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ARAB STORIES THAT SPEAK TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE: ARAB FILM CLUB PODCAST

FINANCIAL TIMES

 

Previous work

ALTERED FATES PODCAST TAKES ON LIGHTBULB MOMENTS

THE NEW ARAB

REFUGEE WEEK CELEBRATES CREATIVITY OF FILMMAKERS

THE NEW ARAB

BRANDING A CITY: WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL DESIGN?

IT’S NICE THAT

MUSLIM COUTURE: BIG LABELS MISS THE MARK ON MODEST FASHION

MIDDLE EAST EYE

BBC Documentary validates palestinians’ voices

THE NEW ARAB

CROSSING THE LINE: SHOULD CAMPING OUT FOR GIGS CONTINUE?

THE GUARDIAN

Finding my iraq, 31 years after I left

THE NEW ARAB

SURVEYING THE ANIMATION BOOM

IT’S NICE THAT

CHRISTMAS DINNER IN BETHLEHEM: PALESTINIAN FLAVOURS

MIDDLE EAST EYE

Celebrating the legacy of tokyo 1964 olympics design

IT’S NICE THAT

My germaphobia has never felt so ‘normal’

HUFFPOST UK

where two worlds meet: Tamino performs in cairo for first time

MIDDLE EAST EYE

I quit my boring job for university at 30

THE GUARDIAN

coronavirus reminds us POC are always stigmatised as unclean

GAL-DEM

 

FT articles

COMEDIAN JENAN YOUNIS ON DEFYING EXPECTATIONS

2023

LISTE ART FAIR DRIVES TOWARDS DIGITAL

2022

ARLO PARKS: ‘I NEED BRAIN FOOD’

2022

CECILIA BENGOLEA BRINGS JAMAICAN DANCEHALL TO ART BASEL

2021

OYINKANSOLA DADA’s GALLERY FOR YOUNG AFRICAN ARTIST

2021

London Grammar AIM TO PUMP UP THE JOY AT ALL POINTS EAST

2021

ARLO PARKS – A PICTURE OF COOL AT VILLAGE UNDERGROUND

2021

Charles ede - 50 years in antiques

2021

Art basel OVR: Newcomers widen the global range

2021

REVIEW: A BOOKSHOP IN ALGIERS

2021

TV’s new muslim female punks

2021

TAMINO brings his mellow grooves to the scala

2019

Saudi artist manal aldowayan: ‘My presence is a challenge’

2019

Food articles – Munchies/Vice

The country she knew was gone, so she recaptured it with food

2021

Inside the roti-making operation at ‘muslim glastonbury’

2019

A Love Letter to Dolma, a Middle Eastern parcel of joy

2019

A Sugar Saturated Guide to MIDDLE EASTERN sweets

2018

THIS Vegan Caribbean Cookbook is Grandma-Approved

2018

WELCOME TO The World’s Least Likely Palestinian Restaurant

2018

Yasmin Khan’s New Palestinian Cookbook

2018

All the Best Ways to Break Your Ramadan Fast

2018

 

Misc

Why should english be the first language of londoners?

LONDONIST.COM

The writing on the wall: Is commercialism killing street art?

ARTEFACT MAGAZINE

the new aladdin film is just as orientalist as the LAST

GAL-DEM

Things you only know if you’re an imam

TIME OUT LONDON

Taylor Wessing Portraits Show There's Power in Striving to Survive at Sea

MEDIUM

All white on the peckham front: tearing up the community

MEDIUM / OPPOSE MAGAZINE

Post-Brexit Britishness

UAL POSTGRADUATE COMMUNITY BLOG

 

UAL collaborations

PODCASTS FOR CREATIVES

UAL: INSIGHTS

For UAL’s ‘Insights’ website, aimed at prospective students, I produced a series of tutorial articles about podcasts (see Video/Audio section).

JOURNALISM ALUMNI

UAL: INSIGHTS

I interviewed BA and MA journalism alumni about their creative journalistic work, during and beyond their studies

LIMINALITY MAGAZINE

UAL / LCC

Interviewed students involved in LCC’s Refugee Journalism Project for an article – the initiative supports refugee and migrant journalists to re-start their careers in the UK.

 

JLP Gazette magazine

The big new show: Aladdin dazzles at the West End

JLP GAZETTE MAGAZINE

A Big Draw: interview with illustrator Paul Thurlby

JLP GAZETTE MAGAZINE

is social media impacting on young people’s mental health?

JLP GAZETTE MAGAZINE

Meet the design duo behind Jl’s new furniture collection

JLP GAZETTE MAGAZINE

Fashion makers: meet the teams running Jl’s fashion brands

JLP GAZETTE MAGAZINE

Sales generator: guarantees to draw in customers

JLP GAZETTE MAGAZINE