Elle Kurancid is an independent Canadian writer based between Cairo and Athens. In recent years, she has collaborated with multiple documentarians from the MENA region and Europe on deep dives about Egypt’s counterrevolutionary forces, America’s forever wars, Greece’s migratory landscapes, and Yemen’s enduring spirits. She co-wrote the National Geographic Society–funded short film Above the Law (2019). At present, she is editing and co-writing the forthcoming photo-driven nonfiction book His Weapons Are Unwise: The War in Yemen From the Perspective of Yemeni Women. Her website is www.ellekurancid.com.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The Optimistic Crown Prince
On the “Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen” and the Western-supported, Saudi-led coalition has targeted Yemeni civilians....
One Worshipper Is Not Superior to Another
A years-long visual investigation into how Iraq War blowback is playing out in Egypt, the second-largest recipient of US military aid....
Fascism Advisory in Effect
Trump’s “America First” policies have given a “new wind of support” to Greece’s fascist Golden Dawn party. Take heed....
Predator of Press Freedom v. Prisoner of Conscience
Elle Kurancid on photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as “Shawkan,” who the Egyptian government has detained for years for photographing protests....
Reportage Art from the Calais Jungle: “A Sea of Tents Surrounds Me”
As with the subjects of a courtroom sketch, the Jungle residents, being either refugee or migrant, are positioned as defendants....
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