Hamada Elrasam is a freelance photojournalist and videographer based in Cairo. From the painful legacies of the Egyptian revolution and the Rwandan genocide, to the frontline of Europe’s migration crisis on the Greek island of Lesvos, he has dedicated his practice to the advancement of social justice and human rights. His in-depth photo project&nbsp; “Traces of the Conflict” was produced during the first cycle of the Magnum-affiliated Arab Documentary Photography Program. His website is www.hamadaelrasam.com.

Hamada Elrasam

Elle Kurancid is an independent writer and editor based in the Mediterranean region. In recent years, she has collaborated with multiple documentarians from the MENA region and Europe on deep dives about Yemen’s enduring spirits, Egypt’s counterrevolutionary forces, America’s forever wars, France’s unwelcome refugees, Greece’s migratory landscapes, among other critical topics. She co-wrote the National Geographic Society–funded short films&nbsp;Above the Law (2019)&nbsp;and Killing the Messengers (2020). Her website is www.ellekurancid.com.

Elle Kurancid

Glory to the Unknowns: A Visual Tribute to the World’s Poor and Vulnerable in the Time of COVID-19

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.” — Aristotle

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

Nonfiction

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

One Worshipper Is Not Superior to Another

Hamada Elrasam is a freelance photojournalist and videographer based in Cairo. From the painful legacies of the Egyptian revolution and the Rwandan genocide, to the frontline of Europe’s migration crisis on the Greek island of Lesvos, he has dedicated his practice to the advancement of social justice and human rights. His in-depth photo project&nbsp; “Traces of the Conflict” was produced during the first cycle of the Magnum-affiliated Arab Documentary Photography Program. His website is www.hamadaelrasam.com.