Roop Gill
Alphabet City
“Even though I had two journalism degrees, I just started thinking, ‘How can I get all the tools in my toolbox?’”
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Liv Wynter
Alphabet City
Liv Wynter is an artist, performer and activist who lives in Southeast London. At poetry nights, rap battles and art galleries, she has performed works that are tender and powerful, often dealing with surviving trauma. She recently resigned as artist-in-residence at the Tate due to remarks on sexual harrassment by the Tate’s director, and what she called “invisible inequalities of the institution.” www.livwynterartist.co.uk
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Lauren Razavi
Alphabet City
“I think one of the things that journalism has suffered most from over the last decade is the lack of innovative business minds actually staying in the industry. It’s not like I want to get rich, but I want to make a living. And you’ve got to be a hustler to do that.”
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Beverly_Bryan
Alphabet City
“Artists are always making the future. Drawing blueprints and maps of what could be. And also recording history. Pop and rock musicians, hip-hop artists: they are telling stories that might not otherwise get recorded.”
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Lorna Brown
Alphabet City
“Not waiting ’til tomorrow to do what you want to do, not being so afraid that you forget to live while you’re alive, that’s super important.”
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Zahra Hankir
Alphabet City
Zahra Hankir is a London-based freelance journalist who is currently editing a book of essays by Arab women reporters for Penguin. She also works as a content specialist for Facebook.
info_outlineZahra Hankir is a London-based freelance journalist who is currently editing a book of essays by Arab women reporters for Penguin. She previously worked at Bloomberg News in Dubai before joining Facebook as a content specialist in 2016.
Here, she discusses how to successfully pitch a non-fiction book, and her favourite journalistic tips and tricks, and skewed media coverage of the Middle East.
"When the Arab Spring broke out, so many of my friends were doing such great coverage, Arab women from all around the region. But they were not commanding the narrative; the people commanding the narrative were Western males. The women’s voice is rarely heard. That doesn’t only shape the narrative, I think it distorts the narrative."
Alphabet City is a series of conversations with women and non-binary writers, hosted and produced by Jessica Holland, with music by Megaflora.