km to be run within a certain time frame,…

Luisa Markides