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Destruction in Gaziantep Imad Bezzi

Earthquake survivor recounts psychological ‘aftershocks’

Lebanese survivor of the Turkey earthquake explains how the disaster has mentally scarred those who experienced it

Mohamed abi Samra 23 February 2023
In the Turkish province of Antakya, a devastating earthquake has not only crushed bones, but also the hearts and spirits of its residents. Eduardo Ramon

No homes for the living, no graves for the dead

In the Turkish province of Antakya, a devastating earthquake has not only crushed bones, but also the hearts and spirits of its residents

Bissane El-Cheickh 21 February 2023
The ChatGPT technology begs many questions about the implications of this AI software for the future Nicola Ferrarese

Al Majalla quizzes ChatGPT on the crises of the Arab world. Here is what we learned.

The technology begs many questions about the implications of this AI software for the future

Al Majalla - London 17 February 2023
Science has a clear answer, yet some clerics try to frame them as a kind of divine punishment from God. Nash Weerasakera

Science vs religion: An explanation of earthquakes

Some Islamists are exploiting the disaster to scare Muslims into blindly following their ideology

Khalid al-Ghannami 15 February 2023
The recent number of dead in Turkey and Syria has exceeded 37,000 and is expected to continue to rise. Al Majalla

Turkey-Syria earthquake: A humanitarian and economic cost of epic proportions

The disaster has claimed 37,000 lives in Turkey and Syria so far and Ankara's loss is estimated at $84 billion

Al Majalla - London 14 February 2023
The first recorded earthquake struck Antioch in 115 AD, and the city was said to have been completely flattened, killing 260,000 people.
Andrei Cojocaru

Northern Syria’s sad history of devastating earthquakes

The first recorded earthquake struck Antioch in 115 AD, and the city was said to have been completely flattened, killing 260,000 people

Diana Darke 10 February 2023
People stand among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, on February 9, 2023, three days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. Getty Images

"It is catastrophic, and the United Nations is complicit"

Head of Syrian Civil Defence Raed Saleh says what is needed now is fuel to power the equipment to remove the rubble and recover the bodies

Al Majalla - London 09 February 2023
With the establishment of seismology as a field in the 19th century the monitoring of earthquakes became a much more precise science. Getty

Understanding earthquakes: A history of seismology

With the establishment of seismology as a field in the 19th century the monitoring of earthquakes became a much more precise science

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 09 February 2023
Syrian men gather by a destroyed building at a flooded area, after the collapse of a dam on the Orontes (Assi) river near al-Tulul village in Salqin. AFP

Are we more moved by the disaster or its footage?

While the need for public attention to prompt the world for support is undeniable, sharing videos of such suffering raises ethical issues regarding the privacy of victims

Samer Abou Hawwach 09 February 2023
A Syrian child sits on a collapsed building in the town of Azaz on the border with Turkey on February 7, 2023, following a deadly earthquake. AFP

Devastating earthquake needs swift aid response

Opposition-controlled Idlib is especially in need of aid as it has been systematically isolated by the Syrian regime

Charles Lister 09 February 2023
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