Maya Ibrahim Writes of Loyalty in Her First Book 'From Ink of Loyalty'

From journalism to writing, Lebanese media personality and journalist Maya Ibrahim embarks on a new endeavor with the release of her first book, “From the Ink of Loyalty,” a digital work in which she chooses writing as a space to preserve what deserves to endure: the human being, the word, and the impact. Ibrahim approaches the book from a multifaceted professional experience, during which she wrote for several of the most prominent Arab and international newspapers, magazines, and websites, in both Arabic and French, alongside regular journalistic columns covering art, culture, media, and human issues. Her writings also dedicated a significant portion of her journalistic project to profiles and artistic experiences. Her experience extends to radio work in the United States and Australia, as well as to the field of public relations in broadcasting. However, “From the Ink of Loyalty” does not offer an autobiography, nor does it belong to the traditional genre of reflective essays. As its title suggests, it is an attempt to write from a position of loyalty; to the people who have passed, to the experiences that left a mark, and to the names that Ibrahim does not want time to reduce to fleeting memories in the corridors of memory. In the book’s pages, journalism steps back from the news to draw closer to the human. Here, names are not merely subjects for writing, but experiences worth reading from another perspective and reclaiming away from worn-out language and ready-made templates. From this standpoint, writing for Ibrahim is as much an act of acknowledgment as it is an act of documentation. The book’s title is not just a label; it encapsulates its philosophy. There are words that ink alone cannot capture, because they carry something deeper than formulation: love, gratitude, and memory. Thus, the pages of “From the Ink of Loyalty” open onto faces and experiences from the worlds of art, media, and culture, in an attempt to grant the word what time cannot provide: another chance to endure. The digital release marks Maya Ibrahim’s first step into the world of books, following years of journalistic and media writing, adding a more personal space for expression to her experience, without straying from her core preoccupation: that the word, before being a text, should be an impact.