September 2014 | Written by Daniel J. Gerstle; film and imagery by Monzer Darwish | Humanitarianbazaar.org There have been hundreds of filmmakers risking their lives to document the Syrian war and how people survive. But there has only been one capable of...
August 2014 | Seth Chase, with Hana Obradović | Humanitarianbazaar.org Filmmaker Seth Chase is about to premiere Obama's Law, his new feature film as director, which tells the story of mineral exploitation and its role in conflict in Congo. Humanitarian Bazaar founder...
August 2014 | District Unknown | Humanitarianbazaar.org When Afghanistan's first heavy metal band District Unknown [FOLLOW HERE] first performed in Kabul despite threats, they had their eyes on this moment. Today they release "The Anatomy of a 24-Hour Lifetime," their first album, Afghanistan's...
August 2014 | Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine | Story by Daniel J Gerstle. Photos by Daniel J Gerstle, Jake Simkin, Seth Chase, Ahmad Mahmoud, Hajooj Kuka, A.A., Nur Hassan, and many more captioned. Last year Somalia hiphop peace activist group Waayaha Cusub...
August 2014 | Culture | Short video produced for Bosnia FIFA, directed by Renzo Vazquez, produced by RPP Sao Paolo with Humanitarian Bazaar in Sarajevo, Bosnia Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine In summer 2014, as Bosnia's national football team advanced in the World Cup...
July 2014 | Qais Essar | Humanitarianbazaar.org THE POINT: Qais Essar premiered his new album THE GREEN LANGUAGE, weaving Afghan classical rabab with world fusion, July 29, 2014. In The Green Language, Essar brings a more modern, sensual, and hungry take on...
December 2013 | Humanitarian Bazaar ft. Waayaha Cusub After running the successful Mogadishu Music Festival, Somali hip hop group Waayaha Cusub, supported by Humanitarian Bazaar and donors, ran the Journey of Peace Festival in the Dadaab refugee settlements in Kenya. Five...
December 2013 | By Daniel J Gerstle. Photos by Hazem Abdul Raouf and Haneen B Nasser | This story was originally published in Rolling Stone (Middle East), republished here with permission. | Humanitarianbazaar.org I "C'MON, SYRIA!" BASHAR HAROUN, the 28-year-old singer of heavy metal...
November 2013 | Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine | A Humanitarian Bazaar original brought forward from our HELO Magazine archive. The game was created by our team for trainings at Columbia University in New York in 2011. CULTURE | Triage & Consequences: Humanitarian...
July 2013 | Written by Daniel J. Gerstle | Humanitarianbazaar.org Pompi, the Zambian hip-hop performer known for his gospel-inspired lyrics, beaming smile, and bow tie, takes the stage for the first time in Washington, D.C., offering a lyrical poem about being...