About

I am a freelance journalist, producer and commentator specialising in foreign news, humanitarian crises and outward-facing UK policy.

I go where the story takes me, but my heart is in the Middle East. I've reported from refugee camps in Iraq, minefields in Cambodia and bombed-out towns in Syria.

Based in London, I spend most of my week between shifts on the news desks of The Times, The BBC and The Independent while also producing podcasts and radio segments for the BBC World Service.

As a broadcaster, I have done live hits for Monocle, commentated on the day’s news for Sky TV and voiced packages for the World Service.

Previously a world news reporter at The Daily Mirror, covering major breaking stories including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it happened, the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria and global terror attacks. I was also selected to mentor graduate trainees and front social media explainers.

I am privileged to tell other people’s stories and have interviewed victims of sexual trafficking, children living under siege, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, genocide survivors, experts in communicable diseases, asylum seekers and sex workers.

My bylines include The Financial Times, VICE, The New Arab, ELLE Magazine, openDemocracy and others.

I am forever trying - and failing - to learn Arabic and I am HEFAT trained.