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GRAND WINNER OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL’S ZOOM SHORT FILM COMPETITION 

Synopsis

The story of a young man named Omar secluded from the world and lives in a basement, isolated with all the windows closed, without anything linking him to the outside world. Only a basement full of things and a bed and an office.

Omar works in manufacturing bombs to an extremist terrorist group that claims it is fighting for what is right. He believes in this group and considers it is the only voice which is fighting for righteousness and freedom, but he realizes that everything he believed in was just ideas. That happens when he falls in love with a girl selling Allhouh (type of bread in Yemen) in the proximity of his home and realises that life has more to offer, he then gains a different perspective to life and also realises that everything he had fought for had no meaning now.

This is when Omar’s life changes, but then he is faced with the results of the terrorist’s acts when he knows that the girl that changed his life is sick with a heart condition that was caused by one his bombs and is destined to die. This is when Omar decides he must do something good before he dies as way to penance his previous bad deeds

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11 months ago 

nickturse: IRIN Middle East | YEMEN: Timeline of key events since 18 May

nickturse:

IRIN Middle East | YEMEN: Timeline of key events since 18 May

11 months ago  2 notes

painted-facades: Aden, Yemen Includes the flags of Yemen, Gulf Arab States, and Iraq; this piece (at least, not outwardly) is not politically motivated- instead focuses on the Gulf Cup, a soccer tournament.

painted-facades:

Aden, Yemen

Includes the flags of Yemen, Gulf Arab States, and Iraq; this piece (at least, not outwardly) is not politically motivated- instead focuses on the Gulf Cup, a soccer tournament.

11 months ago  8 notes View high resolution

completely agree-it feels so unfair that i am here and not there. Wish i could just hop on a plane :( therevolutionatemyhomework: it is psychologically difficult to see others suffer and not have to suffer

completely agree-it feels so unfair that i am here and not there. Wish i could just hop on a plane :(

therevolutionatemyhomework:

it is psychologically difficult to see others suffer and not have to suffer

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11 months ago  2 notes View high resolution

                                 أتينا مسالمين

a video addressing the peaceful Yemeni Revolution.  مبادرة يمانيون للتوعية المجتمعية

 

11 months ago  1 note

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
– -Martin Luther King, Jr

11 months ago 

powerful thepoliticalnotebook: Picture of the Day. The pictures of the day will, for the next little while, be dedicated to remembering the last decade of war in Afghanistan through some of it’s most striking photos. I chose the next for its dramatic use of depth and the striking placement of a French sniper in the Qarabagh district north of Kabul. 20 November 2007. Photo Credit: Ahmad Masood/Reuters. Via. View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo.

powerful

thepoliticalnotebook:

Picture of the Day. The pictures of the day will, for the next little while, be dedicated to remembering the last decade of war in Afghanistan through some of it’s most striking photos. I chose the next for its dramatic use of depth and the striking placement of a French sniper in the Qarabagh district north of Kabul. 20 November 2007. Photo Credit: Ahmad Masood/Reuters. Via.

View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo.

11 months ago  48 notes

citroncollective: Yemen by víctor v u on Flickr.

citroncollective:

Yemen by víctor v u on Flickr.

11 months ago  3 notes View high resolution

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
–  ~Howard Thurman

11 months ago  3 notes

“Arabic Graffiti” brings together artists, graffiti writers and typographers from the Middle East and around the world who merge Arabic calligraphy with the art of graffiti writing, street art and urban culture. In addition to a rich assortment of photos featuring Arabic graffiti and street art styles, it includes essays by distinguished authors and scene experts, in which they explore the traditional elements, modern approaches, and the socio-political and cultural backgrounds which have shaped Arabic graffiti movements in the Middle East. “Arabic Graffiti” curated and authored by Lebanese typographer Pascal Zoghbi and graffiti writer and publisher Stone aka Don Karl, is an extensive and valuable reference on contemporary graffiti, urban calligraphy and type design in the realm of Arabic letters.

“Arabic Graffiti” brings together artists, graffiti writers and typographers from the Middle East and around the world who merge Arabic calligraphy with the art of graffiti writing, street art and urban culture. In addition to a rich assortment of photos featuring Arabic graffiti and street art styles, it includes essays by distinguished authors and scene experts, in which they explore the traditional elements, modern approaches, and the socio-political and cultural backgrounds which have shaped Arabic graffiti movements in the Middle East. “Arabic Graffiti” curated and authored by Lebanese typographer Pascal Zoghbi and graffiti writer and publisher Stone aka Don Karl, is an extensive and valuable reference on contemporary graffiti, urban calligraphy and type design in the realm of Arabic letters.

