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Middle East energy and political analyst

• Reporter / Journalist

I'm interested in writing about biological sciences, social issues and parenthood.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

Palestinian writer and communications consultant based in Istanbul.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Copy Editor
• Audio Storyteller
• Reporter / Journalist

ALGERIAN JOURNALIST

• Reporter / Journalist

Iranian journalist and analyst with over 20 years of experience covering Iran.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator
• Landscape Photographer
• Senior Editor
• Copywriter

• Digital Content Creator
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Senior Editor

• Social Media Producer
• Reporter / Journalist

Algerian researcher in the fields of Political Sciences and International Relations

• Reporter / Journalist

• Reporter / Journalist

• Reporter / Journalist

I’m Hazem Raed, an Executive Producer and Content Developer with a deep passion for media and storytelling. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects, including commercial productions, documentaries, talk shows, and digital media series. What I take pride in the most is my ability to handle the production process from start to finish whether it’s creating a vision, managing budgets, working with talent, or overseeing every detail of post-production. I’ve led diverse teams, managed complex logistics, and worked across various platforms, always focusing on delivering content that makes an impact. I thrive in the fast-paced world of media, where every project brings its own set of challenges and creative opportunities. From crafting a compelling narrative for a documentary to executing high-quality commercials that connect with audiences, I’m fully invested in each step of the journey.

• Executive Producer
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Fixer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Digital Content Creator
• Creative Director
• Post-Production Manager

I am a journalist who has worked with several local and international media agencies and channels since 2013. These include: CNN, Anadolu Agency, The New Arab, BBC, Smart News Agency, and Zaman al Wasl. My work includes photographs, albums, prepared written TV reports, and articles. My real name is Firas Aljazzar (in Turkish it is Firaz El Cezar). I changed my name to Qusay Noor in 2011 for my own safety when I began publishing pictures I took of the atrocities happening in Damascus, Syria. I lived with my family in Eastern Ghouta and I was working in nearby Damascus. As close as Eastern Ghouta was to Damascus, people there still didn't believe the stories of what was happening to innocent civilians at the hands of the Assad regime. I wanted friends in Eastern Ghouta to see and understand the truth, so I began sharing photos online, (under the name Qusay Noor), for them and the world to see. In August, 2013 the Assad regime attacked our city of Eastern Ghouta with the chemical gas, sarin, killing and injuring over 1400 civilians, many of them children. For over five years, we were bombed, attacked, and surrounded by Assad's soldiers who stopped food and medicine from coming in to us. In 2015 my father was killed by a bomb dropped on the mosque as he was inside praying. Most of our time was spent in basements being used as bomb shelters, praying we were not buried there to die in the rubble. In 2018 while under siege, there was another chemical attack in nearby Douma. Finally by an agreement made with the regime, the remaining people of Ghouta were transported by bus to Idlib. We remained there until the end of the year when we were able to travel to Istanbul, Turkey. All the while, I continued my work under the name Qusay Noor until recently when I felt it was safe to reveal my true name, Firas Aljazzar.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Portrait Photographer

EDITOR/COLORIST/DIRECTOR An experienced filmmaker based in Istanbul with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry since 2007. Skilled in Directing, Editing, Coloring, and Shooting. Working on short and long documentaries, TV Ad’s, Drama, TV programs. I finished my masters in 2016 in media, and my graduation research was about the role of editing in films. Mainly I’m an Editor/ Colorist, I’m using Adobe Premiere Pro CC, we have a production company in Jordan and Sultanate of Oman ‘Freedom Media Productions’ you can check our showreel in the links below, I did the editing of the showreel and I participated as an editor or a director or both of them in of the productions featured in the Showreel. In 2015 I participated with my first short documentary film “A Homeless Pride” as a Director and editor in Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival, I had an honorable mention (Best Five). I have a remarkable relationship with our clients some of them we have been working together for more than 6 years, although they have editing departments in their companies. My previous clients include Aljazeera network, Qatar TV, Almajd TV, Qatar Charity, Royal society for the conservation of nature and many other production companies.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Colorist
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial

I am a producer & fixer based in Istanbul, Turkey with over 20 years experience in making TV programs, documentaries, branded content and promo videos. I started my career at CNN Turk which is the Turkish spoken branch of international TV network CNN. From economy to culture and art programs, from documentaries to live broadcasts, I gained experience in producing many different genres of television programs at CNN Turk. Later, I worked for other Turkish news channels like Haberturk and TV 360. Here, I also got the chance to be in front of the camera as a correspondent and host at some programs which I enjoyed a lot. At some point of my career, I decided to quit full time jobs at TV channels and started working freelance for production companies. I worked with famous Turkish director Tolga Örnek and I prepared behind the scene documentaries and promo videos of some of his docu-dramas and feature films. Then over the years, I worked for many other production companies where I produced documentaries some of which were shot abroad. My first job as a fixer dates back to 2014 when National Geographic photographer Raul Touzon contacted me to arrange his photography workshop in Istanbul. This job made me realize how much I enjoy working with people from various countries. So since then I mostly prefer working as a producer / fixer for international crews. I’ve worked with many different crews such as journalists, documentary producers and photographers and looking forward to working with more. If you are planning to shoot in Turkey, be it a documentary, a travel show, commercial, TV or a newspaper report or photography, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me. I will be delighted to assist with all your filming needs from pre-production (initial research/ recce / equipment rental/ filming permits) to shooting. I can recommend locations and storylines, with excellent network of contacts, I can find the contributors and experts you need, provide professional interpretation, and of course coordinate all the usual transport and accommodation logistics. Due to Covid-19, if you don’t prefer to come to Turkey, I can follow your brief, hire the necessary crew and equipment and get the shoot done for you with the hightest production standards. Looking forward to working with you soon.

