Nasri Atallah
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Nasri Atallah | |
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.jpg) Atallah in 2013 | |
| Born | 12 November 1982 London, England |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Producer |
| Notable work | |
| Title | Editor-in-Chief, Esquire Middle East |
| Spouse | |
| Website | nasriatallah |
Nasri Atallah (born 12 November 1982) is a British-Lebanese author, television host, producer, and media entrepreneur. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Esquire Middle East, one of the co-founders of Last Floor Productions and a former contributing writer at GQ Middle East.
Biography
[edit]Nasri Atallah was born and grew up in London, United Kingdom, where he attended the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle. His parents, Samir Atallah and May Francis, are both British-Lebanese and were living in London at the time. His father, Samir Atallah, is a prominent Lebanese journalist and author.[1][2]
Atallah moved to Beirut in 1997, finished school and studied politics at the American University of Beirut.[3] He holds a Masters in International politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he completed a dissertation on the Deterritorialization of Identity Through Transnational Media.
Career
[edit]Atallah started is career at the United Nations Development Programme, then moved into energy research, later joining a wealth management firm before moving into advertising, content and production in 2009.
During a brief stint at J. Walter Thompson as a conceptual copywriter, Atallah wrote a blog entitled Our Man in Beirut which earned him notoriety amongst the Lebanese community both in Lebanon and abroad.[citation needed] His essays unpacking the difficulties of navigating Lebanese culture while having grown up abroad drew him both fans and detractors.[citation needed] The blog's success led to a publishing deal with Turning Point books,[4] and the print version was released in December 2011.
From 2011 to 2017, Atallah worked at as Head of Media at a creative agency focused on culture from the Middle East, across music, publishing and film.[5][6] There, he launched the career[7] of the prominent Lebanese blues rock revival duo, The Wanton Bishops, through his role as their manager.[8] He has also worked with Egyptian electro-singer and producer Bosaina, Montreal indie band Wake Island,[9][10] and krautrock band Lumi.
Since 2018, he has been focused on creative projects in film and television as a producer and screenwriter, as well as continuing to write creative non-fiction and fiction.[11]
Last Floor Productions
[edit]In late 2019, he co-founded Last Floor Productions with two longtime friends, Mashrou' Leila band member and composer Firas Abou Fakher and writer and Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts screenwriting professor Daniel Habib.[12] Last Floor Productions is focused on the creation of genre film & television, centered on telling stories about Arabs around the world.[13] The company's first production, 10-episode psychological thriller Al Shak (Doubt),[14] was written, shot and released entirely during the early phase of the coronavirus lockdown of 2020. It was produced as a Shahid Original for the leading streaming service launched by MBC Group. Later in 2020, Last Floor Productions released a second TV Series for Shahid, an 8-episode action comedy entitled Fixer. The company has also created short documentaries for Apple[15] and the Victoria & Albert Museum.[16]
GQ Middle East
[edit]From 2018 to 2022, Atallah was a contributor for GQ Middle East.[17] He has also written essays, such as his account of the August 4th 2020 explosion in Beirut entitled "Inside Beirut's Broken Heart".[18]
Esquire Middle East
[edit]In August 2022, Atallah was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Esquire Middle East by ITP Media Group.[19]
Other work
[edit]Atallah has also written for various publications, including The Guardian,[20] GQ Magazine,[21] Time Out, Brownbook,[22] Little White Lies, Monocle and L'Orient-Le Jour.
