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Selma Chalabi

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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.[1][2]

Career

She has produced numerous 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.[2][3] She worked with and received support from Valley and Vale Community Arts when directing and producing Land Of My Father.[2][3] 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.[1][4] Blue Eyes was made as part of the BBC Wales "Capture Wales" project, and became recipient of the Round 2 Award winner of the Commedia Millennium Awards

Filmography

  • Land Of My Father
  • Blue Eyes
  • The Note

References

  1. ^ a b "Selma Chalabi". commedia.org.uk. Commedia Millennium Awards. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  2. ^ a b c "Land of my Father". Valley and Vale Community Arts. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  3. ^ a b "Film gives Iraqis a voice". BBC News. September 25, 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  4. ^ "Blue Eyes". BBC. September 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

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