Projects tagged "Middle East"

Lebanon rape law: Wedding dresses hang in Beirut sea front protest
Practitioner:
Lebanese Activists
Date:
Apr 22 2017
Activists campaigning to change Lebanon's law on rape have staged a macabre protest on Beirut's famous sea front. What appeared to be more than 30 white wedding dresses were hung from nooses, strung up between the palm trees. Lebanese law currently allows a rapist to be exonerated if he marries his victim. The activists are pressing to have the legislation abolished at an upcoming session of parliament.
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Citizen Video for Journalists: Finding the Story
Practitioner:
Witness
Date:
May 10 2013
There are so many videos coming out of Syria every day. Whose videos do you feature on Watching Syria’s War?
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Syria's Creative Resistance
Practitioner:
Reported by Layla Al-Zubaidi
Date:
Jan 1 2012
Bashar al-Assad snores, his head twitching on a large white pillow. Suddenly, he wakes up. “The people want to overthrow me!” he screams, the pompom on his nightcap bouncing. 
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The Dark Side of Creative Activism - Sudanese Refugees in Tel Aviv
Practitioner:
Michael Ben-Ari and Itamar Ben-Gvir
Date:
Jun 12 2011
Unfortunately, those who struggle for a more equal and democratic society are not the only ones who can make use of creative forms of activism. The following example shows how creative strategies can also be employed by those who have less wholesome intentions in mind.
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Syria: Third Space
Practitioner:
Unknown
Date:
Jan 21 2015
This exhibition is a collection of work by displaced Syrian artists. With the support of the British Council, 'Syria: Third Space' demonstrates the roles that artists play in supporting recovery and resilience. It seeks to show how artists can break boundaries, support and unite communities, re-interpret and offer alternative viewpoints through their practice. Syria: Third Space
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Collateral Murder
Practitioner:
Wikileaks, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Julian Assange
Date:
Apr 5 2010
In July 12 2007, during the U.S. occupation of Iraq, two United States Apache helicopters opened fire to a group of men claiming they were armed and dangerous. Two journalists that belonged to Reuters agency, as well as two children, were part of the attacked group. 
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Hearing impaired man is moved to tears after discovering his entire neighbourhood has learned sign language so they can talk to him
Practitioner:
Samsung
Date:
Mar 12 2015
A deaf man was moved to tears after learning that his neighbourhood had learned sign language just for him to promote the heartwarming message: 'A world without barriers is our dream'. Muharrem was unwittingly placed at the centre of an elaborate stunt in which he was secretly filmed encountering a host of strangers in a series of staged meetings through Istanbul.
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Arabian Nights
Practitioner:
Scheherazad
Date:
The development of the Nights from the oriental oral and literary traditions of the Middle Ages into a classical work for Western readers is a fascinating one. The notebook of a Jewish book dealer from Cairo around the year 1150 contains the first documentary evidence for the Arabic title. The oldest preserved manuscripts, comprising a core corpus of about 270 nights, appear to date from the 15th century.
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Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Practitioner:
Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Date:
Mar 4 2009
“May this Tribunal prevent the crime of silence“…
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Bloody Bridal Gown Protest
Practitioner:
Resource Center for Gender Equality
Date:
Dec 6 2016
Women took to the streets of Beirut wearing blood-stained wedding dresses with signs that said "A white dress does not cover up rape. Undress 522," referring to the number of the penal article in question. The demonstration was an act by the Beirut-based Resource Center for Gender Equality (ABAAD) association on December 6.
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Two Female Graffiti Artists in Afghanistan
Practitioner:
Shamsia Hassani and Malina Suliman
Date:
Apr 3 2013
Meet Shamsia Hassani. At age 24, she is one of Afghanistan's first female graffiti artists. An associate professor of sculpture at Kabul University, she was first introduced to graffiti in 2010 by British artist, Chu, during a week-long course in street art. Meet also Malina Suliman, 23, who has been receiving threats from extremists due to her work in graffiti.
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Perception and the Garbage People
Practitioner:
eL Seed
Date:
Mar 30 2016
The streets of the Cairo suburb Manshiyat Naser, nicknamed "Garbage City," are lined with trash, and the people who live there — Coptic Christians who make their living sorting through it and recycling anything they can — are called zabaleen, or "garbage people."
