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JOURNAL DE LA MEDINA



ISSUE 1
URBAN COMMONS 2022
  1. What is a commons ? Or, inverting the funnel
  2. An archipelago of roundabouts
  3. Allah le tarhem elli yhot ezebla hné
  4. Le sol qui nous porte
  5. Effet de serre
  6. السما لينا والارض...لينا زادا
  7. Sacré bouteilles
  8. Les Grands idéalistes qui ne font pas la vaisselle
  9. Social acts
  10. From waste to value
  11. J’irai pas à Tunis
  12. Claiming the Kasbah
  13. A fragmented letter to the municipal council
  14. تونس مدينة الذكاء المواطني



ISSUE 0 
URBAN POLITICS 2021
  1. La ville marchable
  2. El Warcha Hydroponics
  3. Montfleury
  4. The city | An interconnected vibrant entity
  5. Mausolée Sidi Amor
  6. Habitat insalubre en centre ancien
  7. D’une culture « pour tous » à une culture « avec tous »
  8. Clearance in Al-Kherba
  9. Tunis Dystopias
  10. Skate urbanism | Thoughts on the Tunisian skate scene
  11. Temps-danse Médina
  12. سكان تونس العاصمة . . . بين الهوية و التنمية
  13. La Médina | une émotion sonore
  14. Corps Flottants
  15. Drifting Realities | How urban planning policies affect Tunisia’s democratic transition
  16. Rouler sur les préjugés
  17. L’aménagement urbain participatif | Illusion ou réalité ?
  18. Arrêter Tunis
  19. Ville Rêvée
Mark



Journal de la Medina

جريدة المدينة



Founded in 2015, JDLM is an urban collective and trilingual publishing project that explores the different layers between urban space and social body in the city of Tunis. JDLM's publications and activities aim to amplify diverse personal and collective experiences of a shared urban environment through practices such as creative writing, experimental translation, illustration and typography.

Our city is not built for the youth, the elderly, the poor, the students, the handicapped, or the visually impaired. Contemporary Tunis is not built for the human being. This fuels perceptions of marginalization, government resentment and a lacking sense of collective ownership of public space. At times it encapsulates an industry-fueled human resource factory, a place designed in such a way that minimizes people's feeling of freedom and community in favor of profit, where scenes of hustle and bustle overpower slower moments.

JDLM can be considered an urban commons, a triangle braided together by a group of people ranging from writers to skaters, who come together to dream, discuss, wander and create in their shared urban environment. This platform is a converging point of collective wonder and impressions which radiate out of our footsteps when we become entangled in the city's many rhythms.

Journal de la Medina is the manifestation of our collective dream of a more inclusive, connecting and caring urban environment.



Inverting the Funnel

One of the most important ways to strengthen shared purpose and values is by ritualizing togetherness - meeting regularly, sharing deeply, cooking together, celebrating successes, candidly assessing failures.This is essential to building a culture of commoning and a shared identity (From Free, fair, and alive, 2019.)



Open Source Fonts

During spring 2022, a member of JDLM’s artistic team, organized a experimental workshop on the interplay of urban forms and typography. The font {Typetoe} was created by artist Ghad Al Majid and can be downloaded for free here. 
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