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Translator
• Transcriber
• Reporter / Journalist
• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor

I am a video producer/maker and photographer based in Ankara and for over 13 years, I've been creating and delivering audiovisual media, lending my expertise to international projects for notable organizations such as the European Union, UNICEF, International News Agencies, and Global Businesses. In 2010, I founded "Vidyograf", offering audiovisual media services and consultation. As a one-man team, I've worked on over 40 international projects in Turkey, which include European Union projects, UNICEF projects, journalism projects with British and Canadian media agencies, and global project management companies. Skills: * Directing, Video Concept Design, Budgeting and Planning * Script Writing for Narration (Voiceovers), Blog Posts and Social Media Posts * Video & Mirrorless Camera, Drone Operation and Experience in Shooting Log Footage * Use of DJI Gimbals for Steady Video Shootings, Including While Skating on Ice or Inline Skating * Experienced in Capturing Thrilling Sports Footage, with a Particular Flair for Ice Skating, Ice Hockey, Inline Skating, and Snowboarding. With Years of Personal Experience and a Passion for These Sports, I Bring a Unique Perspective to Capturing the Excitement and Action in My Footage * Making Interviews (Talking Head) and Getting Those Answers No Matter What! Setting Lighting, Multi-Cameras and Mics, and Conducting Interviews as a One-Man Crew * Video Editing in Final Cut Pro and Premiere * Photo Shooting in RAW (Day & Night) for Time-Lapse Videos, Event Photography, and More. Editing RAW Images in Camera Raw or Lightroom * Color Correction, Grading and Color Matching Different Cameras in Final Cut Pro (Log or Non-Flat Color Profiles) * Stereo and Surround Sound Design in Final Cut Pro. Audio Correction in Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Garageband, Including Voiceovers, Dubs and Interviews Using Compressors, Limiters, and EQs * Enthusiastic Drummer and Pianist with a Wide Range of Musical Tastes, with Experience in Composing and Arranging Music for Various Video Projects. Passionate for Music and a Broad Taste in Genres, Bringing a Unique Musical Perspective to Video Production. * Live Streaming and Multi-Cam Video Productions. Experienced in Using ATEM Hardware Switchers, as well as Software Switchers Like Wirecast, VMix and OBS * Making 2-D Motion Graphic Animations Using FCP and After Effects Templates & Plugins * Composing and Producing Short-Form Music by Playing Digital Pianos and Using DAWs (Logic Pro and Garageband) * Installation and Operation of Green Screen Studios, as Well as Fine Chroma Keying Using Final Cut Pro * Making Turkish Voiceovers (People Love My Tone) * Constant Researching and Learning for Video Production Related Techniques and Troubleshooting While Monitoring Trends.

• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Sound Designer
• Colorist
• Senior Editor

Seen Films is a istanbul based production house, we specialise in film making documentaries, programmes and short movies We have produced projects across the Arab Region Seen Films cooperates with television channels; implementing projects, We have carried out projects for the Al Jazeera network and Al-Araby TV We are expanding our services, offering camera crew hire and post production facilities and services. our work Death of a passenger When people are not safe to live on the streets .. When death is inherent to you everywhere .. sitting next to you waiting for the error from you or others to come his role .. Death is a ride .. It is the title of the film that talks about road accidents in Egypt and Sudan as two Arab models are subjected to high rates of road accidents and die on the sidewalks of thousands of people The film is presented to this issue through its main and secondary heroes, who lived with him for a full hour to review the causes and results and look for the role of the state, society and the individual on this issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P98boIE5UA&t=12s The Deal When a woman turns into a commodity that is sold and bought .. her family or brokers trade for a handful of money In Egypt, villages forced their families in one way or another to throw their daughters into an unknown fate The film deals with the marriage of tourists in Egypt and is verifiably exposed to this process and who are the elements of this network that sells these girls? .. Is there any laws to prevent this trade coated with what can be called marriage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iui3gg6EZzk&t=295s

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• Post-Production Manager
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Colorist
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Designer
• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• TV News Producer
• Corporate Videographer
• Line Producer / On-Location

