About
Over the course of more than a decade—and with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science under my belt—I’ve built a career as a journalist across multiple media industries, most prolifically in horticulture and travel. As well as working as an editor for both National Geographic Traveller and BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, I’ve also dipped my toes into the worlds of advertising agencies, retail head offices, book publishers and government organisations.
Though the mediums may have changed, my motivation has always remained the same. That is my passionate interest in nature and history—and especially how the two are represented in human cultures. As a British Arab writer, it’s the lands of the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa I love to report on—from Syria’s mountainous north, where the bounty of laurel trees helps to produce Aleppo’s UNESCO-inscribed ancient soap, to the aromatic wood of the acacia tree used in Sudanese women's post-partum smoke rituals.