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11 months ago  83 notes

cute <3

GRAND WINNER OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL’S ZOOM SHORT FILM COMPETITION 

Synopsis

The story of a young man named Omar secluded from the world and lives in a basement, isolated with all the windows closed, without anything linking him to the outside world. Only a basement full of things and a bed and an office.

Omar works in manufacturing bombs to an extremist terrorist group that claims it is fighting for what is right. He believes in this group and considers it is the only voice which is fighting for righteousness and freedom, but he realizes that everything he believed in was just ideas. That happens when he falls in love with a girl selling Allhouh (type of bread in Yemen) in the proximity of his home and realises that life has more to offer, he then gains a different perspective to life and also realises that everything he had fought for had no meaning now.

This is when Omar’s life changes, but then he is faced with the results of the terrorist’s acts when he knows that the girl that changed his life is sick with a heart condition that was caused by one his bombs and is destined to die. This is when Omar decides he must do something good before he dies as way to penance his previous bad deeds

Category

nickturse: IRIN Middle East | YEMEN: Timeline of key events since 18 May

nickturse:

IRIN Middle East | YEMEN: Timeline of key events since 18 May

painted-facades: Aden, Yemen Includes the flags of Yemen, Gulf Arab States, and Iraq; this piece (at least, not outwardly) is not politically motivated- instead focuses on the Gulf Cup, a soccer tournament.

painted-facades:

Aden, Yemen

Includes the flags of Yemen, Gulf Arab States, and Iraq; this piece (at least, not outwardly) is not politically motivated- instead focuses on the Gulf Cup, a soccer tournament.

completely agree-it feels so unfair that i am here and not there. Wish i could just hop on a plane :( therevolutionatemyhomework: it is psychologically difficult to see others suffer and not have to suffer

completely agree-it feels so unfair that i am here and not there. Wish i could just hop on a plane :(

therevolutionatemyhomework:

it is psychologically difficult to see others suffer and not have to suffer

(Source: therevolutionatemyhomework)

                                 أتينا مسالمين

a video addressing the peaceful Yemeni Revolution.  مبادرة يمانيون للتوعية المجتمعية

 

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
– -Martin Luther King, Jr
powerful thepoliticalnotebook: Picture of the Day. The pictures of the day will, for the next little while, be dedicated to remembering the last decade of war in Afghanistan through some of it’s most striking photos. I chose the next for its dramatic use of depth and the striking placement of a French sniper in the Qarabagh district north of Kabul. 20 November 2007. Photo Credit: Ahmad Masood/Reuters. Via. View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo.

powerful

thepoliticalnotebook:

Picture of the Day. The pictures of the day will, for the next little while, be dedicated to remembering the last decade of war in Afghanistan through some of it’s most striking photos. I chose the next for its dramatic use of depth and the striking placement of a French sniper in the Qarabagh district north of Kabul. 20 November 2007. Photo Credit: Ahmad Masood/Reuters. Via.

View more Picture of the Day posts. Submit a photo.

citroncollective: Yemen by víctor v u on Flickr.

citroncollective:

Yemen by víctor v u on Flickr.

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
–  ~Howard Thurman
“Arabic Graffiti” brings together artists, graffiti writers and typographers from the Middle East and around the world who merge Arabic calligraphy with the art of graffiti writing, street art and urban culture. In addition to a rich assortment of photos featuring Arabic graffiti and street art styles, it includes essays by distinguished authors and scene experts, in which they explore the traditional elements, modern approaches, and the socio-political and cultural backgrounds which have shaped Arabic graffiti movements in the Middle East. “Arabic Graffiti” curated and authored by Lebanese typographer Pascal Zoghbi and graffiti writer and publisher Stone aka Don Karl, is an extensive and valuable reference on contemporary graffiti, urban calligraphy and type design in the realm of Arabic letters.

“Arabic Graffiti” brings together artists, graffiti writers and typographers from the Middle East and around the world who merge Arabic calligraphy with the art of graffiti writing, street art and urban culture. In addition to a rich assortment of photos featuring Arabic graffiti and street art styles, it includes essays by distinguished authors and scene experts, in which they explore the traditional elements, modern approaches, and the socio-political and cultural backgrounds which have shaped Arabic graffiti movements in the Middle East. “Arabic Graffiti” curated and authored by Lebanese typographer Pascal Zoghbi and graffiti writer and publisher Stone aka Don Karl, is an extensive and valuable reference on contemporary graffiti, urban calligraphy and type design in the realm of Arabic letters.

(via thepoliticalnotebook)

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."
"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

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