[caption id="attachment_55250511" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of Halparki Kirkuk practices his dance moves. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[/caption] On a baking hot Monday afternoon just before…

[caption id="attachment_55250487" align="alignnone" width="620"] Inside the offices of Al-Ahram, one of Egypt's oldest newspapers, in Cairo, Egypt. (Kim Badawi/Getty Images)[/caption] Following a…

[caption id="attachment_55250442" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a Friday Mass at the Virgin Mary church in Cairo on May 16, 2014. (Virginie Nguyen Hoang/AFP/Getty…

[caption id="attachment_55250374" align="alignnone" width="620"] The metal fence of a construction site is transformed into an art installation by dozens of handwritten notes on the landmark Taksim…

[caption id="attachment_55250321" align="alignnone" width="620"] Lebanese drink and dance at the world famous rooftop Sky Bar on July 21, 2013 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)[/caption…

[caption id="attachment_55250295" align="alignnone" width="620"] Opening night of Syria Speaks tour at Rich Mix in London, Wednesday June 11, 2014. (Tam Hussein) [/caption] When the revolution broke…

[caption id="attachment_55250246" align="alignnone" width="620"] Krikor in Yerevan, Armenia. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[/caption] “Flowers, I love flowers!” exclaims Krikor. “I used to skip school so I…

[caption id="attachment_55250212" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mohamed Aly Talibab performing live. (Still from Youtube, Ahmed Mekawy photography)[/caption]Mohamed Aly Talibab—he…

[caption id="attachment_55250704" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Hind Benali. (Alice Defour-Feronce)[/caption] “I get the feeling of [being] a warrior,” Hind Benali said in a recent interview with…

[caption id="attachment_55250094" align="alignnone" width="620"] One of Hala Smadi's Ottoman-style stools. (Courtesy of Wheels by Hala Smadi)[/caption] As she prepared for her final university…