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Alexander Durie

Durie

Alex is a Multimedia Journalist for The New Arab, working across video, photography, and feature writing. He holds a BA in Comparative Literature with Film Studies and a Joint Master's in Journalism and Human Rights. He has freelanced for The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, The Economist, The Financial Times, Reuters, The Independent, and more, contributing dispatches from Paris, Berlin, Beirut, and Warsaw. He also writes non-fiction essays and poetry, and his photos have been exhibited in major galleries in London, Dubai, and Berlin. His work can be found on his website: https://www.alexdurie.com/

 

Areas of focus: migration issues, world cinema, music and literature, (de)colonisation, human rights, French politics, the Levant region (especially Lebanon and Palestine), football, women’s rights, radicalisation and extremism, and mental health.

 

Follow him on Twitter: @alexander_durie

Director Laila Abbas on her film Thank You for Banking With Us!

The New Arab Meets: Palestinian director Laila Abbas to discuss her film on patriarchy, Islamic inheritance laws and why gender issues shouldn't be dismissed

17 October, 2024

Cannes 2024: Across the Sea on exile and Marseille's queer scene

Film review: Across the Sea explores issues of displacement, family life and queer communities in Marseille’s vibrant 90s underground scene.

24 May, 2024

Top 7 MENA films premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2024

The New Arab highlights seven standout MENA films that premiered during Cannes 2024 and are worth keeping an eye on this year.

23 May, 2024

Algeria's Palestine solidarity: A parallel struggle?

Through the lens of cinema, last month's Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival showcased Algeria's enduring support for Palestine, reflecting the shared struggles.

14 May, 2024

Daily life of a Palestinian journo in Gaza under Israeli bombardment

“In a matter of seconds, my life turned upside down”.

For Sanaa Kamal, life in the Gaza Strip has been far from “normal”. Gone are her regular routines of having tea on the balcony with her mother, her daily commutes to work by the Mediterranean Sea, or celebratory moments with her family.

25 March, 2024

Israel's livestreamed war on Gaza

Israel’s behaviour in the last four months is as paradoxical as it is deeply disturbing.

By preventing international journalists from entering Gaza and murdering the Palestinian journalists on the ground who are documenting Israel's crimes, Israel may hope to prevent the accumulation of evidence that could be used against them in international courts or tribunals – such as South Africa's genocide case at the ICJ.

12 February, 2024

How pro-Palestine Jews are resisting Germany's 'McCarthyism'

In-depth: Germany's crackdown on pro-Palestine solidarity since 7 October has had a wide impact on civil society. In Berlin, anti-Zionist Jews have been arrested and fired for criticising Israel and its war on Gaza, but they refuse to yield.

04 December, 2023

Filmmaking mother-daughter duo represent Palestine at Oscars

Bye Bye Tiberias has been selected as the Palestinian entry for the 2023 Oscars. Coming from an acting dynasty, director Lina Soualem explores the oral traditions of four generations of Palestinian women, including her mother, actress Hiam Abbass.

06 October, 2023

Rashida Tlaib criticizes Congress for refusing to call Israel racist

These were Rashida Tlaib's fiery words amid a House of Representatives debate for a resolution supporting Israel on Tuesday, the day before Israeli President Isaac Herzog was due to speak to US Congress.

The resolution in question stated that Congress believes "the state of Israel is not a racist or apartheid state", and "Congress rejects all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia". 

🎥: Alexander Durie

21 July, 2023

The New Arab Shortdoc: Germany's Palestine Problem

What is it like to speak up about Palestine, or criticise Israeli government policies, in a country where authorities are known to conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism?

06 July, 2023