Basma Elmahdy
Basma Elmahdy is a Berlin-based freelance journalist and media researcher from Egypt.
An "Almost Imaginary" and "Sometimes Abbreviated" Egyptian Memory of the Attempts to Revive the Syrian Spirit
08 January 2025
"Syria under Assad's rule has etched itself into my memory through the stories of Syrian men and women who crossed my path over the past six years, embodying the contradictions...
Syrians of the Golan Heights: A Year of "Artificial Calm" in the Geography of the Forgotten Occupation
21 October 2024
On 27 July 2024, a major tragedy struck the people of Majdal Shams after a missile fell on a football field, injuring and killing children and teenagers while they were...
Circle of Peace: My Syrian Aunts and Our Hammam in Exile
29 March 2024
The Circle of Peace is a self-help group for Arabic-speaking women in Germany based on Gestalt therapy approaches. Basma Elmahdy writes about this (virtual) space of healing and connection.