He is also the co-host of the Bootleg Magic podcast with Alya Mooro and a regular guest on the BBC World Service's The Arts Hour with Nikki Bedi.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | RKOD | No | No | Executive | |
| 2020 | Aziza | No | Yes | Yes | short documentary |
| Charmland | No | Yes | Yes | documentary | |
| Doubt | No | Yes | Executive | also co-creator, 10 episodes | |
| Fixer | No | No | Executive | 8 episodes | |
| Apple: Illuminating Creativity Series | No | Yes | Executive | ||
| 2021 | V&A: Jameel Prize 6 From Poetry to Politics | No | Yes | Executive | short documentary |
| 2022 | It Gets Darker | No | No | Executive | short film |
Books
[edit]- A Lost Summer: Postcards From Lebanon (Contributor) (Saqi Books, 2008) ISBN 978-0863566868
- Our Man in Beirut (Turning Point Books, 2011) ISBN 978-9953021102
- Share This Book (Contributor) (SHARE Foundation, 2013) [23]
- Beyrouth, Chroniques et détours by Mashallah News and AMI Collective (Foreword) (Tamyras Éditions, 2014) ISBN 9782360860517[24]
- Haramacy: A collection of essays prescribed by voices from the Middle East, South Asia and the diaspora (Contributor) (Unbound Books, 2022)[25] ISBN 978-1800181328
Personal life
[edit]Atallah is married to award-winning Lebanese fashion designer Nour Hage.[26] The couple have been together since 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ Arab Media Forum – Samir Atallah http://www.arabmediaforum.ae/en/speakers/2013/speaker/samir-atallah-13.aspx
- ^ "President Sleiman awarded a medal of appreciation to journalist Samir Atallah". Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ "American University of Beirut's Blogger Community on the Rise | Beirut News Network". Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ Popular Beirut Blogger Releases Book http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Dec-03/155947-popular-beirut-blogger-releases-book.ashx
- ^ Lebanon Goes Digital By Alex Young | The Media Line | http://www.themedialine.org/news/lebanon-goes-digital/
- ^ Keeward Team http://keeward.com/keeward-team Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Wanton Bishops | La Boule Noire | Paris, retrieved 12 July 2023
- ^ The Wanton Bishops Story on Keeward http://keeward.com/the-wanton-bishops/ Archived 27 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wake Island on Keeward http://keeward.com/portfolio/wake-island/
- ^ Meeting Wake Island | With Nasri Atallah, retrieved 12 July 2023
- ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Un trio libanais qui veut innover sur le petit écran". L'Orient-Le Jour. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Badih, Samia (30 June 2020). "'Everything happened through a screen': How three friends created an entire TV show while housebound". The National. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Doubt (TV Series 2020– ) - Ratings - IMDb, retrieved 12 July 2023
- ^ Staff Reporter (12 May 2021). "Last Floor Productions partners with Shahid & Apple in India". BroadcastPro ME. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Upstream - Innovator Spotlight #1 – Last Floor Productions". Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ GQ Middle East Nasri Atallah author page https://www.gqmiddleeast.com/author/nasri-atallah
- ^ Inside Beirut's Broken Heart | https://www.gqmiddleeast.com/Beirut-explosion-Inside-Beiruts-Broken-Heart
- ^ Nasri Atallah appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Esquire Middle East | https://www.itp.com/press-rooms/nasri-atallah-appointed-editor-chief-esquire-middle-east
- ^ Atallah, Nasri (4 January 2016). "An insider's cultural guide to Beirut: 'a beautiful, rowdy, intoxicated mess'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ GQ India https://twitter.com/aratiGQ/status/308859612029935616
- ^ Brownbook Magazine | The Falafel Issue Contributors | http://brownbook.me/the-falafel-issue/
- ^ SHARE Foundation | Publications | http://www.shareconference.net/en/news/share-book Archived 3 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""Beyrouth, chroniques et détours"". RFI. 25 April 2014.
- ^ Balram, Dhruva; Joshi, Tara (25 November 2023). Haramacy. Unbound. ISBN 978-1-80018-132-8.
- ^ Less is More | A Magazine (Aishti) by Pip Usher http://blog.aishti.com/24819-2/
External links
[edit]
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Alumni of SOAS University of London
- American University of Beirut alumni
- British magazine editors
- British television producers
- English people of Lebanese descent
- Lebanese filmmakers
- Lebanese writers
- People educated at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
- Television personalities from London
- Writers from London