Issue 003 · Sold out

ZELZAL 003 — Formation

  • 2026 · 200 numbered copies, landscape format
  • Design by Soraya Mobasheri, adapted by Mona Mostafa
  • Launched 10 October 2026 at Gooder, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, with a skate contest
  • Sold out in 24 hours
  • Cover price 120 AED / 30 EUR / 30 USD

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Manifesto · Formation

Formation is not the lineup. It is everything that happened before the names were read.

We trained where no one was watching. Parking lots. Rooftops. Courtyards. A wall for a goalkeeper. A railing for a coach. Two stones for a stadium.

The body remembers what the archives ignored.

If no league would have us, we became the league.

In Arabic, tashkīl is the team sheet. It is also the marks that give letters their sound. Formation is how a team takes shape. And how a language learns to speak. We claim both.

Nobody here was discovered. Everybody here repeated themselves until they could not be ignored.

First the fault line. Then the crossing. Now the formation. This is ZELZAL. What the earthquake built.

Stories in 003 (16)

  1. GLIDE, Casablanca — Glide in ZELZAL 003

    Glide

    Adem Boutlidja

    Casablanca, Morocco

  2. ARMOR: woman in an open motocross helmet — Armor in ZELZAL 003

    Armor

    Yassine Taha

    Dubai

  3. CYPHER: b-boy mid-move by tall grass, black and white — Cypher in ZELZAL 003

    Cypher

    Idriss Nassangar

    Sens, France

  4. DAY ONES: Sonder Collective women laughing together — Day Ones in ZELZAL 003

    Day Ones

    India Bharadwaj

    England

  5. BETWEEN FLOORS: dancer lying on concrete, arms overhead — Between Floors in ZELZAL 003

    Between Floors

    Inès Chablé

    Paris

  6. TERRACES: ultras in the stands under smoke and floodlight — Terraces in ZELZAL 003

    Terraces

    Irfane Kahan

    Marseille

  7. HOME TEAM: woman holding a pink veil overhead at night — Home Team in ZELZAL 003

    Home Team

    Kemisse

    Hyères

  8. SLOW DAWN: Phoenix Dance Group elders with red fans — Slow Dawn in ZELZAL 003

    Slow Dawn

    Lian Benoit

    Chinatown, New York

  9. STREET LEAGUE: two young women in football shirts on the pitch — Street League in ZELZAL 003

    Street League

    Nadir Layachi

    East Paris

  10. OPEN PLAY: runner in hijab smiling, black and white — Open Play in ZELZAL 003

    Open Play

    Oumayma Ben Tanfous

    Paris

  11. AXIS: woman in a pink top and plaid skirt crouched in a lift — Axis in ZELZAL 003

    Axis

    Yassine Taha, Dry Visuals

    Dubai

  12. CONCRETE: skater dropping into an amber-lit bowl — Concrete in ZELZAL 003

    Concrete

    Maysam Faraj

    Dubai

  13. THE CHARGE: rider in a stable doorway with a horse — The Charge in ZELZAL 003

    The Charge

    Yassine Taha (Photography), Agata Pilip (Creative producer)

    Abu Dhabi

    In collaboration with @shababintl · styling @sheikha.saffran

  14. BODIES IN MOTION: painting of a blue anatomical figure on yellow — Bodies in Motion in ZELZAL 003

    Bodies in Motion

    Ines Boubakri Haddad (Painting)

  15. BEFORE THE BELL: young Muay Thai fighter in the gym — Before the Bell in ZELZAL 003

    Before the Bell

    Amin Idris

    Pinsinchai gym, Thailand

  16. PUBLIC PROPERTY: two forearms locked in a grip, black and white — Public Property in ZELZAL 003

    Public Property

    Chu Ho Louvrier

    Thailand

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