Basma Elmahdy

Basma Elmahdy is a Berlin-based freelance journalist and media researcher from Egypt.

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.

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