Kaleidoscope
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MEI Kaleidoscope | Wild for Hip-hop: Middle Eastern Youth Embrace Genre as Agent of Change
Anyone familiar with the culture of the Middle East or has lent a listening ear to Middle Eastern…
MEI Kaleidoscope | Photographers Shifting the Lens on the Middle East
By Zafirah Mohamed Zein 30 October 2018 The images that have emerged from the Middle East and…
The Art of Resistance: A History of Graffiti in Iran
By Zafirah Mohamed Zein 31 July 2018 Graffiti has always been seen as art for the masses, treating…
MEI Kaleidoscope | Souks: The Heart of Traditional Urban Life in the Middle East
By Zafirah Mohamed Zein 10 April 2018 Although familiar to visitors of Middle Eastern cities as tourist…
MEI Kaleidoscope | The Story of Coffee in the Middle East
By Zafirah Mohamed Zein 28 February 2018 Coffee, for many of us, is inextricably linked with…
MEI Kaleidoscope | Arabic Calligraphy: The Art of Arts
By Zafirah Mohamed Zein 20 December 2017 Arabic calligraphy was born out of the period when the dawn…