Love, grief, life and death – all of these suddenly take on a whole new meaning when the place you call home is drawn into conflict and violence. In Libyan poet Nora M. Barghati’s world, the dark is turned into an act of cultural revival.

A guitar, a sea of fish, birds flying from the barrel of a gun. All in fluorescent pink, painted by Iraqi photographer Jamal Penjweny.

Constance and Philippine Proux’s work focuses on the narratives of displaced Syrians living as refugees in Akkar, a frequently unstable border region.

Hania Mourtada on journalism & Syria – the coverage of her country’s uprising & subsequent war, a strange relationship between virtual & real interactions

Turkish photographer Cihad Caner shot polaroids in and around Aleppo: with his neon-scribbled photos he wants to portray those who remain

Looking out from inside of the Al-Salam Mosque in Tripoli when hit by one of two explosions that killed 45 and wounded over 500.

Il n’est pas rare de croiser des colons à pied sur la route avant d’entrer dans Qarawa, venus d’un autre monde, à seulement quelques minutes de là.

It is not uncommon to come across settlers on the roads right before entering Qarawa. They look as if coming from a different world, though theirs is only moments away.

His nickname is “Black Eyes.” He is 21 years old and joined the Free Syrian Army after months of demonstrating.

Lebanon is now hosting more than 100,000 Syrian refugees. But one group has sadly been forgotten: Syria’s Palestinians.