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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
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Al Majalla's Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arabic publishing houses on topics covering fiction, philosophy, science, history, and politics.

Khodr Al Agha 31 March 2026
Spanish writer Javier Cercas poses for a photo session during the 27th "Les Correspondances" literature festival in Manosque, southeastern France, on 27 September 2025. JOEL SAGET / AFP

Javier Cercas on why novels thrive on ambiguity

The Spanish novelist and professor shares his musings on memory, moral courage, deception and faith

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 29 March 2026
Al Majalla

The Arabic historical novel: between justification and inquiry

It grasps the logic of an earlier age from within, reveals how power works through language and conduct, and shows how justification enters common speech and obedience settles into habit

Bahaa Iy'ali 03 March 2026
Al Majalla

'The Palestinian writer is fortunate to have a never-ending cause'

Palestinian novelist Nader Rantisi has spent years tackling weightier themes, from history to identity, while also examining the mundane aspects of everyday life

Imad Eddine Moussa 23 February 2026
Al Majalla

Al Majalla's Book Watch

A tour of the latest releases from Arabic publishing houses on topics covering fiction, philosophy, science, history, and politics

Khodr Al Agha 31 January 2026

The Arab novels redefining the thriller genre

Contemporary fiction writers across the Arab world have begun to use mystery to interrogate power, memory, and belief

Ibrahim Adel 19 January 2026

Egyptian novelist Salwa Bakr: literature is born of questions

The veteran writer is the first winner of the new BRICS Literature Award. She speaks to Al Majalla about societal changes, political Islam, and why she never re-reads her novels.

El-Sayed Hussein 17 January 2026
British author Andrew Millar holds his novel "The Land in Winter" during a photoshoot for the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist. CHRIS J RATCLIFFE / AFP

Andrew Millar on why he falls back on silence

The acclaimed British author tells Al Majalla about how he recreated the most bitter winter in living memory, and the way it shaped modernity

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 12 November 2025
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
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
Pete Reynolds
Politics

Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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Business & Economy

The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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