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  • Mecca2Medina Story Writing Weekend

    As you may know, I have been working on a documentary project about 1990s British-Islamic hip-hop group Mecca2Medina (www.mecca2medinafilm.co.uk). On the weekend of 23rd October 2022 the four of us working on the project - Rakin, Aminah, Eliot, and myself - sat down to really identify what this story is about. It was quite an…
  • @the.love.coeur Interview

    I recently did the cutest interview with @the.love.coeur for Instagram. Wanted to share it here because I thought the format was really sweet! I also found out that she discovered my work through a small zine project I was part of in 2020 called FOCUS Zine. I was commissioned to write a comic to go…
  • First Prizes at the SOAS Audiovisual Awards!

    Really chuffed to have won First Prize in the Group Film and Individual Photography categories at the SOAS Audiovisual Awards! First Prize Group Film Mecca2Medina: The Birth of British Islamic Hip-Hop Keep up-to-date with the project Supporting Statement This proposal film is part of an ongoing project, with filmmaker Eliot Gelberg-Wilson, to realise a feature-length…
  • Panel by Panel Discussions – Rob Bidder

    Rob Bidder is an all-round fantastic human so it comes as no surprise to me that I had a fantastic day of live drawing another collaborative comic with him at The Cartoon Museum - last time I was with Jenny Robins. This was the second event in a series of Panel by Panel Discussions I've…
  • Panel by Panel Discussions – Jenny Robins

    Had the best day live drawing a collaborative comic at The Cartoon Museum with Jenny Robins yesterday! We spent the whole day bang in the middle of the museum drawing comics. A bit like zoo animals except Jenny kept saying Hi to strangers and at one point followed Hi with: “you don’t get that at…
  • Term 2 at Rumi’s Cave Art Club

    Clay Creatures & Stop Motion We have had a fantastic 6 weeks at Rumi's Cave designing animals and creatures with Newplast (clay) and making stop motion videos. We had 13 regular students and I am so proud of what they achieved. Week 1 - We made snakes, caterpillars and sheep Week 2 - We worked…
  • Behind the Scenes at The Cartoon Museum

    Read about the closing event. Have a look at my Panel by Panel Discussion events with Jenny Robins, Rob Bidder & Rachael House. Photography by Joana Lírio
  • Exhibition at the Cartoon Museum

    **UPDATE: My exhibition has been extended until the 15th August** I am proud to announce that FML Comics (published into a book this year by Good Comics) will be exhibited at the Cartoon Museum in Central London from Tuesday May 18th to Saturday July 31st this summer! Save the dates! Live Events: Panel by Panel…
  • Rumi’s Cave Art Club 2021!

    I am very excited to announce that amidst all the 2020 doom and gloom, I have recieved a National Lottery Grant of £7505 from the Arts Council England to continue my pilot project - Rumi's Cave Art Club. It is a 2-hour weekly art club for children aged 5-10 in NW London aimed at providing…
  • Chikaboo Designs is now a Small Press Publisher

    I am excited to announce that Chikaboo designs has become a small press publisher! I have been passionate about zines and self-publishing my own work for over 4 years. Now I am keen to bring other creatives together to embark on artistic adventures through publishing. To begin this journey, I am proud to have published…
  • Illustration + Print Open December 2019

    I am exhibiting and selling prints of my drawings at the Illustration and Print Open hosted by Deptford Does Art. The work will be displayed and on sale between the 13-22 December 10-6pm and you are all invited to the opening on Thursday 12 December 7pm. The below A5 prints mounted on black board are…
  • MatkaMan Painting

    In New Delhi, my father is known as 'MatkaMan' for the social work he does. This work involves a wide range of activities the most extensive of which is placing, refilling and maintaining over 70 traditional red clay pots (Matkas - hence his name) all over South Delhi to provide free drinking water to people.…