Al Majalla interviews the Lebanese writer about his new award-winning novel on his life in Paris and how living in the French capital shaped his intellectual formation
The Egyptian novelist—one of the Arab world's renowned writers of epic fiction—reveals the details of his craft to Al Majalla as the fourth book in his 'River' series captures a key moment
The novelist has emerged as a distinctive voice in the contemporary Catalan literary scene, skillfully blending profound narrative sensibility with linguistic precision and a vivid humanist vision
Sprawling, multi-generational epics are making a comeback in Arabic literature. Al Majalla reviews some captivating new novels that skillfully transform time, place and identity.
Analysing Franz Kafka's The Trial, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer, and Ernest Hemingway's debut story collection In Our Time
It will be the largest gathering since the inception of the Future Investment Initiative in 2017, with 600 speakers set to address the four-day event and an impressive lineup of attendees
Presented as post-war stabilisation, an experiment in controlled fragmentation appears to be underway, with diplomacy, security, and commerce converging to cement a new geopolitical order
While the world discusses Beijing's ascendancy and the rivalry among great powers, Tokyo forges its own path—one dotted with patience, discipline, and strength
A string of recent statements from US President Donald Trump, coupled with American naval deployments this month, makes for a compelling case. But could this just be psychological warfare?