THE NATIONAL (19/5/2023) Draped with snow, the ancient cedars on the mountain slopes of northern Lebanon spread their evergreen branches like arms welcoming visitors.
I have written about a wide range of subjects, including birdwatchers, political prisoners, black flowers blooming in the desert and communities resisting mining projects.
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.
EURONEWS (17/4/2023) Muzaraq “Abu Salman” Arash remembers a time when fish swam in Gaza’s wetlands and thousands of migrating birds soared above
THE DAILY BEAST (7/4/2023) The skies of Gaza fill with shifting shapes on an early spring morning. At first they are barely
OUTRIDER (3/4/2023) By the dry riverbeds of northeast Jordan, Jehad Al-Masied sat down and remembered a time when water would flow. “When
EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL (March 2023) Autumn in Doñana National Park was once a spectacle of abundance. First the rains would arrive. Then,
BBC (9/1/2023) “Welcome to Jordan!” a group of kids shouted excitedly, as I stepped out of the car to admire the sun
FOREIGN POLICY (13/11/2022) As she looked out the window of her bare, dimly lit living room in October, Mervat Hamda counted the
DISCOVER MAGAZINE (2/11/2022) About 100 millions years ago, dinosaurs roamed through the coast of the ancient Tethys ocean that covered most of
EQUAL TIMES (5/12/2022) On a breathless summer morning in El Rocío, a village bordering Spain’s Doñana National Park, Juan Romero points to