13.Jan.2012 Palestinian designer adds new poster for #FightRape march
Palestinian designer Areej, @rejism90, has joined the support for women’s rights in Lebanon and made this design also available for download. Many thanks Areej! Download pdf here: Areej
“Outlaw Rape” poster for the march against marital rape
This poster was designed for @abaretruth for the march against marital rape that is going on tomorrow. It is free for download here: Protest5
3 poster signs for the march against marital rape
I have an open offer to all activists joining the march on Jan 14 to protest the marital rape laws in Lebanon: If you would like me to help you design poster signs, I’ll be more than happy to do so! It’s a bit late notice but it just occurred to me today. I have [...]
03.Jan.2012 Standing up for women’s rights
Lebanese activists are trying to pass a law to criminalize marital rape in Lebanon. The shock is twofold: 1. Men are allowed to rape their wives in Lebanon, 2. All attempts to change this are being heavily resisted in Parliament. I don’t care what religious authorities say. This is backward and medieval and a blatant [...]
27.Nov.2011 بالنسبة لبكرا شو؟ And what about tomorrow?
I got asked over twitter by @NajBass about my favorite line from an Arabic play and it was this title. It holds in it something that has always intrigued me and I got to thinking why is this phrase so powerful, and then it hit me. This is the question that the collective Lebanese psyche actively runs [...]
26.Nov.2011 What’s the point of good typography if the reality sucks?
Those who follow my @ArabicType account may have noticed that I am tweeting way more about politics and social issues than design these days. It’s not a coincidence and please bare with me. Today, I’m in Dubai on a business trip. I woke up and turned on the TV and first thing I saw was my [...]
06.Nov.2011 To give a voice
This is the title of Linotype’s Fonts in Focus 9 which showcased the An-Nahar project from earlier this year. I am super happy with what Magma has designed and you should definitely check it out! You can get the printed version here.
12.Apr.2011 Lebanon wakes up to a new day
A new day, ونهار جديدة I had the privelage to be asked to design the headline typeface for the redesign of An-Nahar newspaper and to develop its Arabic typographic suite. This is a project beyond anything I had ever worked on before. It touches on so many different levels, that I really do not know [...]
21.Feb.2011 Where to begin?
To say that the winds of change are gushing through the Middle East is an understatement. There is no apt description for what happens today, so unprecedented it is in the history of the region. A colleague was asking me over lunch, how do you feel about what happens now? And I replied: begeistert. That’s [...]
11.Feb.2011 For Egypt فلتحيا مصر !
اول مرة اكتب بالعربية هنا… احر التهاني وكل الحب لكل المصريين. فيا له من يوم!!! مبروك مبروك مبروك First time I write here in Arabic… The warmest wishes and all the love to all the Egyptian people. And what a day!!! Congratulations congratulations congratulations!!! Part in black is a song by Marcel Khalife. Translation of [...]