Saleh al-Amarin, a Palestinian martyr, is immortalized in photos and stencils spread along the walls of his native Bethlehem

Des groupes d’activistes musulmans ont organisé un iftar anticapitaliste, regroupant de nombreux sympathisants du mouvement de Gezi à Istanbul.

On Sunday June 2nd, the anti-capitalist Islamic group “Revolutionary Muslims” [Devrimci Müslümanlar] posted this open letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “Revolutionary Muslims” were among the first groups to occupy Gezi Park in protest against its destruction.

For eight days and nights, Mashallah News covered the uprising in Istanbul and other Turkish cities, highlighting the huge diversity of the Gezi movement.

Yesterday was not only the birthday of MC Hammer & Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, but also Land Day – a day to commemorate what happened in Palestine 1976.

The daily demonstrations and clashes between the people in the streets and the army are slowly changing Cairo’s urban geography.

Many Egyptian cultural initiatives thrived in the euphoric energy settling in downtown Cairo since the revolution. Art is rising from the streets.

Perché, au cœur des montagnes, entouré de nombreuses colonies, le petit village est bercé d’une intenable pression permanente. Pour être sûr d’y accéder il a fallu grimper sur le flanc de la colline. Le checkpoint nous aurait interdit de rentrer. Hier les soldats sont venus briser la porte d’une maison alors vide pour monter sur […]

Istanbul artists enjoy analysing trends in urban transformation. Since Turkey’s $400 billion urban transformation project began on October 5, with the demolition of 3,900 buildings at 75 locations in 35 cities using explosives and bulldozers, the word “transformation” has come to sit at the heart of artistic debates.

El Nadeem Centre provides treatment to victims of political violence and torture. Mashallah News met with psychiatrist Mona Hamed to discuss the nature of the psychological trauma engendered by political violence.