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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[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]

Filmography

Land Of My Father
Blue Eyes
The Note^{[citation needed]}

References

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

External links

Review "Film Gives Iraqis a Voice" on BBC

Video

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[CMA-1] "Selma Chalabi". commedia.org.uk. Commedia Millennium Awards. Retrieved 17 July 2009.

[VVCA-2] "Land of my Father". Valley and Vale Community Arts. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.

[BBC2-3] "Film gives Iraqis a voice". BBC News. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 17 July 2009.

[BBC1-4] "Blue Eyes". BBC. September 2002. Retrieved 17 July 2009.

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