Photographer, Yumna Al-Arashi | @Yumnaaa shares with us a very personal and powerful story of her experience with cannabis farmers in Lebanon and how an industry that’s illegal in the region, uses corruption to thrive on these sacred Lands. To access the full piece on Slow Journal, please visit https://slowfactory.earth/readings/cannabis-farming-in-lebanon/ or head to our Link in Bio 📌
Axis of Evil (Yemen, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq)
Axis of Evil (Yemen, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq)
Can’t even begin to describe the emotion attached to this project. WE MADE THE COVER OF VOGUE! This is a huge feat for indigenous women all over the world, especially in South America. Just wait till you see the film. So much gratitude to be able to experience these stories and share them with you all. Thank you forever @voguemexico, @iconoclast.tv, @lookstudiosnyc, @rudh_mattias, @lansylamblegs @moujean @agar_burgos @xteban @lapazciudaddelcielo @dabbolivia and EVERYONE in Bolivia who brought us in to their worlds and helped make this happen at 6000m high. More soon.
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Yemen 🫀
I find it fascinating how social media has so masterfully reduced our understandings of the world into simplified terms, leaving us in vulnerable and confused positions at best. So vulnerable, in fact, that many of us found ourselves applauding a largely problematic group of rebels in Yemen for their actions against imperial forces a few months ago. Myself included. Sometimes I wonder if this obsidian gaze into conflicts distances us so much from them that we feel as though we are watching a film, waiting for any viable hero to save the story. But this isn’t a film, we aren’t a passive audience, and there won’t be a hero who saves us from this mess we are collectively in. I wrote about a lesser-known yet rich history of anti-imperialism in Yemen, one which has spanned much longer than what we see on social media today. I wrote about the works of my aunt, the painter Elham Al-Arashi, a Yemeni woman who taught me what it means to make art around notions of resistance. Elham, one of many people in my family who gave me tools to continue the work that she and others from our community have been doing for centuries. Thank you to @leopold_lambert_ for working through this piece with me, and to my sister @haia.mawad for the forever support. Subscribe to @thefunambulistmagazine to read this piece and to support the many brilliant writers and thinkers who contribute. (last slide is a baby me in 2012 photographing Elham’s paintings on our rooftop in Aden before she sent them to exhibit in Gaza)
I find it fascinating how social media has so masterfully reduced our understandings of the world into simplified terms, leaving us in vulnerable and confused positions at best. So vulnerable, in fact, that many of us found ourselves applauding a largely problematic group of rebels in Yemen for their actions against imperial forces a few months ago. Myself included. Sometimes I wonder if this obsidian gaze into conflicts distances us so much from them that we feel as though we are watching a film, waiting for any viable hero to save the story. But this isn’t a film, we aren’t a passive audience, and there won’t be a hero who saves us from this mess we are collectively in. I wrote about a lesser-known yet rich history of anti-imperialism in Yemen, one which has spanned much longer than what we see on social media today. I wrote about the works of my aunt, the painter Elham Al-Arashi, a Yemeni woman who taught me what it means to make art around notions of resistance. Elham, one of many people in my family who gave me tools to continue the work that she and others from our community have been doing for centuries. Thank you to @leopold_lambert_ for working through this piece with me, and to my sister @haia.mawad for the forever support. Subscribe to @thefunambulistmagazine to read this piece and to support the many brilliant writers and thinkers who contribute. (last slide is a baby me in 2012 photographing Elham’s paintings on our rooftop in Aden before she sent them to exhibit in Gaza)
