Journal Safar #9

Journal Safar is a design and visual culture magazine published biannually. The magazine’s primary goal is to recognize graphic design as an active player in cultural production and to shift the conversation on design and visual culture away from its fixation on the global north.

Inside this issue: Protests

To protest is a fundamental human act against injustice. It takes many forms: the defiant act of existing, the organized resistance of multitudes, armed struggles, and the disruption of systems through speech, action, and refusal in person, in prints and slogans online, or on the streets. Some forms of protest require symbols, flags, and specific attire, while others are carried out through non-verbal communication, secret dissemination, and ideological discipline. Yet all of them need cultural carriers–our bodies, our stories, and our marks to hold what can be remembered and learned from. Whether explicit or invisible, in communities or in solitude, this issue explores why we protest, and how, in the hopes of sparking solace, solidarity, and action.

Beirut, Lebanon; 170mm x 240mm; 208 pages; Softcover; 2024; Bilingual in English and Arabic