Selected Works.
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How Escalating Violence Is Upending Lives in the West Bank
Video / NYT (2025)
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli military raids in the West Bank have increased, often leaving Palestinians with limited access to medical care and caught in the violence.
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The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI
Feature Documentary / ShowTime (2024)
Centered on Denis Cuspert (aka Deso Dogg) and his journey from infamous German rapper to ISIS recruiter, this film explores propaganda, recruitment, and the soft power of entertainment culture, woven with an affair between Cuspert and the FBI translator assigned to investigate him.
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Inside a Syrian Prison: A Producer’s Unexpected Personal Discovery
Short Documentary / WSJ (2024)
Following Bashar al-Assad’s swift downfall in December 2024, WSJ travels to an abandoned prison in Damascus while families across Syria desperately search for missing relatives, and in the process makes a grim discovery.
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Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition
Video / NYT (2024)
In 2014, Sawsan Abou Zainedin left Syria during a civil war, while Bashar al-Assad was in power. Now, with rebel militants in control, Ms. Abou Zainedin is working on the country’s delicate political transformation.
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On the Front Lines of Sudan’s Forgotten War
Short Documentary / WSJ (2024)
After more than a year of civil war in Sudan, as many as 150,000 people have been killed and millions have been forced from their homes. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon gets a rare inside look at the ongoing conflict.
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The Gaza Man
Short Documentary / Al Jazeera (2024)
For the Hamada brothers, competing on the weightlifting world stage is not about fame or glory; it's about carrying a message of representation. They want the world to stop and recognize Palestinians, to listen to their anthem, and know they exist and will never give up.
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My Name is Najwa and I Survived a Year of Israel's Genocide in Gaza
Short Documentary / Al Jazeera (2024)
Ten-year-old Najwa has survived a year of war and displacement. Al Jazeera first me her as she was sheltering in a tent in Rafah, after Israel’s assault on Gaza forced her family to flee their home in Khan Younis. Now, six months on, she’s returned to find her city in ruins.
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Photo Session Valentine's Edition: Rayan and Samih
Podcast Episode / NPR (2024)
When journalist Anna Lekas Miller faced a hard decision about her relationship, she realized to what extent borders, passports and immigration rules affect people’s lives and love stories. This is the story of a young Palestinian couple who faced all odds and got married in the Sabra and Shatila camp in Lebanon.
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What Happened in One of Israel's Deadliest Attacks in Gaza
Visual Investigation/ NYT (2023)
On October 31, Israel executed one of its deadliest strikes on a dense neighborhood in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza. Israel said its main target was Hamas Commander, Ibrahim Biari, which the IDF claimed to have died in the strike. An estimated 400 civilians were killed in the attack.
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Thousands of Sudanese flee West Darfur to Chad
Short Documentary / Channel 4 News (2023)
The attacks by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces or RSF and allied Arab militias on the Masalit people in Sudan have been described as an ‘ominous reminder’ of the genocidal violence seen in West Darfur twenty years ago. Fleeing for their lives, thousands have made the perilous journey across the border to the town of Adré in Chad.
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Lebanon: The Families Trying to Escape as Country Falls into Chaos
Short Documentary/ Channel 4 (2023)
Lebanon’s descent into economic and political chaos – both symbolised and exacerbated by the 2020 Beirut explosion – has forced much of its population into the hardest of decisions: whether to stay and hope things will improve, or risk life and limb seeking a better future abroad.
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My Life as a Palestinian Fighter
Short Documentary/ Al Jazeera (2023)
The Jenin Battalion is a new Palestinian armed group that’s formed to fight back against Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank. Fighter Abu Aseel takes us through Jenin and shows us how the brigade is training and preparing to defend the city for the next time the Israeli army enters.
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When a Search Crosses the Line
Interactive Webpage / NYT (2021)
The women in these videos, speaking publicly for the first time, described sexual violations that they said were committed in police stations, prisons and hospitals by Egyptian authorities.