This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees, 2015

Mani Yassir Benchelah, This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees, Film stills, 2015 Over the course of a year, Emmy-award-winning director Mani Yassir Benchelah made this intimate portrait of Syrian refugee children forced to flee from the violence of civil war to neighboring Lebanon. The documentary allows the children to tell their stories in their… Continue reading This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees, 2015

Sarah Abu Abdallah: You Will Never Have Full Custody of Your Life

Sarah Abu Abdallah, The Salad Zone, 2013, Saudi Automobil, 2012 and Video Still from The Salad Zone, 2013 Sarah Abu Abdallah works primarily with video and film as a medium. She grew up in Qatif, Saudi Arabia has an MFA in Digital Media at the Rhode Island School of Design. Recent participations include include Prospectif Cinema Filter Bubble… Continue reading Sarah Abu Abdallah: You Will Never Have Full Custody of Your Life

Photography: Chris Steele-Perkins

Chris Steele-Perkins, Virtual reality display by Subaru, Japan, 1999, Street Children in Luanda, Angola, 1999, Taliban fighters move against Masood’s forces, Afghanistan, 1996 and Trying out artificial limbs at ICRC clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1994 Christopher Horace Steele-Perkins (born 28 July 1947) is a British photographer and member of Magnum Photos, best known for his… Continue reading Photography: Chris Steele-Perkins

The Dark Web: It Sounds Sinister and It Certainly Does Hide a Multitude of Very Dark Dealings

It’s a technological arms race, pure and simple. That’s how Jamie Bartlett, author of The Dark Net, sums up the constantly evolving battle in cyberspace between terrorists and the intelligence agencies trying to discover their hidden communications. “The unbelievable growth in widely available (encryption) software will make their job much harder,” he said. “What it will… Continue reading The Dark Web: It Sounds Sinister and It Certainly Does Hide a Multitude of Very Dark Dealings

Photography: Ahmed Kamel

Ahmed Kamel, From the Series, Dreamy Day, 2004 – 2008 Ahmed Kamel is interested in domestic and urban life. He uses photography, video and drawing to address social issues. He was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1981, where he studied painting and received his BFA in 2003. Kamel is the recipient of a number of… Continue reading Photography: Ahmed Kamel

Brave new world, Mars, 6 August 2012

Curiosity’s first color image of the Martian landscape, August 6, 2012 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The overall objectives include investigating Mars’ habitability, studying its climate and geology,… Continue reading Brave new world, Mars, 6 August 2012

Artist: Wael Shawky

Wael Shawky’s work explores transitional events in society, politics, culture and religion in the Arab World. The films, installations, and performative works of the Egyptian artist explore the ways in which social and political systems have been restructured in Arab countries over the past several decades. Through restaging historical events with children and marionettes, Shawky turns… Continue reading Artist: Wael Shawky