Ever wondered how the privileged, powerful,wealthy Arabs live? Well, it looks something like this: grand mansions with carefully manicured gardens overlooking glimmering blue seas, interiors more intricately designed than some mosques, respect […]
Shahram Mokri speaks about the circularity of time
Fay Al-Janabi goes behind-the-scenes at the Sydney Film Festival and talks to filmmaker Shahram Mokri about his slasher film, Fish & Cat. A pregnant woman in a headscarf is standing on the outskirts of a forest […]
Desiree Akhavan deviates from the norm
Shahd Al-Janabi goes behind-the-scenes at the Sydney Film Festival and talks to filmmaker Desiree Akhavan about her feature film, Appropriate Behaviour. If a push-and-pull of cultures could be exasperated by a push-and-pull of sexuality […]
Omar: A West Bank love story
There is nothing normal in Palestine. And there is nothing normal about the lives of people in Palestine. Normality is only a dream, a hope, and a fantasy. This Palestinian reality is painfully […]
#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 […]