storytelling — Features

R&B artist Sabrina Bellaouel’s lineage of female storytellers and “f*cking warriors”

The Algerian-French vocalist tells AZEEMA how trips to the motherland informed the way she makes music, whilst her French upbringing provides her with enough genre-contrast to conclude in a rich and effervescent musical identity which she continues to evolve today.

SOUNDAZEEMA -March 28, 2023music, algeria, rai, women, storytelling, love, artist, algerian artist, french, paris, god, religion, spirituality

Hannah Khalil’s demonstration of the uniquely feminine power of oral storytelling

The Palestinian-Irish playwright tells AZEEMA why she wanted to reimagine A Thousand and One Nights from the female perspective, whilst explaining her career-long devotion to subverting the notions of a ‘meek’ Arab woman and redefining the her place onstage.

ARTS & CULTUREAZEEMA -January 4, 2023play, theatre, palestine, ireland, playwright, Feminism, arab, storytelling