The road back to Tahrir

27.11.11 Cairo

In post-Mubarak Cairo, history is being written on the walls with spray cans, stencils and paint.

Of rats and men

Fiction from the Libyan desert

07.11.11 Tripoli

“Homeless Rats” is a book by Libyan author Ahmed Fagih. Set during the years following World War II, it evokes a sense of timelessness.

Greening society

Speaking to the Green Prophet

17.10.11 Mashallah region

Green Prophet is a platform that covers green issues in the Middle East, such as clean technology, politics, transportation, health and urban life.

Towards an equal Morocco

Changemakers

29.09.11 Casablanca

Mashallah News met with Mouna Mouna al-Moutamassik from the Democratic Association of Moroccan women (ADFM), to talk about gender equality.

Breathing walls

Visual Sunday

28.08.11 Beirut

Lebanese photographer Rhea Karam documented the story of Lebanon through photographing its of walls, which still carry memories of the war.

Gender challenges in Tunisia

The ongoing revolution

19.08.11 Tunis

Talking to Ahlam Belhaj, head of Femmes Démocrates, and Soukeina Bouraoui, director of CAWTAR, about women’s rights in the new Tunisia.

General Suleiman, reggae & defamation

Speaking to Zeid Hamdan

30.07.11 Beirut

Lebanese singer Zeid Hamdan sang a playful tribute to Lebanon’s president and general Michel Suleiman — that ended him up in jail.

Anahid

The transformation of a goddess

04.07.11 Beirut

In Armenian tradition, she is the goddess of healing, wisdom, beauty, love, hunting and water; even war. And she was to be found in every home.

Western Sahara in Beirut

“We collect images to display in the middle of nowhere”

01.07.11 Beirut Tindouf

Western Sahara people collected photos, documents and weapons from the battlefield in a museum of war which caught the attention of an artist collective.

Linguistic links

15.06.11 Beirut

“I had a very hard time explaining to others the basics of Arabic. So I decided to do something.”