Kurdish photographer Jamal Penjweny covers news stories, yet it’s his other, joyful personal projects that truly set him apart.

Small-scale shop facades in the UAE are essentially an extension of who the shop keepers are and can be considered windows into small eco-systems.

Şener Yılmaz Aslan photographs commuters through the sliding doors of Istanbul’s metro: here is her series Tavaf

Welcome to the land of waiting. People here are born waiting. Waiting to return to a homeland lost, and, from the looks of it, in the most desperate moments, lost forever.

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 […]

Today is Friday and there is a protest in the streets. The point is to show the soldiers that people – men, children, women – live here.

“If the older generation could hear just one song on the radio, maybe they would love rap.” Hear Yemeni AJ Hajaj about the future of rap in Yemen.

You have to get into a settlement. The one right over there, you have to enter, see and understand. How do its residents live? How do they see the world?

“Egypt (mostly Cairo) beyond your Google image search results.” Picture Masr, through a stream of photos, gives another view of the North African country.

Champollion is a busy street in the middle of Cairo’s Wust el-Balad. The street is both residential and thriving with activity, lined as it is with car mechanics, workshops, sidewalk cafes and small shops. Champollion Street is also home to Cairo’s most famous koshary joint, Abu Tarek, and the formerly glorious palace-turned-boys’-school from 1896. As […]