Zeyad salem

Multimedia Journalist

Egypt

Zeyad Salem is a Multimedia Journalist, Creative Director and Storyteller based in Cairo, Egypt.
He has an MA in Multimedia Journalism (Broadcast) from the University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom. He worked in Egypt as a Producer for ON TV and a Founding Producer for CBC Extra. He also worked on multimedia projects in Germany, Greece, Lebanon, Turkey and the UK.
He is a Founding Member of the Cultural Innovators' Network (CIN) and a Chevening Alumni. His debut short documentary as a one-man-crew Else premiered at the BFI-Flare LGBT Film Festival and is the official selection for festivals in UK, Ukraine, South Korea and China.

Portfolio

Multimedia Pieces

Westminster World
03/21/2016
1 in 10 women rescued from a sexual assault in the UK

This was how Laurene Becquart, a London-based photographer felt after she was "cat-called" at a park in London. The man who seemed younger than her then grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him.

BritsinPieces
How do the Brits have sex?

In Britain, like in most places inhabited by human beings, sex is the cornerstone of many conversations, activities, jokes, and forms of behaviour. The average British citizen has sex less than three times a month and almost a third do not get any action at all.

Websites

Brits in Pieces
Brits in Pieces

Explore and make sense of British behaviour. How do the Brits behave in the comfort of their homes, with strangers and with their mates at the pub?

Z... space
05/03/2017
Z... space

"Our lives run in cycles of 7 years where every aspect of your life is put under a microscope and examined. And anything deemed unnecessary and no longer positive for your Spiritual growth on your journey gets removed." #Else is a documentary about people identifying outside the Gender Binary.

Documentaries (TV and Radio)

SoundCloud
04/11/2016
Regeni by Zeyad Salem

The disappearance and murder of a Cambridge student while doing his research on workers movement in Egypt raised many questions like why and who is behind it? Especially after it was made public that he was writing for Leftist Italian newspaper Il Manifesto under a pseudonym which implies that he knew he was in danger.

Writings

Medium
11/29/2015
The night Leila danced in London - The Monocle

The night Leila danced in London. Having a Live Broadcast from Beirut in London showing Arabs dancing, singing, performing and hanging out - like all people are on a Saturday night was -maybe- a first. It was at the Barbican centre in London where the indie Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila had their album release concert having Beirut as their background visuals.

Z... space
10/16/2013
A direct hit

As Published in Rowayat literary journal - January,2014** It is not very often that one sees the issuing of the ultimate tropical cyclone warning signal of No. 10. When this signal is issued, it means that winds of hurricane force (118 km/h or more) are expected to affect the territory.

Medium
11/14/2015
Is it time for yet another "War on Terrorism? " - The Monocle

Is it time for -yet- another "War on Terrorism"? It was a horrifying scene on Friday the 13th in Paris, where six coordinated terrorist attacks killed 126 people. The attackers used grenades, Kalashnikovs and explosive belts. At least 80 people were killed at the Bataclan concert theatre.

Short videos