Amin Dora’s Lebanese film Ghadi (2013) steers away from the themes we have come to expect in Arab cinema. Full of clever, side-splitting commentary about religious gullibility and poor community attitudes towards people with […]
Jennine Abdul Khalik
Jennine is a Palestinian-Australian journalist based in Sydney. She loves travel, language, loud music, politics, design, most things Arabic, and films with subtitles. Jennine is the co-founder and co-editor of Sajjeling. Follow her for updates on Twitter @jennineak.
Cartel Land: documenting a war against the people
Jennine Abdul Khalik reviews the chilling documentary ‘Cartel Land‘, which screened earlier this week at the Sydney Film Festival… With footage to rival an action movie and, at moments, a horror movie, the […]
Knafeh Bakery pop-up brings Jerusalem to the streets of Sydney
When I first stumbled across photos of Knafeh Bakery on Instagram, I double-tapped in a frenzy. Knafeh served from a shipping container? Yes, please. A pop-up bakery inspired by the streets of […]
#Three Jerks and the Sydney gang rapes: A Leb, a Wog, and a Bogan walk onstage…
A Leb, a Wog and a Bogan transport audiences back to when the Sydney gang rapes took place in the year 2000. In a performance-reading piece titled #Three Jerks, the lived experiences and […]
An Old City shop and the stones of Jerusalem: An interview with Rami Meo
“Return unifies us.” In a small meeting room somewhere in Sydney’s Inner West, Palestinian-Australians, and Australians in solidarity, gather to reaffirm a single right: the inalienable, non-negotiable Right of Return for all […]