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28.06.24 — Layla Yammine The struggle for mental health in Lebanon’s multiple crises

Beirut The tremendous pressure since the start of Lebanon's financial collapse has left millions of people unable to afford mental health services. Read more

Mental health, a political issue in the Arab world 27.06.24 — Léonard Sompairac

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Dossier on mental health in the Arab world produced as part of the activities of the Independent Media Network on the Arab World.

Where couscous ends 12.11.21 — Amro Ali

Alexandria Casablanca

Alexandria’s connection to the Maghreb is often overlooked. But the cosmopolitan port city developed through centuries of migration and influence from the western side of the Mediterranean, up until the colonial era and the building of self-centered nation states.

Unavailable and unsanitary 10.11.21 — Habib Battah

Beirut

A sign at the entrance of Kamed El Loz refugee camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley promises to solve water issues but residents say they have been abandoned.

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The Mediterranean is more than a water body. Its shores and inhabitants are interlinked by centuries of exchange.
What happens to the mind and soul when we move places? In times of global immobility and isolation, what does the word migration mean beyond movement?
ماذا يحدث للعقل والروح عندما ننتقل من مكان إلى آخر؟ وفي زمن الجمود والعزلة حول العالم، ما الذي قد تعنيه كلمة الهجرة خارج حدود الحركة والتنقل؟
A neighbour, a person living by our side. We may differ in manners and ideas of how things should be done, but we will always stay closely connected.
More than a tool for reflecting what is, language is also a means of producing the real. It also has subversive potential – the ability to speak new kinds of selves, communities and solidarities into being, to resurrect mute narratives and resuscitate those that are running out of breath.

Visual Stories

Where the streets have new names 15.04.12 — Jenny Gustafsson, Karim Mostafa

Benghazi Tripoli

A year after the end of the war/revolution, the walls of Libya have exploded with street art – from Benghazi to Tripoli and in between.

Birqash camel market 27.05.12 — Brady NG

Cairo

A photo essay of a Friday spent at the well known Birqash camel market in Egypt.

Caring for Georgia’s old wooden mosques 07.06.18 — Clément Girardot

Batumi

Georgia harbours a valuable, often forgotten, Muslim heritage. The project “Indigenous Outsiders” aims to let people discover the old wooden mosques of the Adjara province.