It was an honour to be invited to perform The Wolf of Baghdad at this year’s UK Jewish Film Festival. Taking place at the Phoenix Cinema, one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas in the UK (built in 1910), we had another full house with a long waiting list. Apologies to those who weren’t able to […]
Read More November NewsDelighted to announce that there will be a Wolf of Baghdad performance at this year’s UK Jewish Film Festival at 6.45pm on Tuesday 12th November at the Phoenix Cinema, London. Tickets are on sale now and you can book here. This will be a very special screening as a couple of new scenes have been added […]
Read More UK Jewish Film Festival 2019Today sees the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to fund recording the soundtrack to The Wolf of Baghdad motion comic. You can find more details and how to make a pledge here. There are lots of great rewards to be had in exchange for pledges with more to be added over the coming weeks. Rewards […]
Read More Kickstarter campaign launches today!Out of the few family photos that have survived there’s one that I love in particular. Its of my maternal grandmother and some of her children sitting on a swing in their garden in Baghdad. My mother, aunt Flora and uncle Eli are in the photo, perhaps my uncle Nessim was behind the camera, and […]
Read More The PhotoThe Wolf will be performed at the 4th annual Ahbab Arabic music festival in Cambridge on Sunday 17th February at 4pm. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion from leading academic experts on the subjects of Iraq, its music and the legacy of its Jewish communities. It will be chaired by Dr Merav […]
Read More Ahbab Festival, CambridgeHere are some portraits of the women of my family wearing the traditional Iraqi-Jewish dress of the early 1900’s. Out of their ghostly clothing (as seen in the memoir) at last!
Read More MatriarchsI was often told about the hot summer nights in Baghdad and how everyone would take their beds up on the roof to sleep under the stars. My aunt Yvonne recalled: “Beds with mosquito nets were set up and the whole family slept there. For a little girl the night sky dense with stars was […]
Read More Up On The RoofWell, I have now finished the memoir and am in the process of turning it into a semi-animated slideshow. Did you know that there’s a term for this type of thing? It’s called ‘motion comics’. Lately, I’ve been having a recurring dream about storks and sandstorms…
Read More Storks and a sandstormDelighted to tell you that my graphic memoir The Wolf of Baghdad has been long listed for Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel Competition. I am honoured to be on the list of submissions which you can see here. I submitted the first 30 pages of the work in progress earlier in the year and the […]
Read More Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel CompetitionMany thanks to all those who braved the icy conditions and came to the test performance of the Wolf of Baghdad at Laydeez Do Comics here in London last week. Your support was much appreciated and the feedback forms you kindly filled in will help inform the project’s completion next year. (See below for one […]
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