features, arts, society

As a freelance writer I have written for: My journalism and research work takes in arts, death, and contemporary society.

The Other Art Fair: Freelance writer

Bristol 24/7: Arts and Culture writer

Words Without Borders researcher and writer

I have a preoccupation with death.

Death.io: death, grief and culture.

I'm currently pitching on society and politics; queerness; "world" literature and

Journalism

I have written on culture, society, arts, literature, attitudes to death, sculpture, technology and more.

Field

Words Without Borders

As researcher and writer I researched, set up and covered the literary scene in Beirut and across Lebanon for the 2017 and 2018 issue. This meant using a small amount of Arabic and French, making local connections and finding the best places to find new writers. I've also worked freelance for WWB Daily Blog, including:

An interview with graphic novelist and cartoonist Mazen Kerbaj

A roundtable conversation with Lily Meyer and Mona Kareem

A conversation with Thomas Spear on archives and French-speaking diasporas

An interview with the producers of the Another Voice poetry in translation podcast

Freelance

Medium

On the relationship between gesture and sculpture

Brexit, cultural capital and the arts

'Imagined Landscapes', memory and maps at the RWA

Qisetna (Talking Syria)

As well as commissioning and editing across the Qisetna archive, I also interview, write and support younger journalists across Europe and the Arab world to write for the platform. Including:

A series of articles and reviews around the 2021 Shubbak Festival in London

Taking a look at the ways clothing, dress and textiles tell stories across borders in an interview with The Zay Initiative

Supporting young journalists in Athens to write up each other's projects and activism, including the Migratory Birds collective

Bristol 24/7

Arts and Culture writer, as well as conducting interviews, copy-editing, proofreading and writing articles, including reviews on theatre, film and comedy including:

Review of Emma Rice's production of Wise Children at Bristol Old Vic

Review of Tom Morris's production of A Christmas Carol at Bristol Old Vic

Review of the performance art collective Shesus and the Sisters at The Tobacco Factory

The Other Art Fair

Freelance writer on visual art, emerging artists and alternative arts economies for The Other Art Fair, as well as managing the blog (later taken over by Saatchi Art).

Research Projects

DEATH.io

I "translated" a diverse amount of concepts/research/interview/fieldwork into short, accessible articles. The audience for these are overwhelmingly based in the UK, unfortunately. A few are below:

Summary of fieldwork looking into the life longevity obsession and the compulsion to "cure" death

Summary of interviews on research into robots and the changing face of healthcare

In an attempt to understand whether there is a growing concern about the relationship between harvested data during online activity, identity, ownership and death, I looked into a few areas. Generally, public opinion leaned towards not caring. This changed when approaching the subject of medical data sharing.

A short look at online marketplaces for buying and selling dead people's Facebook accounts

Summary of interviews and research into attitudes towards ageing and defining "elderly age"

Can the human brain still be useful after a person dies?

Debates about a "good death" range from medicalised perspectives to the fringes of the assisted dying movement. What kind of frameworks are in place for dying a "good death"?

How will living longer affect healthcare?

Getting to grips with whether biological immortality in other species might affect humans' understanding of our own mortality

Bringing together nascent ideas about establishing body farms in the UK and the "ecosystem" of decaying corpses

On the changing nature of hospices in the UK

A quick summary of the lucrative market for performances by dead celebrities, advert appearances and more

A quick summary of the growing spotlight on the health benefits of cultivating microbes

A look at the sensational headlines created by Near-Death Experiences and the lack of real research into the phenomenon

A casual piece collating research into the use of "AI" in creating a notional prospect for an "afterlife"

A quick look at the rise in treating terminally ill patients with psychedelic drugs

A light-hearted look at the ways the "wellness industry" could be said to mask a fear of death and dying

What can black holes teach us about death?

A clear summary of attitudes towards funeral and end of life planning around Europe