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A pandemic, in population data.
Bilingual policy report design for the Doha International Family Institute (DIFI) and the League of Arab States.
A bilingual policy report for DIFI and the League of Arab States — how COVID-19 reshaped fertility, mortality, and migration across the Arab world, and what it means for families over the coming decade.
· Overview
The brief
The study was produced jointly with the League of Arab States and explores how the pandemic reshaped demographic patterns — fertility, mortality, migration — and their long-term implications for families across the region.
Because the study's primary audience sits in ministerial offices across twenty-two Arab League member states, Arabic had to be the first-class edition. We typeset the Arabic first, then matched the English layout to its rhythm.
Scope on this report extended beyond design — Freezil also proof-read the full bilingual manuscript before final print.
22
Arab League states
3
Demographic domains
2
Languages · AR + EN
1
Policy instrument
· Approach
How we worked
01 — Arabic-first editorial
Layout designed against the Arabic script first. English set to follow, not lead.
02 — Illustrated cover
A commissioned editorial illustration of a masked crowd — individuals, not statistics — to humanise the demographic lens.
03 — Chart system
Fertility, mortality, and migration each get a dedicated chart style so readers can pattern-match across chapters.
04 — Distribution-ready
Print master for the LAS secretariat, digital edition for DIFI.org, and pull-quote assets for ministry comms.
05 — Editorial proof-read
A multi-institution bilingual policy report raises the editorial stakes. We proof-read the full manuscript — every figure caption, every source line, every demographic statistic — with special attention to consistency between the Arabic and English editions.
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