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A Startup's Tool Helps Evade Iran's Censors, for Now
Practitioner:
Anchor Free
Date:
Apr 11 2012
BusinessWeek By John Tozzi on April 11, 2012
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Rubble Bucket Challenge aims to raise awareness about Gaza
Practitioner:
Palastinians and allies
Date:
Aug 26 2014
As the rest of the world continues to dump buckets of cold water over their heads in support of ALS research, some Palestinians have created their own version of the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness about the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
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#EverydayIran
Practitioner:
Everyday Iran
Date:
Apr 6 2016
"Everyday Iran”, inspired by “Everyday Africa”, is the most widespread mobile photography project based on social networks in Iran which started since early in 2014. We in Everyday Iran ask the whole people who live and work in Iran to send us their photos of daily life in the country with #everydayiran. Those photos which are selected by 5 Iranian curators are reposted on our social media pages.
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Silent vigil at Saudi Embassy to Free Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
Practitioner:
Front Line Defenders
Date:
Apr 10 2012
Former colleagues of Abdulhadi Al Khawaja from Front Line Defenders today held a silent vigil at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Dublin to urge the King of Saudi Arabia to use his influence with Bahrain to enable Abdulhadi to travel to Denmark for medical treatment.
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Syrian Artists Set Guinness Record By Building World's Largest Mural Out Of Recycled Goods
Practitioner:
Syrian artists
Date:
Mar 31 2014
A group of Syrian artists in Damascus has created the world's biggest mural made of recycled materials, a rare work aimed at brightening public space in a city sapped by war and sanctions. The brightly coloured, 720-sq metre work was constructed from aluminum cans, broken mirrors, bicycle wheels and other scrap objects and displayed on a street outside a primary school in the centre of the Syrian capital.
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52 weeks in Abu Dhabi
Practitioner:
international artists
Date:
Nov 13 2013
A coalition of international artists has begun a year-long protest against the mistreatment and exploitation of migrant workers building Abu Dhabi's £17bn cultural hub, including the world's largest Guggenheim and a branch of the Louvre.
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Lawmaker Arrives at Parliament on Donkey
Practitioner:
Republican Turks Party
Date:
Apr 16 2012
Turks Party (CTP) deputy Arif Albayrak arrived at the Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) on a donkey on Monday in protest of rising oil prices and a recent government decision to purchase new cars.
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Where is Ankara's 'Je suis' moment?
Practitioner:
Liz Cookman Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA
Date:
Oct 15 2015
In five months Ankara has seen more blood spilled by terror than many places do in a lifetime.’ A protest after a bombing in Ankara in October 2015. On Sunday evening, a bomb exploded near a bus stop at a busy transport hub in central Ankara. At least 37 people died and many more were injured. Innocent people who were just trying to go about their day-to-day business had their lives blown apart.
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SIMA 2017 Call for Entries
Practitioner:
Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA)
Date:
Sep 8 2016
FILMMAKERS & CREATIVE ACTIVISTS - get your story heard! IMPACT YOUR REALITY: 5TH ANNUAL INT’L SOCIAL IMPACT MEDIA AWARDS (SIMA) OPENS FOR ENTRIES Grab your VR headsets: the Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) is now open for entries, spearheading the first awards for Virtual Reality Impact Filmmaking. http://bit.ly/SIMA2017
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Young Women For Change: Fashion as Activism
Practitioner:
Young Women For Change
Date:
Feb 2 2013
Founded in April 2011, Young Women for Change (YWC) is an independent non-profit organization committed to empowering Afghan women and improving their lives through social, economical , political empowerment, participation, awareness and advocacy. YWC was co-founded by Noorjahan Akbar and Anita Haidary and consists of dozens of volunteer women and male advocates across Afghanistan.
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"From Wall Street to Cairo", featuring Fire in Cairo
Practitioner:
Matthew Conners, Photo Journalist by John Otis, Reporter
Date:
Apr 6 2016
Matthew Connors spent much of 2012 in Lower Manhattan making portraits of the protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement. But a chance encounter during the course of that project made him do a 180-degree turn after meeting some Egyptian activists who had participated in a different uprising: the Jan. 25 revolution that led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak. They convinced Mr.
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Activists make a dramatic statement about the slaughter of dolphins
Practitioner:
Taiji Dolphin Action Group
Date:
Jan 30 2014
An Israeli member of the Taiji Dolphin Action Group, with a red body painting to evoke blood, is curled up on a sheet depicting the Japanese flag, during a January 30, 2014 protest against the killing of dolphins, notably in the Japanese city of Taiji, held outside the building housing the Japanese Embassy, Tel Aviv. Similar rallies outside Japanese consulates and embassies were expected to take place worldwide.
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Embassy Of Iran in Jerusalem
Practitioner:
Hamabul collective
Date:
Sep 21 2015
There is no embassy of Iran in Jerusalem. We ask why. We are a group of artists living and creating in Jerusalem, trying to create a new reality. one which we can identify with. A reality of dialogue between the people, not dominated by mass media and governments. The Embassy as we imagine it will be functioning as a bridge for trading ideas, dreams and giving silent voices a sound through art.
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