I find it fascinating how social media has so masterfully reduced our understandings of the world into simplified terms, leaving us in vulnerable and confused positions at best. So vulnerable, in fact, that many of us found ourselves applauding a largely problematic group of rebels in Yemen for their actions against imperial forces a few months ago. Myself included. Sometimes I wonder if this obsidian gaze into conflicts distances us so much from them that we feel as though we are watching a film, waiting for any viable hero to save the story. But this isn’t a film, we aren’t a passive audience, and there won’t be a hero who saves us from this mess we are collectively in. I wrote about a lesser-known yet rich history of anti-imperialism in Yemen, one which has spanned much longer than what we see on social media today. I wrote about the works of my aunt, the painter Elham Al-Arashi, a Yemeni woman who taught me what it means to make art around notions of resistance. Elham, one of many people in my family who gave me tools to continue the work that she and others from our community have been doing for centuries. Thank you to @leopold_lambert_ for working through this piece with me, and to my sister @haia.mawad for the forever support. Subscribe to @thefunambulistmagazine to read this piece and to support the many brilliant writers and thinkers who contribute. (last slide is a baby me in 2012 photographing Elham’s paintings on our rooftop in Aden before she sent them to exhibit in Gaza)
I find it fascinating how social media has so masterfully reduced our understandings of the world into simplified terms, leaving us in vulnerable and confused positions at best. So vulnerable, in fact, that many of us found ourselves applauding a largely problematic group of rebels in Yemen for their actions against imperial forces a few months ago. Myself included. Sometimes I wonder if this obsidian gaze into conflicts distances us so much from them that we feel as though we are watching a film, waiting for any viable hero to save the story. But this isn’t a film, we aren’t a passive audience, and there won’t be a hero who saves us from this mess we are collectively in. I wrote about a lesser-known yet rich history of anti-imperialism in Yemen, one which has spanned much longer than what we see on social media today. I wrote about the works of my aunt, the painter Elham Al-Arashi, a Yemeni woman who taught me what it means to make art around notions of resistance. Elham, one of many people in my family who gave me tools to continue the work that she and others from our community have been doing for centuries. Thank you to @leopold_lambert_ for working through this piece with me, and to my sister @haia.mawad for the forever support. Subscribe to @thefunambulistmagazine to read this piece and to support the many brilliant writers and thinkers who contribute. (last slide is a baby me in 2012 photographing Elham’s paintings on our rooftop in Aden before she sent them to exhibit in Gaza)
I find it fascinating how social media has so masterfully reduced our understandings of the world into simplified terms, leaving us in vulnerable and confused positions at best. So vulnerable, in fact, that many of us found ourselves applauding a largely problematic group of rebels in Yemen for their actions against imperial forces a few months ago. Myself included. Sometimes I wonder if this obsidian gaze into conflicts distances us so much from them that we feel as though we are watching a film, waiting for any viable hero to save the story. But this isn’t a film, we aren’t a passive audience, and there won’t be a hero who saves us from this mess we are collectively in. I wrote about a lesser-known yet rich history of anti-imperialism in Yemen, one which has spanned much longer than what we see on social media today. I wrote about the works of my aunt, the painter Elham Al-Arashi, a Yemeni woman who taught me what it means to make art around notions of resistance. Elham, one of many people in my family who gave me tools to continue the work that she and others from our community have been doing for centuries. Thank you to @leopold_lambert_ for working through this piece with me, and to my sister @haia.mawad for the forever support. Subscribe to @thefunambulistmagazine to read this piece and to support the many brilliant writers and thinkers who contribute. (last slide is a baby me in 2012 photographing Elham’s paintings on our rooftop in Aden before she sent them to exhibit in Gaza)
