HARAMACY
Journalism in the UK is 94 per cent white and 55 per cent male, while only 0.4 per cent of journalists are Muslim and 0.2 per cent are Black. The publishing industry’s statistics are equally dire. Many publications will use British Black, Indigenous People of Colour individuals when it’s convenient; typically, when the region the writer represents is topical and newsworthy. Otherwise, their voices are left muted.
Haramacy amplifies under-represented voices. Tackling topics previously left unspoken, this anthology offers a space for writers to explore ideas that mainstream organisations overlook. Focusing on the experiences of twelve Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian writers, the essays explore visibility, invisibility, love, strength and race, painting a picture of what it means to feel fractured - both in the UK and back home. Appreciating both heritage and adopted home, the anthology highlights the various shades that make up our society.
The book features contributions by novelists, journalists, and artists including Aina J Khan, Ammar Kalia, Cyrine Sinti, Joe Zadeh, Kieran Yates, Nasri Atallah, Nouf Alhimiary, Saleem Haddad and Sanjana Varghese, as well as essays by editors Dhruva Balram, Tara Joshi and Zahed Sultan.
Forthcoming - Published by Unbound in 2020.
THE MONOCLE TRAVEL GUIDE TO BEIRUT
I contributed an essay on the role of memory (and the lack thereof) in Beirut's relationship with its past. You can listen to an audio version of that essay that I read for Monocle Radio here.
Published by Gestalten in 2018.
A LOST SUMMER
Contributed a story for this anthology published by Saqi Books to raise funds for Lebanon in the aftermath of the 2006 war.
Published by Saqi Books in 2006.
FABER ACADEMY ANTHOLOGY
An extract from my upcoming novel Subtle Beasts was published in the Faber Academy anthology, which goes out to literary agents in London and across the UK.
Published by Faber & Faber in 2018.
BEIRUT RE-COLLECTED
I was honoured to be asked to write the foreword for this Mashallah News anthology of writing on the untold stories of Beirut.
Published by Tamyras in 2014.
SHARE This Book
Contributed a story to this book published by Share Foundation, a Serbian nonprofit aiming to fight for the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights, in the areas of privacy, free speech, government transparency and efficiency, surveillance and human rights. SHARE Foundationis dedicated to protecting the rights of Internet citizens and promoting positive values of openness, decentralization, free access and exchange of knowledge, information and technology.
Published by SHARE Foundation in 2013.