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 […]
The real housewives of the Arab world
Minority within an Arab minority
Growing up in Australia’s Arab community was, to put it simply, weird. I thought that I had committed blasphemy when I first told my Lebanese classmates that tabouli and manoush did not […]
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 […]
In Iraq, winter is here
A fast chain of events is unfolding in Iraq, complete with fierce battles, questionable characters and panicked diplomacy. This story is much more than politics, history or religion, and yet it can […]
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 […]
