writing
Selected writing: 2021 - present
Human rights and activism
- The Untold Story of Afghanistan's Medical Warriors for Service95.
- South Korea's Feminist 4B Movement for Service95.
- Kneecap at Rock en Seine review for The New World magazine.
- The Devastating Effects of the War in Sudan for Service95.
- State Feminism and Arab Women for Service95.
- Sonita Alizadeh interview for Service95.
- Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation in the UAE for The New Internationalist magazine.
- Embroidered Tales: The Women Voicing Resistance Through Craftivism for Service95.
- The Ongoing Fight For Inclusivity in Esports for Service95.
- The Rise of Literary Censorship for Service95.
- Ukrainian Artists Find Haven in Scotland for The National newspaper.
- The Love Jihad Conspiracy Theory for Service95.
- Moving Images: The Human Rights Watch Film Festivals for Lay It Out magazine.
- Soheila Sokhanvari & Women's Rights in Iran for Service95.
- Drawing as Disruption: twentieth-century artists who used drawing as a protest for Art UK
Art
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- Wright of Derby exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- London Art+Climate Week interview for Broadsheet London.
- Secret Maps / British Library group exhibition review for the Trebuscet magazine.
- Art Nouveau in the UK for Art UK.
- Jane and Louise Wilson interview for The New World magazine.
- Edward Burra and Ithell Colquhoun solo exhibitions review for the New York Observer.
- Connecting Thin Black Lines exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Abstract Erotic exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Living In Squares and Loving In Triangles: Drawing Portraits of the Bloomsbury Group for Art UK.
- Preserving the Power of Drawing: 25 Years of the Royal Drawing School for Art UK.
- José María Velasco A View of Mexico exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- 25 Years of Tate Turbine Hall Commissions for the New York Observer.
- Drawing St Ives: Modernism and French Rot in 20th Century Cornwall for Art UK.
- Noah Davis exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Linder: Danger Came Smiling exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Takashi Murakami Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- The Great Mughals exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Electric Dreams exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Hew Locke: What Have We Here? exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- The National Gallery: NG Stories exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- MARY MARY exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Ian Davenport: Playful Experiments With Paint for Art UK
- Francis Bacon: Human Presence exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Hard Graft at the Wellcome Collection for exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- DOMINION at Damien Hirst's London Gallery exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Colour and Memory In the Work of Howard Hodgkin for Art UK.
- Why London's Fourth Plinth Is Worth a Visit for the New York Observer.
- Leon Kossoff: London, Figuration and the Old Masters for Art UK.
- Frank Auerbach Charcoal Heads exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Barbara Kruger Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You exhibition review for the New York Observer.
- Who Was Jan Toorop, the Artist Who Inspired Gustav Klimt? for the New York Observer.
- Wols and the Tachisme Art Movement for Whitehot magazine.
- Artist George Wyllie feature for The National newspaper.
- Federico García Lorca, Flamenco And The Spirit Of Duende for The New Voice website.
- The Accursed Share exhibition preview / curator interview for The National newspaper.
- Tiffany Boyle curator interview for The National newspaper.
- Zen and the Art of Antoni Tàpies for The New European magazine.
- William Kentridge: SYBIL feature for The New Voice website.
- Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child for The New Voice website.
- NFTs, Post-internet Art, and Why Constant Dullaart Buys Fake Social Media Followers feature for the CLOT website.
- Lucian Freud's Male Gaze for the Reaction website.
- Caravaggio: The Man Who Invented Cinema for The New European magazine.
- Jan Švankmajer: The Czech Curiosity Shop for The New European magazine.
- Matthew Arthur Williams interview for The National newspaper.
- Surrealism Beyond Borders exhibition review for The New Voice website.
- Hogarth & Europe - Tate exhibition curator interview for The New European magazine.
- Shilpa Gupta In Conversation interview for the FLUX website.
Music
- The Best of Hip-Hop's Daisy Age for Discogs.
- Why 1985 Was A Landmark Year For Reggae for the GRAMMY Awards website.
