Ramadan shifts our focus from production to minimalism. It reminds us that we are not created to be productive all year long, that we are allowed to slow down, to be selective, and to prioritize our health and families — unlike the corporate world.
Author: Diana Itawi
Diana Itawi is an illustrator based in Beirut, Lebanon, with a technical background in Graphic Design. As an aspiring Press Cartoonist, most of her work orbits around politics and culture with a satirical take. Some of her cartoons are featured onAl-Nemsblog, and she currently works as an art director atDaraj, an independent pan-Arab news outlet.
In Syria the provisional government led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham has removed the term “gods” and images of statues from the school curriculum. Men destroy statues so that the statues do not destroy them. Removing these images and their rightful place in history is a dangerous call to war against truth and equality.