PinnedPublished inBabelStorytelling is a Continuum of MemoryBetween Bedouins and nomads, I found the story-teller must first story-live.6d agoA response icon246d agoA response icon24
PinnedPublished inBabelThe Vulnerability of StorytellingWe begin with a story to share. We end up with nothing to hide behind.Jun 21A response icon71Jun 21A response icon71
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 icon11Apr 10A response icon11
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 inInside Xische & Co.On 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 icon1Mar 13A response icon1
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
