International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025: Meet Habibatullah

Starting off my first month with Restoring Hope Society (RHS) – an NGO that provides comprehensive support to people with disabilities, including limb loss, in conflict zones – I went on my first mission to document a reel for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Though I have worked on news stories before, this… Read More International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025: Meet Habibatullah

Behind the Lens: A Look Into the World of Al Jazeera

Exploring the Influence and Impact of AJ+ on Social Media AJ+ is a unique digital news and storytelling project promoting human rights and equality, holding power to account, and amplifying voices of the powerless. This is what AJ+ states they are in their Instagram bio, and since the beginning of their coverage in 2014, they’ve objectively achieved… Read More Behind the Lens: A Look Into the World of Al Jazeera

The Misrepresentation of Afghans in the Media

This News article was made in collaboration with Asma M. Ibrahim. It is not a new concept to know that the media – specifically Western media, plays a role in shaping the public’s opinion about essentially anything through the ways they represent a certain subject. Whether about a certain group, such as religion, race, ethnicity,… Read More The Misrepresentation of Afghans in the Media

Empowering the Silenced: Stories of the Palestinian People

75 Years After the Nakba: Voices of Displacement, Imprisonment, Apartheid, and Hope This year marks the 75th year since the start of the Nakba – the catastrophe, where 750,000 Palestinians were displaced to different parts of Palestine and neighboring countries, and thousands were killed. From Jordan to Syria, to Lebanon, and further, thousands of Palestinians… Read More Empowering the Silenced: Stories of the Palestinian People

Digital surveillance: what it is, and how it impacts society

What is the Panopticon? Designed as a circular prison that allows prisoners to be watched at all times without knowing when they are being seen, the panopticon was built to be the ‘perfect’ prison – though it was later argued that it caused the loss of privacy. Its design forces its inmates to act according… Read More Digital surveillance: what it is, and how it impacts society