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A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 25 March 2026
Iraqi painter and sculptor Dia al-Azzawi

Dia Azzawi’s latest murals mourn the ruin of Arab cities

Iraqi sculptor's epic wall-mounted installations evoke the destruction of Aleppo and Mosul, displayed in Beirut in the shadow of ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Mohamed abi Samra 11 October 2025
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Artist Elias Izoli returns with an exploration of balance

The Syrian painter's new exhibition shows how tragedies around the world have shaped him and his work

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 01 October 2025
The newly opened teamLab Phenomena, an immersive artwork experience museum, in the Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi, on May 8, 2025. Giuseppe CACACE / AFP

TeamLab Phenomena in Abu Dhabi: where tech meets art

Different installations engage the five senses and offer visitors an immersive experience like no other

Abeer Younis 13 August 2025
Randa Fakhry's latest exhibition at the Zamalek Art Gallery in Cairo is titled Tiryāq (Elixir).

Egyptian artist Randa Fakhry unveils the final part in her trilogy

An exhibition is Cairo shows how the artist's work is evolving, with the more prominent inclusion of animals. Her works are soothing yet still filled with sadness and grief, reflecting her own journey

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 11 July 2025
"Just in Case" exhibition Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg

Gaza in metaphors: Taysir Batniji's latest art shown in Beirut

In his current collection, Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji tries to depict the Gaza war with art that has almost entirely lost its form, in part because events since October 2023 go "beyond descript

Nawal Al-Ali 10 March 2025
Alshaikh Idris, “Abstract 5” on view at Sotheby’s London as part of the Hafla exhibition Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s exhibition celebrates 50 years of Saudi art

What entered school curriculum in the late 50s under the influence of Crown Prince Faisal experienced a renaissance with the advent of the internet, which continues to this day

Bryn Haworth 26 September 2024
Sebastiao Salgado/nb pictures.com

Sony World Photography Awards: Snapshots of the apocalypse

The images in this year's exhibition belie the air of reliable permanence. They show that the world is changing and at an alarming pace.

Bryn Haworth 20 May 2024
It makes no sense being beautiful if no one is ugly Makeupbrutalism (Eszter Magyar) Wellcome Collection (c) Benjamin Gilbert

The filtered life: Cult of Beauty exhibit shows the morbidity of selfhood

Though it appears to trace the history of beauty, what really interests the curator of The Wellcome Collection is beauty's fabrication and its obsolescence.

Bryn Haworth 05 March 2024
Hood. Photo of Philip Guston's work, taken by Bryn Haworth.

Cartoon villains: Inside Philip Guston's Tate Modern exhibition

Philip Guston, whose paintings are on show at Tate Modern in London until early 2024, went from being a representative of 'abstract expressionism' to a visual storyteller on the verge of figuration.

Bryn Haworth 30 October 2023
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Grace Russell
Politics

Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty
Politics

'Israel is exploiting Iran war to kill a Palestinian state'

01 April 2026

PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground

Ahmed Maher
People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, 20 December, 2024. Reuters / Ammar
Business & Economy

US-Iran war gives Syria's global economic pitch more urgency

01 April 2026

Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints

Charles Lister
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

Farid al-Madhan: Assad's fingerprints were on every picture

31 March 2026

A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons

Ibrahim Hamidi

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