The Middle East witnesses an unprecedented regional explosion: wars intertwine with state crises fronts entangle from Iran to Lebanon, Gaza, and Yemen_no longer mere military conflict but the collapse of an entire political model.
The gas crisis in the city of Koye in the Kurdistan Region, resulting from recent military tensions, has led to the shutdown of a number of home ovens, putting dozens of women working in bread-making at risk of losing their sole source of livelihood.
Amid intertwined responsibilities and financial and cultural challenges, the artist Shaimaa Azz Al-Arab continues to steadily carve her path, relying on her deep faith in art, balancing her work, her studies, and the dream she refuses to abandon