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Mona Shahien is the founder of Tahrir Lounge@Goethe.
The Tahrir Lounge@Goethe in Egypt

Driving Change in Difficult Times

by zenith Staff
The Al Jazeera newsroom in Doha.
Al Jazeera and Arab Journalism

Al Jazeera: A Voice for the Voiceless?

by Hana Al-Khamri
A public lecture at the Kocaeli Academy for Solidarity, founded by a group of Turkish academics who were fired from their official positions
Academics Suffer Under Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown

Fired But Still Teaching

by Joris Leverink
Trash from Beirut's landfills is being dumped into the sea, ending up on beaches and in fishermen's nets.
Interview with Constanze Flamme

Photographing Beirut’s Waste Crisis

by zenith Staff
Lebanon’s Sea Is a Trash Pile
Lebanon’s Waste Crisis

Lebanon’s Sea Is a Trash Pile

by  Constanze Flamme
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A fisherman in Beirut watches as dumped waste floats past his line.
A view of the skyline in Doha, Qatar's capital.
Pyrrhic Manoeuvres Among the Gulf States

Saudi and UAE Stumble Over Tiny Qatar

by Stian Overdahl
The Library Bus in Abo Mangog, a small settlement in the Nile Delta.
Reading in Egypt
Culture

A Bus Full of Books

by zenith Staff
The female inpatient department at MSF cholera treatment center in Khamer, north of Sana'a in west Yemen.
The Humanitarian Cost of the War in Yemen

Cholera Hits Hard in War-Torn Yemen

by Michael Cruickshank
Exhibition opening in the gallery Athr in Jeddah.
The Art of Transforming Saudi Arabia

Saudi’s Artists Lead the Charge

by Arsalan Mohammad
An elderly couple relax on Gleem Beach.
Identity and Corruption in Alexandria

Alexandria’s Vanishing Sea Shore

by Nahla El Nemr