Israel's intelligence-led operation against Iran has thrust the world's second oldest profession back into the spotlight. An interactive building in the American capital offers intriguing insight.
In 2010, the French burglar swiped five of the world's most renowned paintings in Paris. Now, after serving an eight-year sentence, he recounts the story in his own words in a new Netflix documentary.
The Sursock family found wealth in war and marriage, but later generations squandered it. Yet one thing endures: the Sursock Museum, now re-open three years after it was hit by the Beirut port blast.
The medieval Church produced a superstar. It is no surprise, therefore, there were already some 20,000 images of Saint Francis in existence within 100 years of his death
If his treatment of women or his cultural appropriations mean that we can't bear the sight of him, that implies something far more fatal to his continuing hold on our esteem: obsolescence
Minya, a Middle Egyptian governorate located south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile, has history that dates back to the Predynastic Period (before 3100 BC).
It will celebrate the opening…
Last week, The Arab American National Museum (AANM), in Dearborn, Michigan, the home of the largest Arabic and Islamic communities in the US, hosted the annual Arab Film Festival, as part of other…
Al Majalla reveals the structure of Syria's nuclear programme 19 years after Israel bombed the Al-Kibar reactor, detailing the involvement of other states and the assassinations that followed
A critical mineral found on Japan's seabed has caught US attention, and the two are teaming up to see whether it can yield future benefits and reduce their dependence on China
Thousands of Muslim volunteers flocked to Afghanistan in 1979 to fight the Soviets in response to a rallying cry, aided by the largest covert operation in CIA history
The renowned American actress tells Al Majalla about her gnawing drive for justice at the Venice Film Festival, where her new film 'Echo Chamber' premiered