Valentina Primo
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Sep- 2017 -4 September
Five Music Bands that Rock the Middle East
Yeah, we’re Arab, but our music is more than just Um Kulthoum and Sami Yusef. Hopeful or blue, rapid-fire or…
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Aug- 2015 -16 August
She Went From Gaza to Glasgow, and Smashed All Prejudice on Arab Women On the Way
Amal Shanty is 28 years old. As we begin the interview on conference call, she shows me the view from…
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Jul- 2015 -1 July
5 Quotes to Feed Your Mind and Soul
When life gets noisy and stressful, it is always useful to count with pearls of wisdom to help quiet the mind, think…
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Jun- 2015 -21 June
Programs Our Graduate Students Would Love to See in Palestine
A restricted job market and a limited educational infrastructure make up for a challenging panorama for Palestinian young graduates, who…
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16 June
10 Things You Can Do to Brighten Up Someone’s Day
Research suggests that we are happier when helping others than we are helping ourselves. A 2008 study by Harvard Business…
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14 June
6 Physical Activities You Can Do to Improve Your Overall Mental Health
Easing anxiety, relieving depression, sharpening brainpower, increasing self-esteem, improving sleep, and boosting energy: did you know physical exercise had such…
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12 June
4 Web Tools that Support Life Learning and Address Challenges in Palestine
Despite the fact that Palestine boasts one of the highest literacy rates in the Arab world, higher education remains a…
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11 June
5 Social Businesses We Love In The MENA and Why
At BarakaBits, we are constantly overtaken by the thousands of entrepreneurs working day and night to make a difference in the Middle…
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May- 2015 -15 May
The Countless Obstacles a Palestinian Girl Overcame to Study, From Gaza To the USA
A brilliant filmmaker who shines a light on the plight of Iraqi refugees through her video documentaries, Lana Hijazi has…
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7 May
5 Questions Every Daughter Would Like to Ask Her Mother
Sometimes, getting the question out can be tough. But when given the green light, the most uncomfortable questions can prove incredibly helpful in boosting a…
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5 May
6 Photos that Show the Forgotten Beauty of Yemen
As heavy bombings continue to hail over Sanaa, BarakaBits wants to highlight the beauty of a country often misrepresented. Three Yemeni photographers…
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4 May
Bashkatib and Egypt’s Brimming Youth Publishers
It all started in 2013, when Ahmed El-Hawary, a journalist at the Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, began running workshops to…
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4 May
5 Ideas to Support High School Students Transition to University Effectively
They enrolled, they studied and they rocked: we asked five Palestinian graduates who were sponsored by the Hani Al Qaddumi…
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3 May
Statistics On Education in Palestine that Inspire
Waiting for hours at military checkpoints, lacking infrastructure and having to cope with the daily struggles of occupation are no…
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2 May
5 Steps to Apply For a Scholarship Abroad
Applying for a scholarship can sometimes imply a series of procedures where deadlines and requirements turn into a labyrinth with…
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Apr- 2015 -28 April
“Palestinians Stand Out As the Most Educated In the World”
Born in Kuwait but Palestinian at heart, Loay Khoury has lived in Cyprus, Jordan, Saudi, Bahrain, Canada and the USA…
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27 April
“Resisting Occupation Is Also About Preserving Historical Buildings”
Meet Luzan Munayer, a young student from Jerusalem whose dreams are shaped as the intricate forms of Palestinian historical buildings.…
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24 April
Rock the Casbah, the Film Shedding a Light On Morocco’s Modern-Day Dilemmas
A three-day funeral, six women, and a villa in Tangiers are the backdrop of Rock the Casbah, a bittersweet comedy…
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