Graphic design was crucially introduced to me as a form of visual communication. I say crucially because the cultural background I come from, career paths in business or medicine are seen as more viable, respectable options - either because of the financial security they afford the “breadwinner” of the family or the social standing they afford the family name. Thankfully I never had this problem with my family, but it did help me explain my role as a working professional and my role within the community under the principle of “a picture being worth a thousand words.”

Having witnessed the global miscommunication and reinforcement of stereotypes of a faith, culture and community I am a part of throughout my adolescence, I found my role as a “visual communicator” all the more relevant and significant. A responsibility to help initiate change and promote the voice of rationale to all parties involved.

Hence, as a part of my final show at University, I proposed the following:

“Magazines have always been about communities.”

Tim Holmes.

Despite advances in technology making communication the most efficient it has ever been in our history, we are a global community, fractured by our own prejudices, misunderstandings and stereotypes.

I have conceived and designed a publication, which explores some of the most controversial issues within our global community today.The magazine will tackle an issue per issue – offering a comprehensive collection of the opinions and perspectives of those closely related to the topic so the reader has the opportunity to come to their own conclusion on an issue instead of relying upon the re-interpretation of facts by the media.

*Please note all ethnic typography, photography and overall design was conducted by Muiz Anwar. For more information, please contact muiz.anwar@gmail.com

We made a big mistake. On page 135 we forgot to add two names to the credits of HB Beiruty and HB Frankfurt. The Arabic typeface was designed by Taline Yozgatian, Markus Bernatzky and Yara Khoury instead of only Yara Khoury. We’re truly sorry for that really bad mess up. 

The book is released.

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