Tunisia – Rap Battle
AFP/Arab News, Rap battle — young Tunisians fight stigma with the arts, 17 March 2023 “People … experience violence on a daily basis — some practice it and others...
Syria, Lebanon and Rap
Houda Fansa Jawadi, gal-dem, How protest and resistance in Syria and Lebanon shaped a progressive rap scene, 15 March 2023. Interesting long-read. “… rap has become one of the...
Alaa Abdel-Fattah
Deutesche Welle, Egypt: New push to free activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, 18 March 2023. “The activist and blogger is Egypt’s most prominent political prisoner. Despite a dramatic hunger strike late...
Motawiff
Samir Jeraj, Hyphen, Pilgrims are still fighting for compensation from ill-fated Hajj platform Motawiff, 17 March 2023 “One year after the introduction of the Saudi Arabian government’s chaotic online...
Kashmir Influencers
Rayan Naqash, SCMP, Not your regular influencers: how Kashmiri Instagrammers are breaking taboos – and making money while they’re at it, 15 March 2023 “With the emergence of the...
Afghan Girls’ Education
AFP/IBT, Banned From School, Afghan Girls Turn To Madrassas, 15 March 2023 “Now that there are smartphones and the internet… schools are not the only way to get an...
Saudi Trans Issues
There are online elements to this account: Anya Zoledziowski and Tim Marchman, Vice, A Young Saudi Trans Woman Is Believed Dead After Being Lured From the US and Forced...
Timbuktu: Qur’an Manuscript Fragments
Ali Diakite and Paul Naylor, HMML, Why so Many Fragments? Incomplete Manuscripts in the Timbuktu Collections, 16 Mar 2023 This is really interesting. Do check out the whole article....
Pakistan Online Learning App
David Prosser, Forbes, How Maqsad’s Mobile Education Can Help More Pakistani Students Learn, 16 March 2023 “Maqsad aims to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students through...