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The Naguib Mahfouz Project is reviving the writings of one of Egypt’s most visionary authors

Hana Gamal draws our attention to the significant and overlooked role women play in Egyptian agriculture

Photography: Stunning series inspired by South Sudanese refugee-turned-supermodel

Photographer Fred Lahache captures Morocco through the eyes of his childhood friend

Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move

Noa Snir illustrates a grim retelling of Cinderella in Morocco

Meet the girls of South Sudan fighting for an education

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

The Egyptian Cassette Archive documents thousands of tape cover artworks from the 1960s – 2000s

Departamento de Cuzco.

Photography: Mexico, India and Morocco through the eyes of photographer Mowgli

Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada

Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue

30. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937

Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia

Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Casablanca captured beautifully by young photographer Kent Andreasen

A personal portrait of street life in Casablanca from photographer Yoriyas

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. Western Asia.

Text Page: Barbary in which are the Kingdome of Tunis and Aegypt

(Tunis)

The View From Cairo: probing the rise of the “Made in Egypt” aesthetic movement

Text: Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antiochenus, and Hierosolymitanus.

The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia

Vol I (58) Mexico. Cusco (Cuzco).

Photographer Denis Dailleux tenderly captures Egyptian bodybuilders with their mums

Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Plano topografico, Ciudad del Cuzco.

U.S.S.R. Central and Eastern Asia.

Fortaleza de Sacsahuaman; Plano antiguo del Cuzco.

Patternity to run a Mindful Marbling workshop at Beat Hotel Marrakech

“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city ​​councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

Turkey, Arabia, Persia, Hindostan, Afghanistan &c. Egypt, Nubia, Abysinia, &c.

Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings

Composite Text: О ВТОРОМ ПЯТИЛЕТНЕМ ПЛАНЕ РАЗВИТИЯ НАРОДНОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА СССР (1933-1937 гг.).

Contents: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

America Meridionalis. Inset: Cusco metropolis Peru plan.

Tourism and cultural dissonance: Alexander Coggin turns his flashgun on his American family in Morocco

Darren Lewey showcases the “austere beauty” of Morocco across local landscapes and portraiture

Covers: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Title: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Blat LXXVIII Alexandria (Nuremberg Chronicle)

Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru

A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine

“Morocco is my muse”: Sara Benabdallah’s photographs resemble Renaissance paintings

What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders

Photographer Ina Niehoff's "pure and silent" look at the Moroccan countryside

"The work is for the people”: Hassan Hajjaj's journey from Marrakech to Madonna

A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums

Ilyes Griyeb captures a Moroccan generation stuck between ancient ways and urbanisation

Photography: Hassan Hajjaj's photographs of the biker girl gangs of Marrakech

Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova

Nicolas Coleman’s paintings of Morocco celebrate the beauty of travel while probing the ethics of tourism

Archief Cairo on reviving the world’s only letterpress with hieroglyphics

Plano scenografico della città dei Re, ò sia di Lima capitale del regno del Perù ...

U.S.S.R. Economic.

Graphic Design: Elana Schlenker ties together two creatives' takes on Egypt's uprising

Slick, playful and graphically precise: Cairo-based studio Ntsal puts quality and communication first

The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future

Moroccan heritage and western cues collide in photographer Mous Lamrabat’s portfolio

Why, in Egypt, creatives are returning to calligraphy in their droves

The Naguib Mahfouz Project is reviving the writings of one of Egypt’s most visionary authors

Hana Gamal draws our attention to the significant and overlooked role women play in Egyptian agriculture

Photography: Stunning series inspired by South Sudanese refugee-turned-supermodel

Photographer Fred Lahache captures Morocco through the eyes of his childhood friend

Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move

Noa Snir illustrates a grim retelling of Cinderella in Morocco

Meet the girls of South Sudan fighting for an education

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

The Egyptian Cassette Archive documents thousands of tape cover artworks from the 1960s – 2000s

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)