Category Archive: ARTS

BUZZFEED | THESE TWO WOMEN ARE TRYING TO FINALLY GIVE ARABS SOME DECENT EMOJIS

Click here to read my article for Buzzfeed on the Dubai-originated Halla Walla emoji app, These Two Women Are Trying To Finally Give Arabs Some Decent Emojis

STYLIST ARABIA | GO ON A CULINARY ADVENTURE IN SRI LANKA

In which I eat my way round the south of Sri Lanka

STYLIST ARABIA | NEW SHOW BRINGS SURREAL CAIRO TO DUBAI

My news story on Egyptian artist Huda Lutfi for Stylist Arabia

STYLIST ARABIA | “GO BEYOND SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD”

It was an absolute joy to interview Dubai-based photographer Ekta Saran for this feature. ‘Chasing Bur Dubai’, her photo and video project documenting the hidden lives of one of Dubai’s oldest neighbourhoods, captures… Continue reading

STYLIST ARABIA | GET YOUR CULTURE FIX IN DOHA

My travel story about a surprisingly pleasant, art-filled weekend in Qatar

STYLIST ARABIA | QUIET ROAR

Dubai is probably the last place you’d expect to find an underground slam poetry scene, but I spoke to two women making it happen

STYLIST ARABIA | IRAN’S FESTIVAL DARLING

My interview with Narges Rashidi, breakout star of indie Iranian film Under The Shadow

STYLIST ARABIA | PRIZE FIGHTERS

My interview with the two women authors who were nominated for the notoriously male-dominated International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2016

WOMEN’S HEALTH MIDDLE EAST | NORTHERN SOUL

A trip to Thailand’s oft-overlooked northern region