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Where the streets have new names

Visual Sunday

CultureRights & dissent 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.

Bulaq

Cairo's beautiful lake

CultureUrban change Cairo

“Bulaq: Among the Ruins of an Unfinished Revolution” is a documentary of Cairo’s old neighbourhood. Mashallah spoke to Sayed Korany one of the film’s lead characters.

The Philippines – Misrata

Under siege in war-time Libya

Society Mashallah region

When the war began, Maria and her friend Mariam, migrant workers from the Philippines, chose to stay in Libya and work at one of Misrata’s hospitals.

Battlefield art

Transforming death into life

CultureSociety Benghazi

As the battlefield fighting ended, artist Ali Al-Wakwak went out to collect rusty weapons and guns, transforming them to art about Libya’s revolution.

Documenting the struggle

A photography project on the role of Palestinian women in the nation's struggle

Rights & dissent Ramallah

“Palestine: Women First” is a photography project on the key role of young Palestinian women in their nation’s struggle. Mashallah News got a chance to speak to the photographer, Mati Milstein, who himself is both Israeli and male, and to one of the activists, Diana.

Tahrir momentum

Marwa Adel's photographic series from Tahrir

CultureRights & dissent Cairo

Marwa Adel is a visual artist who lives in Cairo. Her Momentum series from Tahrir is powerful because it captures both the bravery and the strength.

Sharing the art

Speaking to Suzee in the city

CultureRights & dissent Cairo

Following the start of the revolution one year ago, the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities have seen a growing and dynamic movement of political art in the streets. For anyone interested in the work of the artists, there is one place to go (except for wandering the streets, of course): Suzee in the […]

Simply different

Society Kuwait City

Moustache is a short film by Kuwaiti film maker Meqdad Al-Kout, humourising non-conformity with the norms of society.

بدون شنب

CultureSociety Kuwait City

.شنب فيلم قصيريروي قصة ابو شنب وهو رجل غير قادر على زراعة الشنب. تحدث ما شاء الله مع مخرج الفيلم مقداد الكوت عن عمله

The tattoo artist of Muqattam

Marking a Coptic tradition

CultureSociety Cairo

On a dusty hill on the outskirts of Cairo, right where all the city’s garbage is recycled, sits also its biggest church – and iconic tattoo artist Girgis