Mazeej Balad: the Cairo based boutique hotel blending nostalgia with hope
*Alarm rings* I open my eyes to the silhouette of the sun, veiled by silk-transparent curtains. Its 9:00 am, I can hear taxis honking and…
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Voices of Medina: Football Case Study latest WAFCON project explores sport as a celebration of culture and unity
Last month, the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) unfolded in the vibrant west of Morocco, in Casablanca. The tournament concluded with a 3-2 victory…
Hawa Hassan’s “Setting a Place for Us”: A feast of historical resilience, reclamation, and existential reckoning
Recipes have long manifested as the memory keepers of a people, holding the weight of their survival, resilience, and untiring resolve, outlasting even centuries after…
Mohammed El-Kurd is bored with the metaphors
It’s frigid outside Judson Memorial Church in New York as hoards of people try to get inside, clutching their copies of Rifqa and The New…
Belonging on fabric: Paria Farzaneh on fashion as a homecoming
Daoud Tabibzada, Dazed MENA’s art director, sat down with acclaimed British-Iranian designer and storyteller Paria Farzaneh for an illuminating conversation on identity, diaspora life and…