An Nahar Newspaper - The Elections Edition
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Lebanon is facing collapse. Its predicament is primarily attributed to a political class that has dominated parliamentary elections since the 1990s. A nation in pain hangs on to the frail hope that the upcoming election will bring critical stability and pave the way towards real change.
But in an outrageous and blatant attempt to obstruct the election, officials have complained that shortages of paper and ink needed to print ballots could cancel the upcoming elections.
To fight this, so, An-Nahar decided to go silent for the first time in its 88 years of existence. On February 2nd, the daily newspaper did not go to print. Instead, the paper and ink that were to be used for that day's edition were instead used towards a greater cause - the printing of voting ballots. Trucks delivered that days’ entire supply of paper and ink to the government’s printing associate.
Role on project: Executive Creative Director
Team on project: Marie Claire Maalouf, Yasmina Boustani, Emile Tabanji, Joe Abou Khaled, Jarrad Pitts, Jithesh Narayanan, Maher Dahdouh, Estelle Khayat