Sophie Chamas

Sophie Chamas is a Beirut-based journalist and co-editor of Mashallah News, an online publishing platform for alternative stories from the Middle East. Her work has been featured in Al Jazeera English, CBC News, RTE, Reuters and Jadaliyya, among other publications. In 2012 she was awarded the Anna Lindh Mediterranean Journalism Award in the category of online media.

Lebanon | Jun 22, 2015

Lebanon’s first free fashion school

Creative Space Beirut is Lebanon’s first free fashion school that offers courses to underprivileged aspiring designers.

Lebanon | Jun 15, 2015

The fight goes on for Lebanon's LGBT community

Despite a few modest achievements, the Lebanese lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community still struggles for acceptance and basic rights.

Lebanese activists chant slogans during a demonstration in front of parliament in Beirut April 25, 2010. Around 3,000 Lebanese marched in Beirut on Sunday to demand a secular system in place of the Muslim-Christian sectarianism that permeates politics,employment and family status matters in Lebanon. REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTXS512

Lebanon | Apr 8, 2015

Lebanon's first sexologist

Sandrine Atallah is working to raise awareness of sexuality and sexual health in a country that often shies away from such topics.

A couple sits over ruins in Sidon, south Lebanon, June 22, 2014. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTR3V57S

Saudi Arabia | Mar 9, 2015

10 Middle Eastern writers you should know

These 10 female writers are challenging conceptions of women in the Middle East.

Syrian writer and journalist Samar Yazbek poses on September 26, 2014 in Paris. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

Bahrain | Mar 3, 2015

10 Middle East artists to watch

Many female artists in the Middle East and North Africa are redefining their mediums.

Sophie Chamas

Lebanon’s first free fashion school

The fight goes on for Lebanon's LGBT community

Lebanon's first sexologist

10 Middle Eastern writers you should know

10 Middle East artists to watch

Podcasts

Tunisian people’s choice is clear with referendum vote, says Ambassador Hanene Tajouri Bessassi, responding to US criticism

Former Ukrainian diplomat Yevgeniya Gaber says Erdogan needs to go to Kyiv to win hearts and minds

Moroccan novelist Zineb Mekouar discusses her debut novel “La Poule et son Cumin”

Sophie Chamas

Lebanon’s first free fashion school

The fight goes on for Lebanon's LGBT community

Lebanon's first sexologist

10 Middle Eastern writers you should know

10 Middle East artists to watch

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Podcasts

Tunisian people’s choice is clear with referendum vote, says Ambassador Hanene Tajouri Bessassi, responding to US criticism

Former Ukrainian diplomat Yevgeniya Gaber says Erdogan needs to go to Kyiv to win hearts and minds

Moroccan novelist Zineb Mekouar discusses her debut novel “La Poule et son Cumin”