Selma Chalabi

Selma Chalabi is a British radio producer and journalist for BBC Wales. She was born in the United Kingdom to an Iraqi father and English mother, and was raised in Winchester.

Career

She has produced short films about her father's homeland, in a bid to not only discover more of her Arabic roots but to also address media stereotypes towards Iraqis. She worked with and received support from Valley and Vale Community Arts when directing and producing Land Of My Father. Stories collected by Chalabi when interviewing her family for Land Of My Father inspired her to create Blue Eyes, a short film about her Iraqi grandmother.

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Selma Chalabi". commedia.org.uk. Commedia Millennium Awards. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Land of my Father". Valley and Vale Community Arts. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Film gives Iraqis a voice". BBC News. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Blue Eyes". BBC. September 2002. Retrieved 17 July 2009.

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