Analysing Franz Kafka's The Trial, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer, and Ernest Hemingway's debut story collection In Our Time
Mothers in literature have typically been saintly figures, yet the truth can be quite different. Finally, literature is catching up with reality in its portrayal of mothers, as seen in these books.
A contentious cultural and political issue can often be oversimplified with crude arguments, but the question of languages and identities is much more nuanced.
The first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature has written eight novels, published three short story collections, and penned a wealth of poetry. Who is she—and what does she write about?
The award-winning author, documentary-maker, and former presidential candidate talks to Al Majalla about Elon Musk being a 'tragic god' and how our environmental paradigm shift is changing things
We review the latest literary releases from Arab publishing houses on subjects covering philosophy, science, history, politics, translation, and others
Once sniffed at as suitable only for children's theatre, authors in the Arab world are now discovering how a murder can help set the scene. Al Majalla looks at four great recent examples.
Speaking to Al Majalla, the Moroccan artist explains why he is captivated by surrealism and how a coverless book and some magazines helped start his journey as a writer.
Al Majalla pays tribute to the Albanian novelist after his recent passing. Although he never nabbed the Nobel Prize for Literature, Kadare was considered to be one of the world's greatest writers.
The country now sits at an energy crossroads: will its recovery be anchored in oil and gas, or will it seize the chance to lean into renewables and build something more resilient?
A new book by Lebanese jurist Mazen Shindab provides an invaluable legal resource on the genocide in Gaza, laying bare the flaws of international law and the moral imperative to hold Israel to account
Trump's willingness to cede Ukrainian land to Russia will have global repercussions, but the acceptance of land seizures actually goes back decades, with Israel being a serial offender