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MAT WOLF'S PORTFOLIO

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Published Writing

Most of my writing here comes from my time as a freelancer working in the Middle East. My clients included The Daily Beast, VICE and Al Jazeera. Links for the stories are embedded below.

ISIS Threatens to Burn 21 Men Alive

The Daily Beast, March 25, 2015

The so-called Islamic State wanted to ruin the Kurdish holiday of Newroz, but all it did with gruesome threats was harden Kurdish determination.

The Mad Max Gunmaker Fighting ISIS

The Daily Beast, February 18, 2015

Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers are scooping up Bakhtiar Sadradin Aziz’s Franken-guns—bits and pieces of old weapons welded together and filed down for a more stylish (and deadly) weapon. This was my first piece for The Daily Beast.

Egypt’s Graffiti Artists Make Their Mark

Al Jazeera, May 6, 2014

Cairo's graffiti scene has evolved as an arena for protest and a way for young artists to tackle social issues. Though popular during the heady days leading to the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, artists in the medium have had to adjust their expectations and where they operate in post-Mohamed Morsi era.

I Toured Cairo's Muslim Brotherhood Protest Camps Just Before the Military Crackdown

VICE, August 14, 2013

Following the removal of Mohamed Morsi from power, his supporters camped out across Cairo to protest the new Egyptian military government. One such camp was Rabaa al-Adawiya, which was demolished by security forces in August 2013.

Zaatari Stories

JO Magazine, October 2012

My JO Magazine article about daily life in Jordan's largest camp for Syrian refugees displaced by their homeland's civil war.

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