PinnedPublished inBabelStorytelling is a Continuum of MemoryBetween Bedouins and nomads, I found the story-teller must first story-live.Jul 6A response icon29Jul 6A response icon29
PinnedPublished inBabelThe Vulnerability of StorytellingWe begin with a story to share. We end up with nothing to hide behind.Jun 21A response icon73Jun 21A response icon73
PinnedPublished inBabel21 Things I Learnt Living with Bedouins for 100 DaysI spent a hundred days in a desert village near Dubai, while filming Bedouins of the Wind.Apr 10A response icon12Apr 10A response icon12
Published inBabelThe Language That Became a HomelandBefore borders, or the word “Arabia” — one thing carried identity across deserts for millennia.Jun 10A response icon13Jun 10A response icon13
Published inThe PubOn Silence and BelongingI was supposed to talk about my career, adventures, maybe even camels.Jun 1Jun 1
Published inBabelHow My Accidental Film Turned Into a Book on 100 Years of MemoryBooks read like films. Films feel like poetry. My first book wanted to do both.May 25A response icon1May 25A response icon1
Published inBabelFootprints of Bedouins — Culture in Modern DubaiMaking the film showed me a culture that felt timeless — until you realize that the world it represents is being reshaped every day.Mar 13A response icon2Mar 13A response icon2
Published inBabelBedouins of the Wind — finding the tone for Dubai’s underground filmAs a first-time film-maker, I didn’t quite start with a plan, but a delusional vision of what I wished I could make.Feb 5Feb 5
Published inBabelLast of the Bedouins — Why I Made a Film on Dubai’s Desert CultureTwo months into conceiving, scripting, shooting, editing and publishing a teaser of my documentary, I wondered how I even got this far…Oct 22, 2024A response icon1Oct 22, 2024A response icon1
Published inInside Xische & Co.Economies Shaped by Design ThinkingAs the world enters the next chapter of the Covid-19 pandemic, local and global economies have the opportunity to push re-start on…Sep 15, 2023Sep 15, 2023
