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Ana Paula Maia: we are all, in some way, displaced

A new book by Brazilian writer and screenwriter has been shortlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize. She spoke to Al Majalla about Brazil, slavery, and subjugation.

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 20 April 2026
Swedish author Ia Genberg poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the 2024 International Booker Prize 2024 award announcement ceremony, at Tate Modern in central London, on 21 May 2024. BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP

From fever dreams to fiction: the unscripted world of Ia Genberg

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

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 14 April 2026
Canadian-British author David Szalay, during a photo shoot in London in 2016, after being nominated for the Man Booker Prize for his novel 'All That Man is'. Daniel LEAL / AFP

David Szalay on reinventing the traditional story arc

In an interview with Al Majalla, the renowned Canadian-Hungarian-British author talks about his latest Booker Prize-shortlisted book, 'Flesh', as well as his past works

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 02 November 2025
Italian writer and translator Vincenzo Latronico, during the Chora Volume 1 festival at the Milan Conservatory. Milan (Italy), on February 17, 2024. Getty

Vincenzo Latronico on chronicling the Instagram generation

The Booker-shortlisted Italian author speaks to Al Majalla about re-imagining a classic, the art of translation, and how digital life is changing the way we see ourselves

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 20 May 2025
The cover of "The Book of Disappearance"

Booker-nominated novel asks: what if Palestinians vanished?

'The Book of Disappearance' by Ibtisam Azem revisits 1948 and its lasting impact of displacement and occupation, presenting a Palestine of memory and a Palestine of today

Ali Almuqri 26 March 2025
The Arabic Booker novels of this year revolve around the desert, immigration, the harshness of life at home and abroad, and the continuous search for shelter, home, and safety Freepik_WEB

Themes of oppression and exile dominate novels on Arabic Booker Prize shortlist

The Arabic Booker novels of this year revolve around the desert, immigration, the harshness of life at home and abroad, and the continuous search for shelter, home, and safety

Ibrahim Adel 09 March 2023

Jokha Al-Harthi - Man Booker International Prize Winner

1 - Omani-born Jokha Al-Harthi received her PhD in Classical Arabic Poetry at the University of Edinburgh in 2010 and currently teaches at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman’s…

Al Majalla - London 31 May 2019
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Iran's new war cabinet is really an old one

15 August 2026

The appointments show how Tehran is drawing lessons from successive wars and preparing for a prolonged period of insecurity

Alex Vatanka
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Tucker Carlson: America’s right-wing insurgent-in-chief

12 August 2026

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

Kamal Alam
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Why clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are ominous

11 August 2026

Both the government in Addis Ababa and armed Tigrayan independence fighters have their supporters, from as near as next door to as far away as Tel Aviv

Amr Emam
Sara Padovan
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Why cotton fibres could be key in the global arms race

13 August 2026

War is driving demand for munitions, and the fibres from cotton seeds are used to produce artillery shells. With only a few producers, demand is soaring.

Abdulfattah Khattab
Lina Jaradat
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Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

15 August 2026

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi

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