During the French Mandate, Syria's women's movement went from grassroots protest to established force, setting up schools, helping the poor, and calling for rights and votes
Artificial Intelligence is helping human endeavour in all manner of fields but the technology is no longer in its infancy and should be equalising imbalances, not accentuating them.
Film director Kaouther Ben Hania's innovative and unconventional docudrama is part-real, part-fiction. The Tunisian family it depicts is real, as is their pain, and it is scooping up many awards.
From Gaza to Sudan, thousands of women have been killed, and millions have been displaced. In a region engulfed in turmoil and violence, women are disproportionally affected.
The Yorkshire-born author is today more likely to teach the craft than to engage in it. He speaks to Al Majalla about his four novels and the process of building them.
Before the Nakba erased Palestinian cities, women were present in modern society, culture and politics. A new book proves this, refuting the false claim that Palestine is 'a land without a people'.
Few men in power have delved deeply into gender equality on the main stage of the United Nations this month, but the ones who did went there boldly: claiming feminist credibility, selling “positive…
The Iranian student movement has succeeded in establishing itself as a powerful social actor after it declared solidarity with the widespread protests that stormed the country in December 2017,…
Al Majalla examines the repercussions of Hamas's attack on Israel, which set into motion a series of significant changes and power shifts in the Middle East
Only 4% of 119 members selected in the indirect vote were women, and only two Christians, sparking concerns about inclusivity and fairness. Meanwhile, voting was postponed in Druze and Kurdish areas.
Trump may be willing to accept global isolation to keep supporting Israel, but at some point, he may conclude that he isn't getting enough from Netanyahu in return
After being hit by tariffs from its Washington ally, Brussels is seeking to diversify its business partners. Across the Mediterranean Sea, states offer labour, materials, and markets
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