Author Adania Shibli, who published various novels, stories and essays in the past few years, spoke to us about the new generation of Palestinian writers.

This first question that comes to mind when you’re about to take part in a revolution is: what does one wear? With that question, I set out on my revolution on Tuesday 25 January, 2011.

اعمال فاتيح بينار المصور والصحافي وصف الحياة اليومية في حي ترلباشي وتعطي سكان المنطقة صوتا قويا و ذلك من خلال صوره وتقاريره .بعدما تناساها مطورو العقار وسكان .اسطنبول

Photojournalist Fatih Pinar’s work depicts the real daily life Tarlabaşı and gives voice to the neighbourhood’s inhabitants, long forgotten by city planners and other Istanbul residents.

The seven Algerian authors who contributed to this anthology imagine a city very different from the image of Algiers captured by orientalist photographers.

Sept auteurs algériens ont laissé libre cours à un imaginaire dans lequel il n’est nulle trace de l’Alger des photographes orientalistes, ni de sa Casbah.

CapoeirArab, Damascus’ first and only group started in the streets in 2007, when Syrian-German Tarek Alsaleh decided to move to Damascus.

Former dancer turned art curator, then visual artist, Chaza Charafeddine seems to have as many past lives as sources of interest. Mashallah met with her.

Street art is still not well spread in Turkey, but it’s growing fast in Beyoğlu or Kadıköy. Among all techniques, stencil has become very popular.

When there is an artist father on top and two artist mothers on either side, you as their child have no excuse not to become an artist – even if you’re studying Quantum Physics! Art simply runs through your blood.