hillton photographer Yumna Al-Arashi for Mount to Coast – shot in South Africa 🌅 Photographer: @yumnaaa Client: @mounttocoast Production: @hillton_ Executive Producers: @debeka & @m.ona.m Senior Producer: @yanik.cu Junior Producer: @misterbackflip Service Production South Africa: @robot_sa SA Executive Producer: @liamdjohnson SA Producer: @godfrey.matsika SA Production Manager: @this_is_shiefaa Unit & Location: Bheki Shusha Art Departement: @kaley_meyer_ Props: Bradley Kerrigan Styling: @kaley_meyer_ Hair & Makeup: Tammi Mbambo Photo Assistant: @willysheepskin Digital Assistant: @lucavincenzo_ Location Scout: Godfrey Matsika & Brigitte Stanford MTC Brand Director: Junpeng Zhong MTC Visual Director: Chan Li MTC Designer: Cantao Hong & Yuancheng Lei
hillton photographer Yumna Al-Arashi for Mount to Coast – shot in South Africa 🌅 Photographer: @yumnaaa Client: @mounttocoast Production: @hillton_ Executive Producers: @debeka & @m.ona.m Senior Producer: @yanik.cu Junior Producer: @misterbackflip Service Production South Africa: @robot_sa SA Executive Producer: @liamdjohnson SA Producer: @godfrey.matsika SA Production Manager: @this_is_shiefaa Unit & Location: Bheki Shusha Art Departement: @kaley_meyer_ Props: Bradley Kerrigan Styling: @kaley_meyer_ Hair & Makeup: Tammi Mbambo Photo Assistant: @willysheepskin Digital Assistant: @lucavincenzo_ Location Scout: Godfrey Matsika & Brigitte Stanford MTC Brand Director: Junpeng Zhong MTC Visual Director: Chan Li MTC Designer: Cantao Hong & Yuancheng Lei
hillton photographer Yumna Al-Arashi for Mount to Coast – shot in South Africa 🌅 Photographer: @yumnaaa Client: @mounttocoast Production: @hillton_ Executive Producers: @debeka & @m.ona.m Senior Producer: @yanik.cu Junior Producer: @misterbackflip Service Production South Africa: @robot_sa SA Executive Producer: @liamdjohnson SA Producer: @godfrey.matsika SA Production Manager: @this_is_shiefaa Unit & Location: Bheki Shusha Art Departement: @kaley_meyer_ Props: Bradley Kerrigan Styling: @kaley_meyer_ Hair & Makeup: Tammi Mbambo Photo Assistant: @willysheepskin Digital Assistant: @lucavincenzo_ Location Scout: Godfrey Matsika & Brigitte Stanford MTC Brand Director: Junpeng Zhong MTC Visual Director: Chan Li MTC Designer: Cantao Hong & Yuancheng Lei
hillton photographer Yumna Al-Arashi for Mount to Coast – shot in South Africa 🌅 Photographer: @yumnaaa Client: @mounttocoast Production: @hillton_ Executive Producers: @debeka & @m.ona.m Senior Producer: @yanik.cu Junior Producer: @misterbackflip Service Production South Africa: @robot_sa SA Executive Producer: @liamdjohnson SA Producer: @godfrey.matsika SA Production Manager: @this_is_shiefaa Unit & Location: Bheki Shusha Art Departement: @kaley_meyer_ Props: Bradley Kerrigan Styling: @kaley_meyer_ Hair & Makeup: Tammi Mbambo Photo Assistant: @willysheepskin Digital Assistant: @lucavincenzo_ Location Scout: Godfrey Matsika & Brigitte Stanford MTC Brand Director: Junpeng Zhong MTC Visual Director: Chan Li MTC Designer: Cantao Hong & Yuancheng Lei
hillton photographer Yumna Al-Arashi for Mount to Coast – shot in South Africa 🌅 Photographer: @yumnaaa Client: @mounttocoast Production: @hillton_ Executive Producers: @debeka & @m.ona.m Senior Producer: @yanik.cu Junior Producer: @misterbackflip Service Production South Africa: @robot_sa SA Executive Producer: @liamdjohnson SA Producer: @godfrey.matsika SA Production Manager: @this_is_shiefaa Unit & Location: Bheki Shusha Art Departement: @kaley_meyer_ Props: Bradley Kerrigan Styling: @kaley_meyer_ Hair & Makeup: Tammi Mbambo Photo Assistant: @willysheepskin Digital Assistant: @lucavincenzo_ Location Scout: Godfrey Matsika & Brigitte Stanford MTC Brand Director: Junpeng Zhong MTC Visual Director: Chan Li MTC Designer: Cantao Hong & Yuancheng Lei
hillton photographer Yumna Al-Arashi for Mount to Coast – shot in South Africa 🌅 Photographer: @yumnaaa Client: @mounttocoast Production: @hillton_ Executive Producers: @debeka & @m.ona.m Senior Producer: @yanik.cu Junior Producer: @misterbackflip Service Production South Africa: @robot_sa SA Executive Producer: @liamdjohnson SA Producer: @godfrey.matsika SA Production Manager: @this_is_shiefaa Unit & Location: Bheki Shusha Art Departement: @kaley_meyer_ Props: Bradley Kerrigan Styling: @kaley_meyer_ Hair & Makeup: Tammi Mbambo Photo Assistant: @willysheepskin Digital Assistant: @lucavincenzo_ Location Scout: Godfrey Matsika & Brigitte Stanford MTC Brand Director: Junpeng Zhong MTC Visual Director: Chan Li MTC Designer: Cantao Hong & Yuancheng Lei
