Arts & Culture

“Living freely, being myself.”

5 September, 2019

بالعربي Feature By Olivia Cuthbert Photographed by Najed Al Taher Art direction & Styling: Yousef Al Taher Trans model Safi Ali was shut i...

Arts & Culture 4213 min read

“Sometimes it’s worth the fight” – actress Raneem Al Daoud

17 April, 2019

المقال بالعربي By Olivia Cuthbert: London Photographed by A.S. Art Direction by Khalid Abdel-Hadi Make-up by Bill Hazem She sho...

Arts & Culture 210 min read

Bokra Ahla by Jordanian EDM Duo, Mada

14 March, 2019

Written By Ahmed Mohamed Copy editor: Eliza Marks You might have heard emerging EDM duo Mada’s tracks on SoundCloud. Khaled al Nweiran and Raed M...

Arts & Culture 14 min read

DJ SHAMSA: on being Queer and her oriental electronic music

21 December, 2018

المقال بالعربي Written By Ahmed Mohamed photographed by Ekaterina Shuvchinskaia Copy editor: Eliza Marks DJ Shamsa (شمسه) is Jordanian Fara...

Arts & Culture 19 min read

Sweet Blasphemy by Alireza Shojaian

19 November, 2018

By Lizzy Vartanian Collier Iranian artist Alireza Shojaian is crying as he hugs a familiar figure goodbye at the entrance of the transit hall. Thi...

Arts & Culture 38 min read

Characters with non-normative sexuality or gender in Arabic Music Videos

6 November, 2018

بالعربي Written by: Moussa Saleh Art work by: Mélissa Chalhoub, based on a character featured in Nancy Ajram's video clip "Yay" Translated by H.L. Sitti...

Arts & Culture 212 min read

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Soundscape in ambiguity and absurdity

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