In the media
What matters most is that our readers and friends like what we do. But we’re also happy when others do too — mentioning us in their coverage, or giving us an award. Here are some of those moments:
France Inter
Eric Valmir interviewed one of our editors during the Beirut book fair in November 2014.
RFI
We took part to a radio program alongside other projects from the region.
ETC
Swedish daily ETC wrote about Mashallah News and how we share “good news from the Middle East” in 2014.
Al Jazeera – The Stream
Al Jazeera’s The Stream cited our article about imprisoned Saudi journalist Hamza Kashghari.
Rue 89
French-speaking online news website Rue 89 did the same.
The Nation
The Nation mentioned the letter we published to Hamza Kashghari as one of “This Week’s Top Stories”.
Brownbook
Dubai-based urban cultural magazine Brownbook wrote about Mashallah News in 2012.
L’Orient-Le Jour
Lebanese daily L’Orient-Le Jour wrote about us when we first started in 2010.
Now Lebanon
As did Now Lebanon, a Lebanese online media platform.
ConnexionsS
And ConnexionsS, a French-language blog, as well.
Le Nouvel Observateur
Le Nouvel Observateur picked up our story on the Syrian satirical puppet show.
Owni
Another French platform, Owni, found our story about Gaber and on Egypt’s revolutionary graffiti.
Eurasianet
Yigal Schleifer from Eurasianet liked our Istanbul section, with “Pimps, Kurdish Breakdancers and Poet Grocers”.
Monocle
Rashid bin Shabib from Brownbook talked about us on Monocle’s The Review.
Sugar Street Review
Literary blog Sugar Street Review thinks we’re one of the “Top Five Middle Eastern Literature Blogs”.
Horizons Médiatiques
Another blog, Horizons Médiatiques, also found its way to us.
Raya Agency
A small but sweet mention by Raya Agency for Arabic Literature, back from 2010 when we first were born.
Culture et Politique Arabes
Yves Gonzalez-Quijano, on his blog Culture et Politique Arabes, also wrote about us in 2010.
Gazistan
Gazistan, a blog on Turkey, likes our different outlook on the region.
Sicrono
Another blog, Sicrono, also mentions us.
Journalismes.info
The website talked to one of our editors, Clément Girardot, back in 2011.
Radio Liban
Listen to us talking on Radio Liban!
MTV Lebanon & LBCI
And watch us on Lebanese TV – MTV Lebanon and LBCI.
Courrier International
French Courrier International picks up stories from around the world, including some of ours.
Slate Afrique & L’Orient-Le Jour
Slate Afrique and Lebanon’s L’Orient-Le Jour did as well, both featured a piece on Salafi satire from Egypt.
Urban Souq
One of our most widely read pieces, Amani Massoud’s What to wear on a revolution, was shared by Urban Souq.
Planetizen
Planetizen found our story on urban activism in Beirut.
Archileb
This Lebanese architectural platform reposted our story Breathing walls, on photographing walls in Beirut.
Your Middle East
Reposted our feature about Humans of Lebanon.
El Reves
Translated our story about Girgis, the tattoo artist in Cairo’s informal trash-collecting neighborhood, to Spanish.
Finally, here are links to some of the coverage on Beirut Re-Collected, released in early 2014.