Book: Utsikten berövad men vattnade ändå by Tarek Jahjah

Intervention Press launches its first intervention (IP-001), The View Deprived but Still Watered by Tarek Jahjah.

Tarek Jahjah (b. 1978, Beirut) grew up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and moved to Stockholm in 1989. With roots in streetwear, as the founder of the brand Sensitive Kids Club and his own store, he now makes his literary debut with The View Deprived but Still Watered. It can be described as an autobiography in a fragmentary diary format. The texts coexist with photographs that carry timestamps, dates, and locations as precise coordinates in an external reality. The images do not explain the texts nor mirror them. Instead, two worlds run in parallel – poetry as the inner, photography as the outer.

Intervention Press is an independent publisher in the broadest sense of the term. Its publishing begins as a personal project where the format is not predetermined. Each title is then presented as an independent work and may take the form of a book, installation, or sound-based piece. The editions are released in limited runs and are shaped through close collaboration with invited creators, characterized by an editorial and curated approach.

Title: The View Deprived but Still Watered
Text and photography: Tarek Jahjah
Design: Martin Petersson
Publisher: Intervention Press
Publication date: 2026-02-16
Format: Book / 200 pages / 170 × 240 mm
Edition: 200 copies
ISBN: 978-91-531-7517-9