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Moroccan poet Mubarak Wassat

Mubarak Ouassat on the width of poetry and where in his work you can find him

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.

Hussein bin Hamza 21 July 2024
Albanian writer Ismail Kadare AFP

Ismail Kadare: The novelist who took on the world of empire

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.

Shadi Alaa Aldin 04 July 2024
Nabil Suleiman, the Syrian writer and literary critic

Nabil Suleiman: Novels find their true identity when set free from politics

The prolific author and pioneering literary critic has a rich creative legacy spanning over five decades. He tells Al Majalla why art should stay faithful and how his work has embraced the future.

Abeer Younis 19 June 2024
Jayne Anne Phillips AFP

Jayne Anne Phillips on her new Pulitzer Prize-winning novel

Al Majalla speaks to Phillips about her latest novel 'Night Watch' which follows a mother and daughter navigating a divided America after the Civil War in the 1860s. It all sounds eerily familiar.

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 24 May 2024
The novel's publisher, Rana Idris, received the award on behalf of Bassem Khandakji, alongside his brother Yousef.

Basim Khandaqji wins top Arabic literary award from behind prison bars

The jailed Palestinian author won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his book, 'A Mask, the Colour of the Sky', which tells the story of a Palestinian man who finds and uses an Israeli ID

Ibrahim Adel 30 April 2024
Turkish novelist Burhan Sönmez, whose next book will be in Kurdish. Getty Images

Burhan Sönmez: Imagination is shaped by our upbringing

The award-winning Turkish novelist tells Al Majalla about the importance of literary expression and why he chose to write his next book in his mother tongue of Kurdish

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 11 April 2024
Al Majalla interviews one of Brazil’s greatest writers, Adriana Lisboa, who discusses her 25-year career of published novels, short stories, poetry and books for children and where she finds her inspiration. Oriana-Fenwick-Getty

Adriana Lisboa: There aren't 'great stories' but great ways to tell them

Al Majalla interviews one of Brazil's greatest writers, who discusses her 25-year career of published novels, short stories, poetry and books for children and where she finds her inspiration.

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 26 February 2024
Ross Raisin

Read it and reap: British novelist Ross Raisin reflects on his celebrated works

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.

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 26 January 2024
In an interview with Al Majalla, Al-Bazai opens up about his identity crisis upon returning from the US and his need to reassert his belonging to Saudi Arabia.

Saudi intellectual Saad Al-Bazai on modernity and national identity

In an interview with Al Majalla, Al-Bazai opens up about his identity crisis upon returning from the US and his need to reassert his belonging to Saudi Arabia

Hoda Salim Al-Muhithawi 28 December 2023
People stand in front of a bookshelf at the booth of Ukraine, on the first day of the world's biggest book fair - Frankfurt Book Fair - on October 18, 2023 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. AFP

Israeli, global intellectuals speak out against Gaza war

Since the war broke out in Gaza on 7 October, global intellectuals, including voices from within Israel, have demanded a ceasefire without dicing their words.

Emad al-Ahmad 22 November 2023
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What began as a locally rooted trade in coca leaves and opium evolved into a transnational system of cartels that challenged governments, corrupted institutions, and destabilised countries

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A visitor stands next to a photograph of German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt at the German Historical Museum in Berlin on 6 May 2020. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
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The renowned German-American philosopher's analyses showed how governments deploy deceit for political gain and blur the lines between truth and lies

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