Creating stories around people and crops in Lebanon, to tell these histories that span across borders and periods of time. Have built an online archive, including constructed the website and created the design, for crops like wheat, citrus, olives, apples, beans, aubergine and wild plants.

I research, document, write and tell stories. Mostly on socio-political issues, including topics like development, society, migration, gender, crafts and arts & culture. Have worked in countries including Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the US, and my work has been featured in, among others, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Courrier international, Newlines, Al Jazeera, IRIN, The National (the UAE) and The Caravan (India)… Show more I research, document, write and tell stories. Mostly on socio-political issues, including topics like development, society, migration, gender, crafts and arts & culture. Have worked in countries including Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the US, and my work has been featured in, among others, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Courrier international, Newlines, Al Jazeera, IRIN, The National (the UAE) and The Caravan (India) plus many Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish outlets. Show less

Co-founder for a Beirut based initiative hosting trainings and workshops on storytelling. We do sessions on reflection and exchange around power structures in the media, civil society and academia, and invite participants to find new ways of documenting and crafting stories.

Co-founded, along with four others, the cross-regional platform Mashallah News, a journalistic attempt to diversify media in the Middle East. We have since published stories from across the region on a diverse number of topics relating to society, culture and everyday life in cities in the region. We have organised workshops and conferences, been featured in local and global media, co-organised educational projects and participated in international events. We published our first book, Beirut… Show more Co-founded, along with four others, the cross-regional platform Mashallah News, a journalistic attempt to diversify media in the Middle East. We have since published stories from across the region on a diverse number of topics relating to society, culture and everyday life in cities in the region. We have organised workshops and conferences, been featured in local and global media, co-organised educational projects and participated in international events. We published our first book, Beirut Re-Collected, an anthology with less-told stories from the Lebanese capital, in 2014. Show less