ALT MENA
MariaStories of being and becoming in a changing Middle East.
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A (Fashion) Statement Piece
Mona Ross in Jacques Cassia. Photo credit: Lebanese Fashion History
The Devil Wears Prada sequel arrived like a cultural permission slip to obsess, remember and care about fashion again. I personally surrendered completely. My algorithm, e...
Nostalgia is a Verb
It’s April 2026.
A ceasefire is in place between the US and Iran while they negotiate what will ultimately be the best case scenario for the former. A ceasefire is not in place in Lebanon where 10 bombs went off simultaneously within 10 mi...
Between Shahid and Shahed
I don’t observe Ramadan but when it comes around every year, I feel it.
Experiencing it from Dubai, the Holy month has a cathartic, restorative energy around it. It rearranges the city into a version of itself I personally prefer. I’m nost...
Born Under the Bullets
It’s May 2nd 1973 in Beirut.
One of those signature afternoons in the Lebanese capital: blue skies mirrored in blue waters, the sound of waves crashing the rocks, warm rays of that infamous Mediterranean sun, an animated spread of people a...
The Alternative Story of MENA
Photo credit: Fadi Salib.
Here we are again,
reminded of a truth we carry inside of us wherever we go: that the story of this region was never really ours. That there has always been another version running parallel to the one being lived...
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