Journalist · Producer · Scientist
Film journalist, producer and neuroscientist.
Founder of Resala Productions. For more than two decades he interviewed Hollywood’s filmmakers and stars: as producer and presenter of BBC Cinematic on BBC Arabic, as a film columnist for Al-Quds Al-Arabi, and on UKScreen, which he founded in 1999.
Resala Productions
Founder
BBC Arabic
BBC Cinematic, until 2022
Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Film columnist, until 2022
PhD
Visual neuroscience
In the press
On air: news, debate and analysis.
Cited in the press
Interviews that made the news.
The Jewish Chronicle · 2018
Natalie Portman says she hopes to help change Israel’s ‘racist’ Nation State law
From his BBC Arabic interview with Natalie Portman.
Variety · 2019
Martin Scorsese considered directing Joker but ‘didn’t have the time’
From his BBC interview with Martin Scorsese.
Fox News · 2018
Marvel Studios says Ms. Marvel movie, featuring Muslim superhero, ‘definitely sort of in the works’
From his BBC interview with Kevin Feige. Also in TheWrap and The National.
Fox News and CNN · 2013
Matt Damon praises NSA leaker Edward Snowden
Fox News and CNN reported on his interview with Matt Damon.
BBC News · 2015
George Clooney on Sudan, Syria, Hollywood and his wife Amal
His interview, published by BBC News.
Journalism
Face to face with the people who make cinema.
BBC Arabic · until 2022
BBC Cinematic
He produced and presented BBC Arabic’s film programme, interviewing Hollywood’s leading filmmakers and actors for Arabic-speaking audiences. More than 200 episodes are on his YouTube channel.
English articles on UKScreen · Arabic articles in Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Latest
From the interview archive.
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How Did New Technology Impact The Making of The New “Mad Max”?
When Australian director, George Miller, embarked in 1979 on making the futuristic action thriller “Mad Max” with an…
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John Travolta: Scientology has better tools than Catholicism
In spite of his glorious success in Hollywood, John Travolta has faced tough challenges and endured tragic losses…
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Clint Eastwood’s conflicted morality in American Sniper – interview
Chris Kyle was proclaimed the most lethal sniper in the US military history, with over 160 confirmed kills,…
Productions
Resala Productions
رسالة
Resala means “message” in Arabic. The London-based company invests in, develops and produces films and TV shows centred on Middle Eastern themes. Five projects are currently in development.
In development · Historical epic
The Gate of Heaven
The journey of Islam from its birth in Mecca in 610 AD to the conquest of Jerusalem by Caliph Umar Ibn Al Khattab in 639, and its relationship with Christianity and Judaism.
In development · TV court series
The LA 8
The 25-year legal battle of seven Palestinian men and one Kenyan woman against the US authorities, who fabricated terrorism charges against them in order to deport them.
In development · Political thriller
The General’s Son
An Israeli general must decide whether to kill or save a Hamas fighter when he learns that the fighter is his biological son, switched at birth with a son of a Palestinian family.
Earlier work
Pleasure Marriage 2005
Short film · writer, producer, editor and director
Regression 2009
Short film · writer, producer, editor and director
Co-producer
Science
The science of seeing.
His research on how the retina responds to light was published in The Journal of Physiology, Visual Neuroscience and other journals.
BSc
Physics
MSc
Medical Sciences
PhD
Visual Neuroscience
Charity
Giving back.
Education and medical care for children affected by war and displacement.
Shatila refugee camp, Beirut · 2020
Asi Kindergarten
In 2020 he established a kindergarten for orphans in the Shatila refugee camp in South Beirut. It serves 80 children.
West Bank and Gaza
Cancer treatment for children
He has sponsored cancer treatment for children in the West Bank and Gaza.
Press & contact
For interviews, screenings and projects.
For interview requests, speaking invitations and Resala Productions enquiries, send a message through the contact page.
Follow
YouTube
