Interviews

Arabs in the UK series: British-Palestinian filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky has always struggled against creative pigeonholing. Choosing to interrogate perennial themes involving perseverance, Farouky's films will no doubt stand the test of time.

The New Arab Meets: Prominent Afghan journalist Najiba Ayubi about being a female journalist in Afghanistan, her current predicament as a refugee, and how the return of the Taliban threatens the profession of female journalists in Afghanistan.

Kuwait-born musician Fatimi Al Qadari has extended the parameters of electronic music by drawing inspiration from the tradition of Islamic folklore. With her new album Medieval Femme out now, we sat down with her to discuss her latest project.

The New Arab Meets: Bayan Abusalameh to talk more about inventing a new kind of miniature satellite and the implications it could have to tackle issues like those posed by climate change in the Middle East.

The New Arab Meets: Algerian artist, Youcef Hadjazi, whose exhibition and workshop Trauma Then, Trauma Now attempts to grapple with the pain the people and country continue to face.

The New Arab Meets: Australian-Egyptian musician and artist, Mariam Sawires. In anticipation of her EP release, Mariam talks about the pressures of Australia's draconian lockdown, and how it has both shifted and impacted her creative processes.

The New Arab Meets: Exiled Syrian rapper, Amir Al-Muarri, to talk war trauma, censorship and musical political resistance following his latest record release.

The New Arab Meets: Nidal Nijm, a Palestinian-Brazilian video game designer who has developed a Palestinian-orientated game with a resistance fighter seeking to gain justice for himself after being tortured by Israeli authorities.

The New Arab Meets: Youssef Shazli and Alia Ayman, co-founders of Cairo-based Zawya, to talk more about their latest programme for BFI's new season.

The New Arab Meets: Esteemed Egyptian film director, Ayten Amin. After the resounding success of her latest film Souad, Amin speaks to The New Arab about her creative process, themes present in her work, and challenges faced by Arab film directors.