Film: A Powerful Tool for Social Inclusion
I spent last week at a documentary-making seminar in Belgium. The land of chocolates and waffles. (Oh, and the European Parliament – but I have to...
Artistic Jihad: painting words differently
Published here in The Huffington Post on 12th April 2012 Artistic Jihad. The name cannot help but intrigue. No, it’s not an awful PR attempt to...
Administrative Detention in Israel
Written for and published by Aqsa News No charges. No trials. No rights. The Desperate Situation of Palestinian Administrative Detainees who can be...
Bursting With Ideas @TEDxObserver
This past weekend I had a fantastic Saturday spent at the TEDxObserver conference in Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. It definitely lived up to its...
Remembering Umm Kulthum: Queen of the Arabs
Bundle the Beatles, Madonna and Elvis into a cultural exchange time-travelling cabinet. Open its door in Egypt and out will step Umm Kulthum. No,...
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I spent last week at a documentary-making seminar in Belgium. The land of chocolates and waffles. (Oh, and the...
Artistic Jihad: painting words differ...
Published here in The Huffington Post on 12th April 2012 Artistic Jihad. The name cannot help but intrigue. No, it’s...
Administrative Detention in Israel
Written for and published by Aqsa News No charges. No trials. No rights. The Desperate Situation of Palestinian...
Bursting With Ideas @TEDxObserver
This past weekend I had a fantastic Saturday spent at the TEDxObserver conference in Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London....
Remembering Umm Kulthum: Queen of the Arabs
posted on: Feb 7, 2012 | author: admin
Bundle the Beatles, Madonna and Elvis into a cultural exchange time-travelling cabinet. Open its door in Egypt and out will step Umm Kulthum. No,...
The Isolated Whirlpool of Tahrir
posted on: Feb 7, 2012 | author: admin
Spending the week before Christmas in Cairo was a stark reminder that the Egyptian Revolution is far from being over. I travelled to Egypt on...
Take back the tech
posted on: Jan 15, 2012 | author: admin
In Cairo and New Dehli, smart phone apps are being used to map sexual harassment and report sexual assault. My friend was once walking down a...
Education is not a skills checklist
posted on: Jan 5, 2012 | author: admin
“Education is the sum of what students teach each other in between lectures and seminars. You sit in each other’s rooms and drink coffee –...
My snapshots of Tahrir
posted on: Dec 26, 2011 | author: admin
I spent the last week soaking up the sun and atmosphere in Cairo. Traditionally nicknamed ‘the city of a 1000 minarets’, in recent times...
Al Ghazali: 900 Years Later and Still Relevan...
posted on: Dec 25, 2011 | author: admin
First published in the Huffington Post on 19 December 2011. Exactly 900 years ago today, on Dec. 19, 1111, the world bid a sad farewell to one of its...