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Egyptian actress Magda Al-Sabahi is honoured at the Damascus International Film Festival in the Syrian capital on November 7, 2010. AFP

Magda El-Sabahi: The 'saint' of Egyptian cinema

The trailblazing Egyptian producer and actress with a tumultuous private life had become an icon when she died in 2020, not least for having stood against the nationalisation of cinema

Wael Tawfik 12, Sep 2024
American film director David Lynch, pictured in 2007 Thiago Piccolo/Wikipedia

David Lynch and his rich otherworldly legacy to world cinema

The master of the mysterious and the surreal plays with time, space, and our concepts of normality to create masterpieces with influences from German expressionism to Borges and Edgar Allan Poe

Mustafa Dhikri 15, Aug 2024
A logo of Sarajevo Film Festival is pictured at Open Air Cinema in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Sarajevo Film Festival Provides Platform for Ukrainian Filmmakers

The Sarajevo Film Festival, the largest film industry showcase in the region, is for the first time allowing Ukrainian movies in its competition and providing support to Ukrainian filmmakers. The…

12, Aug 2022
Scarlett Johansson stars in "Black Widow," a prequel exploring her origins. (Marvel Studios/TNS)

How the Streaming Wars are Changing What You Watch

Blockbusters are finally coming back to movie theaters. But the buzz is elsewhere in Hollywood. Streaming services are upending the film industry’s traditional model and consolidating power just as…

Peter Labuza 02, Aug 2021
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Frederic Hof: Israel-Syria peace is far off, but a truce is crucial

28 May 2025

The former US envoy to Damascus tells Al Majalla how to find a path to a lasting settlement and a new place in the Middle East, from his unique perspective and first-hand experience in Assad-era talks

Johaina Khaldieh
Opinion

The Israel-Houthi war achieves nothing and hurts both sides

28 May 2025

Killing Yemeni civilians further ruins Israel's global image. Meanwhile, the Houthis cannot defeat Israel militarily.

Anwar Al-Ansi
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

The history of tariffs is still being written

29 May 2025

A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy

Toufic Chanbour
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Taha
Culture & Social Affairs

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

26 May 2025

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

It’s time to build a regional climate fund

27 May 2025

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid

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