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The New Arab

Mosab Abu Toha: The witness poet narrating the genocide in Gaza (18 December 2024)

Why Palestinian director Laila Abbas wanted to tackle gender inequality in her debut feature film Thank You for Banking With Us! (17 October 2024)

Moroccan film 'Across the Sea' explores exile and Marseille’s queer community (24 May 2024)

Algeria-Palestine Solidarity: Two sides of the same struggle? (14 May 2024)

How pro-Palestine Jews are resisting Germany's 'McCarthyist' crackdown (4 December 2023)

Succession star Hiam Abbass and filmmaker daughter Lina Soualem on representing Palestine at the Oscars (6 October 2023)

Why is the UK trying to ban BDS boycott of Israel? (30 June 2023)

Oscar-winner Kaouther Ben-Hania on post-revolution Tunisian cinema (07 June 2023)

Sudanese filmmaker on navigating Cannes amid war (30 May 2023)

Tunisia: Black migrants on Kais Saied's racist remarks (12 May 2023)

Syrian filmmaker in Turkey documents earthquake devastation and trauma (3 March 2023)

Joyland filmmaker Saim Sadiq on film censorship and the trans community in Pakistan (28 February 2023)

Syria, swimming and symbolism: Sally El Hosaini on humanising refugees with Netflix's The Swimmers (18 November 2022)

Alaa Abdel Fattah 'ready for the next battle’ says sister Mona Seif ahead of full hunger strike (3 November 2022)

From Sudan to Lebanon: How artist Ali Cherri depicts ‘invisible violence’ in the Arab world (5 August 2022)

Tahar Rahim: From A Prophet to a Hollywood Star (10 June 2022)

How post-revolution Tunisian cinema has become MENA's new home of indie filmmaking (1 June 2022)

You Resemble Me: Exploring the roots of radicalisation in the Paris banlieues (22 April 2022)

The Sudan Uprising And The Critical Role Of Social Media (17 September 2019)



The Financial Times


The British Journal of Photography




Internazionale

Le calciatrici che sfidano il divieto francese di portare l’hijab (23 September 2021) [Al Jazeera English feature picked up and translated in Italian by Internazionale]



The Calvert Journal

The Calvert Journal




La Grande Afrique

La Grande Afrique




All About Jazz

All About Jazz


Exberliner Magazine

Exberliner Magazine

Underground Love (17 January 2018)

Berlin’s Analogue Photography Scene (14 December 2017

The European Oscars (8 December 2017)

Indoor Street Art – The Best And The Worst (21 November 2017)

Forbidden Topics (8 November 2017)