Street art, Tahrir Square and a lingering sense of pride in Egypt’s chaotic capital. Continue reading »
How the unexpected taste of a sweet lemon opened my eyes to the richness and opportunities of London life. Continue reading »
“Some people say we’ve got to find a British identity. Where? Which one is it? …the British identity is like the British weather.”
Benjamin Zephaniah, poet Continue reading »
Paris, city of dreams. And of memories. I wander through the familiar streets I once called my own, overcome by the nostalgia of lost moments. I had forgotten how beautiful this city is – it’s air of mystery, of something ephemeral and eternal hidden just out of reach Continue reading »
This is an extract of a review I wrote for The Arab Review. Write down:Arab. a name with no friendly diminutive. a patient man, in a country brimming with anger. My roots have gripped this soil since time began, before the opening of the ages before the cypress and the olive, before the grasses flourished… … Continue reading »
An interview on the role of social media in the Syrian protests. Continue reading »
I have been mulling over the notion of creating my own online magazine covering arts and culture in the Arab world for the best part of a year now – and last night I decided enough was enough and finally created the website that will hopefully go on to become the manifestation of my dream… … Continue reading »
A new production of the Death of Klinghoffer does not go far enough. Continue reading »
Early morning in the Jordanian desert. Golden rays of sunlight seep silently through the cloudless sky: a stream of light trickling into the barren landscape transforming the blue-grey hue of dawn into a spectrum of red, orange and brown Continue reading »
The uprisings in Egypt and across the Arab world have done more than undermine the authority of geriatric dictatorships in the Middle East; they have called into question the founding principles of western diplomacy and the prevailing counter-Enlightenment ideology of cultural relativism. Continue reading »
In a dance studio above Barons’ Court Tube Station, as the trains rumble below sending vibrations through the wooden floors and rattling the thin window-panes, a group of ten or so individuals clothed in white gowns are spinning and turning across the dance floor… Continue reading »
While Spain’s indignados have made international headlines, there’s a quieter series of revolutions taking place in Italy. Continue reading »
A deeply unsatisfying and unquestioning exhibition at Somerset House exposes some of the innate hypocrisies in the journalistic trade. Continue reading »
