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A work from Syrian artist Shadi Abu Saada's latest exhibition, 'Migrants'. Mark Hachem Gallery

Shadi Abu Saada’s take on the migrant experience

The Syrian artist's works on display in Beirut consider the hopes and dreams of migrants, the walls they face, and their eventual arrival in a safe harbour

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 02 December 2025
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Palestinian artist breathes life and meaning into Jaffa’s shoreline shards

Mohammad Qundus uses the fragments of former lives in his latest exhibition that seeks to reaffirm the Palestinian presence of today and its connection to the past

Houssam Marouf 05 October 2025
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Artist Elias Izoli returns with an exploration of balance

The Syrian painter's new exhibition shows how tragedies around the world have shaped him and his work

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 01 October 2025
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Lebanese artist Maral Dir Bogosian on capturing Beirut's essence

Her latest exhibition, 'Roofs of the City', shows how she continues to absorb Beirut's abundant imagery as if encountering it for the first time

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 17 September 2025
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The beautiful minds we lost in 2024

Al Majalla reviews the lives and careers of some of the world's most impressive writers, poets and artists who leave behind indelible cultural marks for future generations to appreciate

Shadi Alaa Aldin 30 December 2024
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The Russian artist who captured Morocco like no other

Zinaida Serebriakova's critically acclaimed work captured light, colour and life in a vivid celebration of place and helped redefine her famous career

Ismail Ghazaly 28 October 2024
German artist Hella Berent.

Hella Berent: I am an artist who inspires happiness

Al Majalla chatted to the German artist on the sidelines of her current exhibition in Naples, Italy, to discuss her wide-ranging inspirations, including Arabic calligraphy.

Osama Esber 03 October 2023
Colombian artist Fernando Botero poses on November 22, 2017, at the Hotel de Caumont, in Aix en Provence, southern France, as he prepares the exhibition "Botero, dialogue avec Picasso" ("Botero, a dialogue with Picasso"). AFP

Fernando Botero: The art world loses its heavyweight star

Colombia's most famous artist has died, taking the secret of his trademark fatness with him

Bryn Haworth 18 September 2023
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Saint Francis's enduring appeal on display at National Gallery

The medieval Church produced a superstar. It is no surprise, therefore, there were already some 20,000 images of Saint Francis in existence within 100 years of his death

Bryn Haworth 01 July 2023
Nesma Moharam

Talal Maddah: The artist who introduced Arabs to the Saudi music genre

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

Shadi Alaa Aldin 18 May 2023
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A wounded girl lies on a hospital bed after an Israeli strike in the Syrian village of Beit Jin on 28 November 2025 killed 10 people, the deadliest Israeli attack since al-Assad's ouster in December 2024. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
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Israeli actions in southern Syria give Iran an opening

04 December 2025

Israeli raids and bombs have served as a powerful recruiting tool for those wishing to resist Israel

Subhi Franjieh
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Business & Economy

Saudi Arabia's 2026 budget carefully boosts spending

04 December 2025

Balanced fiscal management, targeted deficit reduction, and strategic growth initiatives underpin this year's budget, with a strong emphasis on citizen partnership

Omar Harkous
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Politics

The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

04 December 2025

What began as a locally rooted trade in coca leaves and opium evolved into a transnational system of cartels that challenged governments, corrupted institutions, and destabilised countries

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Opinion

Ukraine peace talks: one step forward, two steps back

04 December 2025

The prospects of a breakthrough remain bleak as Putin blames Europe for sabotaging a 28-point peace plan agreed on with the US

Con Coughlin
A visitor stands next to a photograph of German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt at the German Historical Museum in Berlin on 6 May 2020. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

50 years on, Hannah Arendt's works resonate more than ever

01 December 2025

The renowned German-American philosopher's analyses showed how governments deploy deceit for political gain and blur the lines between truth and lies

Abdel Salam Ben Abdelali

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