Ali Fadhil

Ali Fadhil started his career in journalism working as an interpreter for The Financial Times, The Guardian and the New Yorker Magazine in Iraq. In late 2004, the Scott Trust paid for him to travel to the UK to train in documentary filming. Since November 2004, Ali has completed four documentaries in addition to an hour-long investigation for Dispatches on Channel 4. Ali has won many awards including: Young Journalist of the year in 2005 and a Rory Peck award in 2006. Ali is working on a documentary for HBO to be broadcast next December, investigating what has happened to Iraqi sport.

Summer school speaker 2007