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In his novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived', Sudanese novelist Mustafa Khalid Mustafa portrays war as a complex human experience.

Mustafa Khalid's latest novel distills the chaos of war

In his award-winning novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived,' six narrators give different yet intersecting accounts of Sudan's nightmarish conflict

Mansour Al-Souaim 03 June 2026
Moroccan scholar Mustapha Rajwan

Mustapha Rajwan: the greatest service to a text is to interpret it

The Moroccan scholar has just won another award for his latest book. He spoke to Al Majalla about plots, characters, and the rhetoric of narrative.

Abeer Younis 01 June 2026
Swedish author Ia Genberg poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the 2024 International Booker Prize 2024 award announcement ceremony, at Tate Modern in central London, on 21 May 2024. BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP

From fever dreams to fiction: the unscripted world of Ia Genberg

The critically acclaimed Swedish author Ia Genberg talks memory, money, and the quiet craft of storytelling

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 14 April 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 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

Ruchir Joshi on the long shadow of history

Indian author Ruchir Joshi discusses his 920-page reimagining of 1940s Calcutta, its mosaic structure, and the enduring roots of violence and division that continue to shape the present

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 01 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
Australian novelist Melanie Cheng

Melanie Cheng on grief, identity, and belonging

The Australian physician-turned-novelist of Chinese descent talks about her latest critically-acclaimed novel, 'The Burrow' and why she regrets not speaking Cantonese

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 11 February 2026
Norwegian author Jon Fosse receives the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature during the award ceremony at the concert hall in Stockholm on 10 December 2023. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AF

Nobel winner Jon Fosse: my language is my homeland

The Norwegian novelist, playwright, and poet talks to Al Majalla about silence, literature, and everything in between

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 23 January 2026
French writer Gilbert Sinoué in Paris, France, on 14 June 2012.
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Gilbert Sinoué: the French novelist chasing Egypt's lost paradise

The Cairo-born writer has reshaped Eastern memory through a Western tongue, blending the precision of a historian with the passion of a novelist

Dina Mandour 21 January 2026
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Trump started a war he can’t control

09 June 2026

Netanyahu continues to defy calls from Washington to pump the brakes on Israel's offensive in Lebanon, something Iran has linked to a future peace deal

John Haltiwanger
Pete Reynolds
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Has FIFA oversold the World Cup's economic promise? 

04 June 2026

Days before kick-off, ambitious economic projections for the FIFA 2026 World Cup are colliding with weaker-than-expected demand in the hospitality sector

Abdulfattah Khattab
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SpaceX IPO: an astronomical bet on Musk’s space vision

05 June 2026

The company is bracing for a potentially record-breaking IPO where investors are being asked to buy into more than just a company

Marco Mossad
An Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Jew reacts near a part of a missile protruding from the ground, following strikes from Iran, in the central Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 8 June 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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How Israel and Iran came back to the brink

08 June 2026

The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran ended in a fragile ceasefire in early April, but it did not resolve any of the underlying disputes

Michael Horowitz
Sara Ishaq arrives T THE 86th Annual Academy Awards Oscar Week Celebrates Documentaries at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on 26 February 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. VALERIE MACON /AFP
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Cannes pick 'The Station': Yemeni sorority at its best

05 June 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, Oscar-nominated director Sara Ishaq dives into gripping human stories where women hold the line in war-torn Yemen

Leila Amar

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