CONTRIBUTORS NORA ALY Nora is a graphic designer born and bred in Cairo, Egypt. The city's diversity and culture has perpetually been an inspiration to her work. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the German University in Cairo, and while a student, Nora worked as a teaching assistant, teaching Arabic font design, typography, information system and Graphic Design courses. She has worked at Madeo, and Kairo. and specialises in infographics. Her work has been awarded the Silver Prize at the dubailynx (2013), and published on correspondents.org. behance.net/noraly
ZEINA ELCHEIKH Zeina is a Syrian architect doing her M.Sc. in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design at the University of Stuttgart. She worked as junior consultant with the German International Cooperation in Syria, the French Institute for the Near East and other firms. She is currently based in Egypt for her thesis work on cultural tourism in Nubia.
FARIS HABAYEB Faris is a twentysomething graphic designer and a writer. A Palestinian pedigree, he is kheleeji bred but now resides and works in the city of cities that is New York. @fhabayeb • behance.net/faris
NINA MUFLEH Nina Mufleh is a painter and writer with a passion for travel and adventure. Her work can be experienced on her blog eatwritewalk.com
SARA ALSARAF Sara is a Creative Therapist and Writer, living in London.
SALEEM HADDAD
NOUR FLAYHAN
Saleem Haddad is a writer and aid worker. Born to an Iraqi-German mother and a
Nour Flayhan is an illustrator, an American Lebanese mountain girl
Palestinian-Lebanese father, he grew up in Kuwait, Jordan and Cyprus. He writes short stories and has just completed a novel, Last Round at Guapa. He currently lives in London. @sysh
and Nomad, who has travelled far from the civilized sunny desserts of Kuwait to the cold grey city of London. She is currently on an adventure. nouriflayhan.com
MOHAMED MEGDOUL Born in France in 1985, Mohamed is a Algerian-French film director and photographer. He studied art at l’École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, and at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His current works revolves around social issues, history and politics. In 2014, he founded Imperatorem, a French based movie production company, and is working on a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
RIYAD JOUCKA Riyad is an Architect and Researcher, based in Hong Kong. He earned his MArch at the Emergent Technologies & Design programme of the AA School of Architecture in London. He has worked with major practices in Amman and Beirut after graduating from Carleton School of Architecture in Ottawa. Riyad has taught AA Visiting Schools in Paris, Penang, Shanghai and directed AA Visiting School Jordan and Dubai. His research is focused on simplifying the nonlinear logistics of complex building construction through material research and computation.
SAEED TAJI FAROUKY Saeed is an award-winning Palestinian/British documentary filmmaker and cinematographer specialising in human rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa for over ten years. He is co-Founder and Director of the production company Tourist With A Typewriter. In 2011, he was awarded a Senior TED Fellowship for his creative approach to documentary filmmaking, and was previously named Artist In Residence at the British Museum and Tate Britain.
SAHAR KUBBA Sahar is a freelance designer living in Montréal. She is a graduate of McGill University’s Professional Master’s of Architecture programme. Using architectural language as a medium, Kubba is interested in exploring immersive installations that orient the viewer towards specific elements of experience in the hopes of creating a common ground for understanding and challenging them.
HABIB BATTAH Habib is a Beirut-based investigative journalist, filmmaker, and author of the blog beirutreport.com. Habib is a regular contributor to Al Jazeera, BBC World, the Daily Star, and Bold Magazine, and is a two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. @habib_b • beirutreport.com
JAIMEE HADDAD Jaimee is a third year journalism student at Northwestern University in Qatar. Curiosity flows deep in her veins.
DINA AMIN Dina is a multidisciplinary designer and writer. She studied Industrial Design in Malaysia and is now based in her motherland Egypt. Culture, Design and Human Behavior are the three dearest things to her heart. Her interests and curiosity drives her from one field of Design to another including Service Design, Urban Design, and Food Design.