- The Albums That Shaped Dubstep's First Decade for Discogs.
- The Ska Albums That Defined Jamaica's Music Revolution (1963-1970) for Discogs.
- Essential Industrial Records: 1979-1993 for Discogs.
- The History of the Motorik Beat in 10 Records for Discogs.
- The Essential Albums That Defined 4AD's First Decade for Discogs.
- Essential African Albums That Redefined the Electric Guitar for Discogs.
- Essential Dub Records: 1973 - 1985 for Discogs.
- Essential Dancehall DJ Albums 1973 -1985 for Discogs.
- Essential Roots Reggae Albums from the 1970s to '80s for Discogs.
- Jordan Adetunji interview for the GRAMMYs website.
- 15 Essential IDM Albums for Discogs.
- Essential Japanese Jazz Records: 1953 - Present for Discogs.
- 30 Years of Metalheadz: A Drum’n’bass Legacy for Discogs.
- Beirut album review for Paste magazine.
- Vagabon album review for Paste magazine.
- naafi interview for The National newspaper.
- The Delgados and the Chemikal Underground record label feature for The National newspaper.
- Silver Moth album preview for The National newspaper.
- The Return of Belle and Sebastian feature for The National newspaper.
- Gentle Sinners interview for The National newspaper.
- Clare Grogan: The Return of the Queen of Pop interview for The National newspaper.
- Singing Wells - East African music article for Songlines magazine.
- Is the Protest Song Dead? feature for The New European magazine.
Culture
- Global Ear: Dhaka article for The Wire magazine.
- Sadler's Wells East and the YFX Youth Festival for the New York Observer.
- Who Killed the GIF? article for City A.M. magazine.
- Global Ear: Manila article for The Wire magazine.
- Global Para Athletes for Service95.
- Why Salman Rushdie Is Still One of Literature's Important Figures for Service95.
- What is the Metaverse, Exactly? for Service95.
- Callas and Pasolini: The Diva and the Director for The New European magazine.
- Final Girls for Service95.
- Mark Jenkin interview for The New European magazine.
- Meltdown: The Festival of Ideas feature for Rock & Art
- Amit Lahav, Gecko and ‘The Wedding’ for Rock & Art 
- Belarus Free Theatre: Exiles Theatre of War for The New European magazine.
- Tulips, NFTs and Natural Exuberance for Lay It Out magazine.
- Mumufication: The KLF and Being In With the Bricks feature for The National newspaper.
- Ivo von Hove interview for The New European.
- Experimental Words: Where Poetry Meets Science feature for the CLOT website.
- What's It Like To Own a Bansky? feature for The New European magazine.
Before
2018
- guest editor for the month of April for The Sampler (UK Arts Council-backed new music website).
2016
​- Bringing the Noise: The Early Days of Sound Art in the UAE article for Contemporary Practices magazine.
- A Tale of Two Cities: The Dubai and Abu Dhabi Art Scenes article for Contemporary Practices magazine.
- Sara Al Haddad artist interview/profile for Harpers Bazaar Art Arabia magazine.
​2015
- Edward Sutcliffe artist interview/profile for Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine.
- UAE: Unlimited Arab Exploration: group art exhibition in Dubai curated by Mohammed Kazem and Cristiani de Marchi - Forward Voice and the Potency of Art: exhibition catalogue essay.
2014
- Giorgio Moroder’s Pyramid: group art exhibition in Dubai - exhibition catalogue essay.
- Artist profile: Cristiana de Marchi - Contemporary Practices magazine.
- peace in an open space: group art exhibition in Dubai - exhibition catalogue essay.
2013
- Sound art article (Vipralambha: Union Through Separation) for the Guernica website.
- Arcadia Blank artist interview/profile for Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine.
- Tectonic: The Moving Museum Dubai group exhibition review for Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine.
- Sara Al Haddad artist interview/profile for Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine.
​2012
​- Renegade Soundwaves: Sound art in the UAE article for Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine.
​1995 – 2010
plus articles and reviews for bbc.co.uk, and The Face, TOUCH and Blues & Soul magazines.