CULTURE WRITER | RESEARCHER |

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I’M A CULTURE WRITER AND RESEARCHER WORKING BETWEEN LONDON AND MOROCCO.

I WRITE ABOUT IDENTITY, BELONGING, HISTORY AND THE THINGS PEOPLE INHERIT FROM FAMILY, PLACE, CLASS, MIGRATION AND MEMORY.

MY WORK IS ROOTED IN STORYTELLING. I’M INTERESTED IN THE STORIES PASSED DOWN, DISTORTED, LEFT UNSAID OR CARRIED THROUGH GENERATIONS.

I WRITE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MAKE HOME ACROSS DIFFERENT PLACES, LIVE WITH CONTRADICTION, AND FIND WAYS TO EXIST WITHIN SYSTEMS THAT OFTEN MISUNDERSTAND, FLATTEN OR ERASE THEM.

I BEGAN IN THEATRE, SPENDING OVER FIVE YEARS WRITING FOR THE STAGE. SINCE THEN, MY PRACTICE HAS EXPANDED INTO ESSAYS, LONG FORM WRITING AND RESEARCH.

I MAKE WORK THAT SITS BETWEEN CULTURES, LANGUAGES AND FORMS, LED BY CURIOSITY, LIVED EXPERIENCE AND A DESIRE TO LOOK CLOSER.

CURRENT PROJECT


Friday 24 April & Saturday 25 April 2026

Theatre Deli, London

Spicy White: Rehearsed Reading