interview

Al Majalla interviews the Mexican-British writer whose latest novel, 'The Shadow of the Thing', was longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize

For a filmmaker who has spent decades challenging norms, a film about traditional Japanese theatre seems like an odd choice. At the Venice Film Festival, he explains to Al Majalla why it is not.

In an interview with Al Majalla, CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins details what the US has achieved vis-a-vis Trump's maximum pressure campaign on Tehran and its regional proxies

Belgium's deputy premier and minister of foreign affairs also talks about the importance of a Palestinian state, upholding international law, and ties with Saudi Arabia

The acclaimed German novelist of Russian and Armenian descent talks to Al Majalla about her creative process and her search for belonging

In an interview with Al Majalla, the renowned Bosnian playwright discusses the relationship between art and memory and the role of the intellectual in the public sphere

After winning the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the Algerian novelist reflects on memory, violence, and his country's unresolved past

The critically acclaimed Swedish author Ia Genberg talks memory, money, and the quiet craft of storytelling

PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground

In Part 1 of a two-part interview, Sipan Hamo explains how the Kurdish People's Protection Units were born and talks about his jailing and torture in Syrian prison after Russia turned him over