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@peris_adolwi shot by @pascalgambarte styled by me for @dazedmiddleeast make up by @satoko_paris hair @oliviernoraz casting @jesuiscasting set @moiruki produced by @aswan.tv

@dazedmiddleeast with @peris_adolwi shot by @pascalgambarte casting by @jesuiscasting Hair @oliviernoraz Makeup @satoko_paris assister by @vladgueye Set @moiruki and @salah.nima photo assistants : @mischa.sch @bettinanuwendam Styling Assistants @undert._.aker & Maxime Parize @legrdmechtlp Produced by @aswan.tv @jossly.sun @ilotran @al_hassan_ly @Idriss_couli

Make yourself at home 🏠 @nazarit_machin shot by @pascalgambarte for @dazedmiddleeast casting by @jesuiscasting Hair @oliviernoraz Makeup @satoko_paris assisted by @vladgueye Set @moiruki and @salah.nima photo assistants : @mischa.sch @bettinanuwendam Styling Assistants @undert._.aker & Maxime Parize @legrdmechtlp Produced by @aswan.tv @jossly.sun @ilotran @al_hassan_ly @Idriss_couli

“This freedom is something big, something that deserves to be realised. It grows inside of you, shaping yourself and everything around you.” says parkourist Mahmoud Alghalbawi, currently in Deir Al Balah, told writer and photographer Maen Hammad (@maenster), From displacement shelters to rubble-strewn streets, parkour in Gaza is a declaration: Palestinian life will never be erased. In @dazedmiddleeast Parkourists: @mahmoud_alrantissi @yousef_alzanoun @mahmoudalghrbawi Photography: @ahmed.ys3 Producers: @sarraalayyan and @fatimamouradd Editor-in-Chief: @AhmadASwaid Fashion Director: @Omaimasss Creative Director: @Chndy_ Deputy Editor: @SarraAlayyan Art Director: @Da.o.ud Content Director: @FadyNageeb Creative Producer: @FatimaMouradd #DazedMENA Issue 00 #CreativityInTheAgeOfChaos

Hamoudi and his family are originally from rural Aleppo and are part of a long line of farmers. Now based in the Bekaa Valley, they cultivate the land and gather seeds from across the region, preserving them in a seed library as a shared resource for all. Buzuruna Juzuruna (“Our Seeds are Our Roots”), is a grassroots initiative founded in 2015, dedicated to safeguarding the ecological heritage of Bilad al-Sham amidst ongoing challenges. It stands as a symbol of the deep connection between people and the soil, uniting Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan. Photographed by Gabriel Ferneini (gabzyn) and narrated by @NurTurkmani, this story unfolds through the eyes of Walid, the family patriarch. Reflecting on their work, he shares: “Our people have such an intimate relationship with the land—you plant something, then you watch it grow. It becomes a part of you, and you are a part of it…” In the new @dazedmiddleeast Special thanks to @MyriamBoulos Editor-in-Chief: @AhmadASwaid Fashion Director: @Omaimasss Creative Director: @Chndy_ Deputy Editor: @SarraAlayyan Art Director: @Da.o.ud Content Director: @FadyNageeb Creative Producer: @FatimaMouradd #DazedMENA Issue 00 #CreativityInTheAgeOfChaos

@dazedmiddleeast does east Paris shot by @pascalgambarte, styled by me starring @nazarit_machin casted by our esteemed @jesuiscasting hair @oliviernoraz make up @satoko_paris set by @moiruki and produced by @aswan.tv

@dazedmiddleeast first cover. Lensed by Kabul-based photographer, Elise Blanchard, ‘Afghan Girlhood’ follows teenage girls as they navigate their day-to-day lives. While their faces remain unseen, accompanied with journal entires under pseudonyms to safeguard their identities, their full dignity and personhood shine through. Despite it all, Afghan girls continue to claim their right to life. Photography: @eliseblchrd Words by: @estatirass Editor-in-Chief: @AhmadASwaid Fashion Director: @omaimasss Creative Director: @Chndy_ Deputy Editor: @SarraAlayyan Art Director: @Da.o.ud Content Director: @FadyNageeb Creative Producer: @FatimaMouradd #DazedMENA Issue 00 #CreativityInTheAgeOfChaos

“My abortions led me to the big beautiful life I have now, and I’ve always believed it’s my responsibility to pass the care l received onto our community. Every abortion story l’ve been trusted with is like a love letter that I take with me everywhere I go. I was 19 when I had my first abortion, I didn’t have the best time accessing it - the only fund that was available to help could only give me $80, and I needed $900. I then had two more abortions, which were self-managed. When Greg Abbott banned abortion at the beginning of Covid, as a non-essential procedure, I wanted to connect people with options for abortion, pills by mail and abortion funding. We were just a group of five young, queer sex workers. After the Covid ban was lifted, more and more bans kept happening, so there was no time for us to stop. We’ve become a permanent figure in the abortion funding world. We believe people deserve access to both options - self managed and medical. The way they’ve written the law is to make people confused. So a lot of our job has been correcting misinformation. You can’t be charged for having an abortion out of state, or with pills at home in the state. They try to go after those aiding and abetting the abortions, like funds, doctors, community providers. It did create drastic changes in society: 14-year-old girls are now having babies because they cannot access abortion. It’s our reality here in Texas.” @artyleooo by @harleyweir and I. Thank you @jaimeperlman and @moreorlessmag

“Men, all this stuff you hear about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big-league ball players and the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost, and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. The very thought of losing is hateful to America.” Patton 1944

“I found out I was pregnant and at our twenty week scan, we found out that our daughter was diagnosed with anencephaly, meaning that her skull and brain would never fully develop, and that she would die in my womb, or as soon as I give birth. It was rough. With the abortion ban in the state of Texas, I was forced to go on with my pregnancy and every day I felt her kick and move. I still had to go to the doctors, get groceries, have people ask about the baby, and rub my belly, ask me what I would name her; all of the mental things that go along with being pregnant. I couldn’t go into the office. Every day was tough and physically exhausting. When I gave birth to my daughter, I watched her change colors. Her eyes cried a tear of blood, I gave her to my husband and she died in his arms. Then they asked if they wanted me to resuscitate her, it was mind blowing. A lot of people bash us because of how we feel; but if you think about it in a different way, I’d have the right to remove my child from life support if she needed it. I had to shut my emotions down. The baby started gasping for air. The doctor came, they gave the baby morphine, they told me she wasn’t in pain, so it didn’t make sense to give the baby morphine. I don’t care what anyone says, my daughter suffered, she couldn’t breathe. Abortion is healthcare” Samantha had the courage to confess to try and change things for other american women. Local elections are important in this matter. By @harleyweir and I in the new @moreorlessmag casting @n.atalielin

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