From machines that develop human emotions to societies governed by artificial intelligence, Arab novelists explore the promises and perils of a radically transformed future
In his award-winning novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived,' six narrators give different yet intersecting accounts of Sudan's nightmarish conflict
It is difficult to accept the idea of Jeff Koons and Salvador Dalí being gathered under one roof, yet exhibition organisers appear to hold a different view
Abbas Khider's novel The Memory Forger exposes the inherited structures of repression left behind by dictatorial regimes, and the hollow Western claims about human fraternity and equality.
Through extravagant processions led by palace women, the Mamluk state projected a message of power and prestige at home and abroad, turning the Hajj obligation into a soft-power tool
In an interview with Al Majalla, the renowned Bosnian playwright discusses the relationship between art and memory and the role of the intellectual in the public sphere
Football star Lamine Yamal's hoisting of Palestine's flag, and the Eurovision audience's booing of Israel's contestant, show how Israel has lost its PR edge
In a two-part series, Canadian novelist Dominique Fortier recounts the poet's creative drivers through the lens of four women who handled her literary reposit after her death
Gadi Eisenkot, who may form a government, hails from a Moroccan-Jewish family. Israel's 15 prime ministers have all had European or Russian heritage. Is it time for a change?
The former IRGC general was recently appointed as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. For the US, the danger is mistaking his prominence for a willingness to deliver concessions
From machines that develop human emotions to societies governed by artificial intelligence, Arab novelists explore the promises and perils of a radically transformed future