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FUN PROJECT ASKS EVERYONE IN ARAB WORLD TO TAKE A PHOTO AT THE EXACT SAME TIME: 2:22PM ON 22 AUG 08
Beirut, Lebanon: August 14, 2008 – “Minute 22” is a project about taking a single photo at the exact same time in the Arab world. The objective is to document, through pictures, what everyone is doing during Minute 22.On Friday 22 August 2008 at exactly 2:22 pm Lebanon local time, anyone with a camera (cell phone, compact, point & shoot, DSLR, etc.) can take a single photo and submit it by reading instructions on http://www.sowarmag.com/minute22/minute22.htm
The number twenty-two was selected because it represents the number of countries in the League of Arab States. Anyone living in any of those countries can be a part of this project at the following local times on 22 August 2008: Egypt - 2:22pm | Iraq - 2:22pm | Jordan - 2:22pm | Lebanon - 2:22pm | Saudi Arabia - 2:22pm | Syria - 2:22pm | Yemen - 2:22pm | Libya - 1:22pm | Sudan - 2:22pm | Morocco - 12:22pm | Tunisia - 1:22pm | Kuwait - 2:22pm | Algeria - 12:22pm | UAE - 3:22pm | Bahrain - 2:22pm | Qatar - 2:22pm | Oman - 3:22pm | Mauritania - 11:22am | Somalia - 2:22pm | Palestine - 2:22pm | Djibouti - 2:22pm | Comoros - 2:22pm
Sowar Magazine, a journalistic and documentary photography magazine based in Lebanon, is the sponsor of the Minute 22 project, and will publish a special edition dedicated to it. The pictures will also be posted online.
Sowar, the phonetic pronunciation of the word “pictures” in Arabic, is a picture-intensive magazine that covers events, cultures, scenes, and individuals in Lebanon, the Middle East, and the Gulf. It is distributed to major bookstores in Lebanon and is available through online subscriptions to international readers.
Sowar Magazine
P.O. Box 14-5242
Beirut, Lebanon
www.sowarmag.com
For further information, please contact Maisaa Hamadeh at info@sowarmag.com or call her at +961-3-909666
Sowar Magazine is a bi-monthly journalistic and documentary photography magazine that focuses on Lebanon, the Middle East and the Gulf. The objective of the magazine is to present great photographs along with informative commentary. It portrays “pictures that tell a story;” themed shots of people, places, and nature with minimal accompanying descriptive text.
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