ChallengePACE was a £12 million, UK Government-funded programme tackling the worst forms of child labour across the Central African Republic, DRC and Ethiopia – a six-partner consortium spanning charities, media development, academia and… Continue reading
Disasters hit hardest in the world’s most fragile states, yet international disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy and funding were consistently failing to account for conflict. This flagship research programme from ODI set out… Continue reading
ChallengeAs part of a wider organisational rebrand at ODI, the thinktank’s Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) needed a new visual identity that felt fresh and aligned with ODI’s new look, without losing the distinct… Continue reading
I recently did some freelance writing for Woman’s Weekly, where I used to be senior writer. Click here to read my real life feature on adult anorexia.
Click here to read my feature for the Guardian, Dubai goes to the dogs: city’s expat culture leads to surge in abandoned pets. Photographs also by me.
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
Increasing violence in the Middle East is making the UAE’s position as a sanctuary of relative peace and stability all the more crucial. I investigated what the UAE means to young Arabs, and how… Continue reading
This was a regular feature I’d write every week for Stylist Arabia – a kind of ‘day in the life’ of women with interesting jobs. I found this organic farmer, who toils under… Continue reading
In which I eat my way round the south of Sri Lanka
My news story on Egyptian artist Huda Lutfi for Stylist Arabia
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
My travel story about a surprisingly pleasant, art-filled weekend in Qatar
Click here to read my latest column for Stylist Arabia
How women in the Middle East are using online mapping tools to fight back against sexual harassment
Click here to read my interview with the winner of the 2016 Montegrappa Writing Prize
Click here to read my column on female film characters
Click here to read my column for The Books Issue of Stylist Arabia
Click here to read my interview with jewellery designer Monica Vinader
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
Click here to read my interview with the founder of Dubai’s literary festival, the largest in the Middle East
Click here to read my feature for Stylist Arabia on two women who took part in the boxing documentary White Collar DXB
Click here to read my regular column for Stylist Arabia, this time on the joy of looking after animals
My interview with Narges Rashidi, breakout star of indie Iranian film Under The Shadow
My interview with the two women authors who were nominated for the notoriously male-dominated International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2016
Click here to read my regular column for Stylist Arabia, this time on race on stage and screen
Click here to read my interview with Lebanese jewellery designer Gaelle Khouri
Click here to read my feature for Stylist Arabia on Palestinian photographer Rula Halawani
Click here to read my regular column for Stylist Arabia, this time on going home for Christmas
Click here to read my feature on camping in the Gulf
Click here to read my news story for Stylist Arabia on an all-women plane stunt team
Living for decades in exile from her home country of Libya, food became a crucial way of maintaining her cultural identity for Sherine Ben Halim Jafar. I interviewed her about her life story… Continue reading
A gorgeous feature to research and write, all about the neurological links between perfume and memory
I’ve struggled with Seasonal Affective Disorder for pretty much my whole life (hence moving to Dubai!). I wrote about it for Grazia – click here to read the feature online
I went to Austria’s Vivamayr Altaussee clinic to try ‘the world’s toughest detox’ – and lived to tell the (kinda hilarious) tale
My investigation into the UAE’s alarming prevalence of body image disorders
Every year, Women’s Health Middle East publishes a beauty bonus issue with a gorgeous flip cover. This year, I edited our accompanying annual Beauty Hot List of must-have products. Click here to read.
Click here to read my Women’s Health Middle East travel feature on the Maldives
You might not expect the insanely hot and arid UAE to have any organic farming, but it’s a burgeoning industry. I spoke to some of the people leading the charge
In May 2015, I spoke on a panel discussion about body image, as part of a health and wellness event hosted by fitness fashion brand, Hautletic, in collaboration with Women’s Health Middle East. This… Continue reading
Click here to read my Women’s Health Middle East feature on the “Peter Pan generation”
Click here to read my Buzzfeed listicle, 24 Things You Learn To Love When You Move To Dubai
A newsy feature on where we’re at with the development of mass-market in vitro meat (and why it could be good news for our health and the environment)
I investigate the Gulf’s ‘anger epidemic’ (it’s a thing!)
Click here to read my feature for the Women’s Health Middle East Fashion Special
A trip to Thailand’s oft-overlooked northern region
Click here to read my Women’s Health Middle East feature on the woman who broke the world record for number of burpees completed
Another viral post on being a woman who lifts (this one at 1.9 million views and counting!). Click here to read 21 Secrets Girls Who Lift Won’t Tell You on Buzzfeed
This was a fun feature! I lived for a month according to a ‘hormone horoscope’, to see whether our cycle really impacts our everyday behaviour
Click here to read my feature on marathon training for Women’s Health Middle East
