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Ashraf el-Ashmawi

Ashraf el-Ashmawi on finding meaning in the absurdity of existence

The Egyptian legal expert and novelist tells Al Majalla about his favourite art form and what it means to him

El-Sayed Hussein 21 September 2025
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein 14 September 2025
A photo taken on June 24, 2019, shows a huge statue of the late Egyptian writer Taha Hussein inside the Bibliotheca Alexandrina building. AFP

Preserved or forgotten? homes of Egypt’s literary giants

While the homes of some Egyptian literary titans have been transformed into museums, others remain silent witnesses to a bygone era

El-Sayed Hussein 01 September 2025
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Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza on September 18, 2025, due to an Israeli military operation, moving with their belongings to the south after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
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Palestinians flee Gaza City amid terrifying Israeli invasion

17 September 2025

Israeli ministers boast that "Gaza is burning" after the US gives the green light to empty Gaza city of its residents. Meanwhile, the massacres and maiming continue.

Salem Al Rayyes
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States are slowly matching public disgust with Israel with policy

19 September 2025

Whether it is the recognition of Palestine at the UN or a refusal to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is not suspended, governments are finally acting. But will it last?

Samer Abou Hawwach
Al Majalla
Politics

Charlie Kirk’s killing and the evolution of American division

20 September 2025

The US is witnessing a brutal 'unchaining' of lone operators, with political violence no longer isolated incidents but a recurring phenomenon that feeds on itself

Abdullah F. Alrebh
Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Tommy Robinson: the UK's new face of anti-immigration

19 September 2025

Apart from being a far-right activist, Robinson is a convicted criminal who, in the past, has been bankrolled by right-wing Zionists in America

Con Coughlin
Syrians celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 20, 2024, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad on December 8. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Politics

Are Israel and Türkiye heading for a showdown over Syria?

19 September 2025

Ankara's drive to reintegrate Kurds into a centralised state clashes with Tel Aviv's preference for a weak, fractured Syria

Haid Haid

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Charlie Kirk’s killing and the evolution of American division

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