I worked as a TV correspondent for many years, for the Turkish spoken TV channels, for Turkish spoken branches of international TV stations like CNN Turk and Aljazeera Turk. I worked internationally for the Turkish Public TV TRT, as Jerusalem correspondent. I worked in Middle East, South Asia, Caucasus and Balkans. I made TV stories about conflicts in these regions such as American invasion in Iraq in 2003, Israeli- Lebanese war in 2006, Kurdish issue in Turkey, Israel - Palestine conflict, Pakistan Army's Swat Valley operations. I also made a mid-length (47 min.) documentary, named "Resister", about Tobacco Workers in Turkey's capital Ankara which lasted 78 days. This film deemed worthy of being "Best documentary" in 2010 by the Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD). Murat UTKU was born in 1972. Studied in Naval High School and Naval Academy. He left Naval Academy and graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences/Economy and politics. Worked as a TV Journalist, at national and international TV Stations such as CNN Turk, Haberturk, TRT Turk. He worked for TRT Turk as the representative to Jerusalem for a short term. Travelled to the south east of Turkey very often to work on Kurdish issue. Has been been to Middle East so many times times, had an exprience on “crisis” and “conflict resolution”. Heʼs been to crisis areas like, Iraq (during the American invasion), Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Palestine as TV correspondent, and Armenia many times to report about the conflict between two countries Turkey and Armenia. He reported Russia – Georgia war in 2008, which he followed and reported the war in South Osetia, Tbilisi and invaded Georgian city, Gori as a TV correspondent. He worked as TRT Türkʼs representative to Jerusalem in 2009. He produced and directed TV program called ʻHey Taksiʼ for TRT Türk. In 2010, he received Progressive Journalists Associationʼs Mahmut Tali Öngören TV Award with a TV story screened at CNN Türk, called ʻTwo Languages in a Suitcaseʼ. ‘Resister’, the documentary he made, deemed worthy of the ‘Best documentary’ of the year. He worked as Senior Correspondent for Aljazeera Turk, left his position in 2015. He has been working as a field producer for Aljazeera English since then. He spent more than two years in the South East of Turkey on the border with Syria, watched closely what’s been happening about the war within Syria, made news pieces on refugee issues either in te refugee camps administrated by Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency AFAD or worked on stories about the refugees who have currently been living in the cities like Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Kilis as well as Istanbul. As a jurnalist and as a film maker he also worked with several NGOs including Turkish, Syrian and international aid groups and agencies, made TV and written stories about refugee children’s education as well. Murat Utku also worked as one of the field producers in Turkey for the documentary called Human Flow, filmed by Chinese artist and film director Ai Weiwei, about Syrian refugees screened at Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale on 2017.

• Fixer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer

Christian Abi Abboud Filmmaker Christian Abi Abboud was born on the 13 of may 1980 in Beirut, a city divided by civil war. His experience of a city divided between east and west marked his childhood, images of war and corruption created a unique bond between him and his hometown, Beirut. Images and memories that eventually led him to enter the prestigious "Institut d'études scéniques audiovisuelles et cinématographiques, IESAV" in Lebanon and graduated in 2002 with honors, his film diploma "Pile ou face" won the first prize. After his graduation, he worked as an editor until 2012 for more than 200 projects ranging from tv commercial to music videos and corporate films. He collaborated with internationally acclaimed directors and artists like Nadine Labaki, Henri Jean Debon, Michel Elefteriades... In 2009, in order to leverage his wide and powerful network of professionals, he established his own company "Tic Motion" specialised in Post production services, which is still doing well to date. But in 2014, he chose to free himself from the business world and take a new path that he was secretly waiting for. He started producing and directing his own content. After selling his shares in his company, he produced and directed his first independent documentary film "OD5NJ". It was only when he produced and directed UBUNTU that he got the attention of the film industry and was considered as a new director to watch. Ubuntu that tells the story of Syrian Woman who seeked asylum in Sweden, then falls in love with a Lebanese filmmaker, and finds herself tangled between her new life in Europe, and her fear of going back to the Middle east that crushed her initial life dreams, that Premiered at Vancouver Doc Festival, and won the Jury prize at Karama festival Amman. Today Christian is working in parallel on more than 5 film projects that are at various production stages, collaborating with 4 producers from different backgrounds and genres, and is safely but surely crafting his filmography one piece after the other. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8339601/bio?item=mb0636772

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Designer
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer

While doing a BA degree in Political Science in Istanbul Caglar already worked on the production and filming of numerous short film projects. His professional career in film started with a television program about film genres called Film Koptu in 2007. As the creator of the concept, he worked as co-director and producer for one season. In 2009 he co-wrote and produced a critically-acclaimed short film titled “Bugun Yok” which was screened and received awards at many leading film festivals, both national and international. Starting from 2010, he directed various types of international projects including programs for the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship, the Professional Windsurf Association (PWA) World Tour, World Kiteboarding League, and various hi-octane Red Bull events in different fields and locations around the world. In 2015 Caglar shot his first full-length documentary feature project, following Team Zettanet Racing in 24 Hours Racing Series. This documentary titled “Labour of Love” is currently being distributed to several TV channels around the globe including Discovery South America. Currently, he is working on his second feature length project, “The Final Hour”, focusing on the Ladino language which is believed to be disappearing from the face of the earth in about 15 years time. The documentary is following a Sephardic young woman’s journey who just came to the realisation that her ancestral language is on the verge of extinction. The post production process of he project has already been started and the film will be released on the end of 2018.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Commercial DP