Category: Photography

Baghdad celebrate the Monument of Liberty (Pictures)

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

All pictures are copyrighted and you need to mention the owner in case of re posting them ( pictures by iraqi streets website …www.iraqistreets.com ) Today in Baghdad  the Iraqi people celebrated the memory of the great iraqi sculptural  Jawad Salim, the clebration was orgnize by …

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Photographer Exposes the Unseen Lives of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

Posted on by Fatima (Saudi Arabia)

Below is an interview with Matthew Cassel, an American photographer and journalist based in Lebanon about his photography project Unseen Lives: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon (see slideshow at the bottom of this post). In the interview Matthew describes how …

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My art blog – 'Blue, Badges, Burka'

Posted on by Sarah Maple (UK/Iran)

Here’s another piece for my art blog on Mideast Youth. It’s called ‘Blue, Badges, Burka’, oil and acrylic on board and 122 x 174 cm. See more here.

Posted in Art, Awareness, Civil Rights, Creativity, Culture, Entertainment, Gender, General, Humor, Interfaith, Islam, Islamophobia, Media, Photography, Politics, Satire, Sex, Society, Taboos, Women, Youth | 2 Comments

My art blog – Sharia Law

Posted on by Sarah Maple (UK/Iran)

Interested in my work? Visit www.sarahmaple.com

Posted in Art, Creative Media, Culture, Entertainment, Freedom of Speech, Gender, Islam, Islamophobia, Photography, Religion, Satire, Taboos, Women | 3 Comments

Check out our new gallery!

Posted on by Uzma (UAE)

We just launched our experimental gallery, which aggregates photos from the Middle East and North Africa through Flickr and Picasa. The functionality is pretty straight forward, so go ahead and check it out! You can filter the countries through tags, …

Posted in Announcements, Middle East, Photography, Photos, Website Updates | 3 Comments

Trash to Treasure: Young artist inspired by trash

Posted on by Yara Al-Wazir

Reuse is an annual contemporary art exhibition organised by en.v Earth in Kuwait.  It’s putting a zesty twist to the issue of Kuwait’s environment, and rather than preaching, it’s showing the real life effects through art. The exhibition featured many …

Posted in Art, Environment, Events, Gulf, Kuwait, Photography | 1 Comment

World's Double Standards

Posted on by Shahrazad (Iran)

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Posted in Censorship, Civil Rights, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, General, Islam, Islamophobia, Media, Middle East, Photography, Photos, Politics, Racism, War | Tagged | 3 Comments

Iran's Invisible Crowd

Posted on by Shahrazad (Iran)

While there’re thousands of articles and Photos shared around the net, just few have put their opinions on fair basis, most of them often using half truths and inducing in minds certain vocabulary. In Iran’s colorful political arena, The green …

Posted in Art, Censorship, Current Events, Events, Iran, Media, Photography, Photos, Politics, Society | Tagged , | 17 Comments

In three..

Posted on by Rasha (Saudi Arabia)

This is a piece I wrote a short while ago, I didn’t think of posting it until recently when a close friend of mine insisted on having it published somewhere.. Well I guess mideastyouth is the place ! enjoy It …

Posted in General, Philosophy, Photography, Photos, Poetry | 1 Comment

SPINearth Spotlights Middle Eastern Music and Culture

Posted on by Maryam

Serious doubts and lack of nurturing, the Middle East often struggles to find its place not only in the world, media and politics but also in culture, arts and music. While also being stuck between religious governments, war and misinterpreted …

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