Mariam Chehab finds some familiar scenes in the Sydney Film Festival screening of award-winning Chilean documentary ‘Tea Time’… Any movie that begins with intense close-ups of icing as it is spread on […]
60 years of Tea Time
A Handful of Sky
Omar J. Sakr shares with Sajjeling the original English version of his poem ‘A Handful of Sky’ that was translated into Arabic by Mohammed Al-Asaad. The Arabic version was published by Najwan […]
Re-center your Riwayya: a new space for collision
Hala Nasr and Nour Salman, who recently co-launched an online art and literary journal, Riwayya, write about the need to encourage the (un/re)learning of heritage and the dynamism of homeland through artistic expression. There is […]
Amal Awad’s new book breaks the mould
There’s a new Arab-Australian novel in stores near you and, as always, Sajjeling is ready with a review. Sydney-based writer Amal Awad is set to launch her latest book on Thursday this […]
Conquests & context: Selma
There can be no conversation about Ava DuVernay’s electric film, Selma, without referring to what is happening now around the world and particularly in the United States. Selma is a technically ambitious and charged […]
