MONGABAY (20/9/2022) Sitting cross-legged in the summer sun, Fatima collects seedpods from fava beans in Terbol, a quiet village surrounded by cypress
I write about social and environmental issues across the Mediterranean, mostly between Portugal and the Levant. I am drawn to stories that highlight hope, beauty, and joy in the most unlikely places. My work focuses on resilience, courage, and kindness in contexts of violence, oppression and environmental degradation; on the ways people respond to adversity with creativity and resourcefulness, and on how oppressed and marginalised groups express defiance and resistance. I’m interested in telling stories that foster solidarity, engagement and accountability.
MIDDLE EAST EYE (3/7/2022) Before he fled Sudan, Ahmed was an award-winning runner. Now, as an undocumented asylum seeker in Jordan, he mostly runs
THE NEW HUMANITARIAN (14/6/2022) Adam Jawad escaped Iraq with his family following the US-led invasion in 2003, living in Syria until war
DEUTSCHE WELLE (1/6/2022) Women in the Levant have long used needlework to depict the region’s history, its landscapes, customs and traditions. Intricately
WASHINGTON POST (22/4/2022) Sitting beneath the branches of an ancient oak on a windswept hill in Jordan’s highlands during the first week
MIDDLE EAST EYE (19/3/2022) Concerns are growing across the Middle East that the war in Ukraine will cut off international shipments of wheat, spurring
MONGABAY (14/2/2022) Dozens of tiny, dazzlingly colorful fish swim around a maze of layer upon layer of corals. When divers approach, they
AL JAZEERA (7/2/2022) Carrying sickles, a group of Jordanians gather to harvest a wheat field that spreads around Amman’s City Mall. Logos
SETENTA E QUATRO (28/1/2022) “Hoje acordámos com o ódio escrito nas nossas janelas.” Foi assim que os donos de uma mercearia árabe