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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
Al Majalla

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
South African artist Blessing Ngobeni poses in front of his work during a show at South Africa's Joburg Art Fair, a leading contemporary art exhibition featuring artists from across the African continent, in Sandton, South Africa, September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Taurai Maduna NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Prison Life, Slavery Inspires South African Artist At Contemporary Expo

South African artist Blessing Ngobeni first picked up a paintbrush during a nine-year stint in prison, drawing fellow inmates and birthday cards to "kill time". This month, the now renown 35-year…

06 September 2022
Land art artist Francois Monthoux works on his "Monthoux castle" made out of clay retrieved from the dried bed of Le Toleure river due to ongoing drought, in Saubraz, Switzerland, August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Swiss Artist Sculpts Sprawling Model Castle on Dried River Bank

Swiss artist Francois Monthoux's annual project to build clay sculptures on the banks of Switzerland's Toleure river has sprawled into a captivating castle complex this year as the drought afflicting…

13 August 2022
Illustrated by Jeannette Khouri

Samir Sabri: The Benevolent Multitalented Artist

A broadcaster, actor, singer, and producer, these are qualities that are rarely found in one person, but his talent enabled him to break into all these fields, after he became a high-level…

Majalla 29 April 2022
“Faces of Rojava” Taken by Rudy Tahlo, Qamishli, March 2021.

Anti-racism Initiative by Syrian-Kurdish Artist

Having lasted for more than a decade, the Syrian war has torn the country’s society apart, but individual and group initiatives never ceased to try to overcome the social impact of the bloody…

Jiwan Soz - Qamishli 02 April 2021
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Politics

Trump-Putin meeting already seen as a win for the Kremlin

14 August 2025

Putin heads to Alaska, marking his first visit to the US in a decade and his first meeting with a US president since June 2021, when he shook hands with Biden in Geneva

Con Coughlin
Laura Salafia
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Tom Barrack: the businessman with a huge Middle East remit

08 August 2025

Donald Trump's ambassador to Türkiye and envoy to Syria has been having some critical conversations in regional capitals since April, from disarming Hezbollah to preventing another war with Israel

Omer Onhon
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Instead of respite, Gaza's war-torn brace for full Israeli occupation

16 August 2025

After nearly two years of bombing, death, and displacement, a further mass evacuation order from the north to the south is pending, with the Israeli endgame being the settlement of the Strip

Salem Al Rayyes
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Business & Economy

How Vision 2030 diversified the Saudi economy

16 August 2025

In the second instalment of a two-part series, Al Majalla looks at how Saudi Arabia moved from a horizontal to a vertical development model, powered by an ambitious package of reforms

Hussein al-Sharaa
Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra and Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler hold up an MOU on security cooperation in Ankara on August 13, 2025. Syrian Foreign Ministry
Politics

The implications of expanded Syria-Türkiye military ties

15 August 2025

Israel has made clear its objection to Turkish military bases in Syria. Could a recently signed MOU between Ankara and Damascus to boost security cooperation threaten Türkiye's good ties with the US?

Omer Onhon

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