Visual artist observing the world in its every form from portrait photography to documentary filming. I love to learn and take up any opportunity to develop myself as a person and push my creative, communication and technical skills further. Passionate about leadership development and inspiring others to realise their potential.
Work history
Community building and content assistantConsciously Connected Travel
London, United KingdomInternship
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Content Creator and Social Media AssistantSatullo restaurant group
Doncaster, United KingdomFreelance
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Skills
- Project Management
- Photo Editing
- Portrait Photography
- Fashion Photography
- Studio Photography
- Video Editing
- Event Photography
- Film Photography
- Exhibition Curation
- Book Making
Education
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MA PhotographyNottingham Trent University
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
The first year of my course saw me explore Religion as part of cultural identity; producing a body of work titled 'You have your Islam and I have mine', a series of portraits of British-Arab Muslim women set in a British landscape, speaking through their body and facial expressions.
My second year saw me continuing to explore cultural identity, where I looked at Generation as one of the strands that build our identity. Particularly looking at the Arab Diaspora in Britain and how each generation of migrants has evolved into creating a new identity; producing a short film as my final production titled 'Forget Me Not'.
Aside from the creative work, I also produced a short research paper in my second year, exploring the use of photography and social media during the 2019 riots in Lebanon.
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BA(Hons) PhotographyNottingham Trent University
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
My second and final year went down the route exploring topics such as cultural identity, the Arab Diaspora, displacement, archives, the family album and migration (as the main themes) also touching upon orientalism and post-colonialism. I took a personal approach, focusing on my own heritage as a British-Lebanese woman, by visiting Lebanon on a number of occasions as well as visiting Kuwait (with my paternal family residing there) to build up my creative body of work. From this body of work I produced 2 exhibition pieces and 5 publications, including a publication hand-made by myself.
My dissertation focused on the misrepresentation of the Middle East in visual media; in which I discuss orientalism, the portrayal and misconceptions, the politics and ethics of photography, the missing archive, lack of representation coming from Arab artists/descendants of. - If anyone would like to read it, please contact me and I can send a copy.
Awards
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Photography Undergraduate of the YearNottingham Trent University
Titled as undergraduate of the year for the Ba Photography course, for my extra curricular and dedication to the course. Awarded with £500 vouchers for Wex Photographic.
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2018/07/success-for-photography-students-at-free-rangeN
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New Art Exchange Photography Show CaseNew Art Exchange
Selected as one of 3 students from the Class of 2018 to showcase a selection of our Final year projects; including a selection of 4 images from my More Than You Know series.
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2018/06/photography-students-exhibit-work-at-contemporary-art-space-new-art-exchange