YouTube+ Videos
- 4 Arab Women Comic Book Artists I ARTE DocumentaryFour women comic book artists from the #Arab World, Tunisian Nadia Khiari, Lebanese Lena Merhej, Moroccan Zainab Fasiki and Egyptian Deena Mohamed open the doors of their studios and tell us about their experiences and their struggles. Ten years after the beginning of the Arab Spring how can they express themselves in the medium as Arab women?
- Omar Offendum | #SYRIA (Prod. by Sami Matar)"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Fight the Power: Arab Spring rapper says Tunisia now worse offTunisia's 2011 revolution kicked off the Arab Spring. Three years later, however, many young Tunisians feel that nothing has changed.
Millions went to the polls last week in Tunisia's latest free elections, but at the same time, a rap critical of the system has been trending on YouTube, as young hip-hop artist Klay BBJ tunes in to the post-revolution blues blighting many of his peers. - Al Jazeera Frames - Spring MovementsJustin Mashouf draws on the energy and emotion from the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.
- The chants and songs that defined the Arab SpringThe revolutionary spirit during the Arab Spring was reflected in songs and chants full of anger, frustration, hope and humour of those who took to the streets. Despite the chants and songs differing in words, dialects and musical styles, they all carried the same sentiments.
- Poets of Protest - Al JazeeraShort videos of Arab and North African poets who were also sampled on the project OFFENDUM X POETS of PROTEST (OO vs PP), an experimental juxtaposition of some of the Arab World's most notable poetic voices layered & scratched by Filipino-American DJ Boo over a mix of sample-based Hip-Hop instrumentals from Omar Offendum's beat catalogue.
- Egyptian Street Artist Ganzeer - Arab Spring 10 years on - BBC World ServiceWhen the protestors took to the streets of Cairo in 2011 political murals and graffiti soon followed, providing a visual commentary of the Egyptian Revolution.
- Life On Hold - Al JazeeraDisplaced by a bloody conflict … over a million Syrians have flooded into Lebanon, where they now make up a quarter of the population. Haunted by the past, uncertain of the future, they wait out the war in makeshift camps and abandoned buildings. For these refugees, and for the country that shelters them, life has changed forever.
- "A Broken House" — Re-creating the Syria of His Memories, Through Miniatures | The New YorkerIn “A Broken House,” directed by Jimmy Goldblum, Mohamad Hafez comes to the U.S. on a single-entry visa to study architecture, and, when he realizes that he can’t return to his home country, he decides to conjure it in his art.
- Madinati - Calligraffiti on Jara Mosque, Gabes - eL Seedel Seed travels to Gabes, Tunisia to paint a mural on the Jara Mosque.
Comics / Graphic Novels
Lissa by ISBN: 9781487593476Publication Date: 2017-01-01As young girls in Cairo, Anna and Layla strike up an unlikely friendship that crosses class, cultural, and religious divides. Years later, Anna learns that she may carry the hereditary cancer gene responsible for her mother's death. Meanwhile, Layla's family is faced with a difficult decision about kidney transplantation. Their friendship is put to the test when these medical crises reveal stark differences in their perspectives...until revolutionary unrest in Egypt changes their lives forever. The first book in a new series, Lissa brings anthropological research to life in comic form, combining scholarly insights and accessible, visually-rich storytelling to foster greater understanding of global politics, inequalities, and solidarity.
- Qaheracomics about a muslim egyptian superhero
- Children of the Revolution - Qantara.deHow are comic book artists in the Arab world responding to the political situation in the region? Lena Bopp talks to illustrators Lina Ghaibeh and George Khoudry about young artists' collectives and feminist superheroes.
Re-Volt Magazine
- RE-VOLT Magazine - issuuEdited by Hassane Dennaoui AKA Big Hass, host of the first hip-hop radio show "Laish Hip-Hop" in Saudi Arabia. The magazine focuses on the arts and hip-hop culture around the world, with a focus on the Arab region.
Books on Multimedia Art / Artists - Arab Spring
Cultural production and social movements after the Arab Spring : nationalism, politics, and transnational identity by ISBN: 9780755634217Publication Date: 2021
Bullets and Bulletins : Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings by ISBN: 9780190491550Publication Date: 2016-07-15
