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HUDA: The artist using rap to maintain her Moroccan identity within Madrid

Get to know Spanish-Moroccan rapper Huda, who authentically embraces the in-between through her music and creativity. This fashion editorial photographed by Alejandro Madrid and Lucci García shot on the periphery of Madrid is a reflection of Huda’s everyday life with ode to the North African diaspora.

FAVOURITES, SOUND, FASHION & BEAUTYAZEEMA -January 8, 2024rap, Spain, Morocco, Music, artist, fashion editorial

Tracy Chahwan is a storyteller, comics are her language

Following her group exhibition in Dubai, the Lebanese artist tells Digital Editor Dalia Al-Dujaili how she utilises the comic book style to relay political messages and how resettling in America has given her a different approach to her usual work.

RESISTANCE, ARTS & CULTUREDalia Al-DujailiMay 13, 2023illustrator, comics, cartoon, artist, lebanon, lebanese

R&B artist Sabrina Bellaouel’s lineage of female storytellers and “f*cking warriors”

The Algerian-French vocalist tells AZEEMA how trips to the motherland informed the way she makes music, whilst her French upbringing provides her with enough genre-contrast to conclude in a rich and effervescent musical identity which she continues to evolve today.