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About Maryam Maruf

Maryam Maruf is a Commissioning Editor of openDemocracy.

Articles by Maryam Maruf

Tuesday 6th June

Offside rules: an interview with Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi and Maryam Maruf, 6 June 2006

In just a few days time, on 11 June, Iran officially begins its 2006 German World Cup adventure.

Sunday 25th September

Shazia Khalid and the fight for justice in Pakistan

Zainab Mahmood, Shazia Khalid, and Maryam Maruf, 25 September 2005
Shazia Khalid talks about the challenges facing Pakistani women in achieving equal rights and justice, following her own rape and attempts by the government to silence her.
Thursday 22nd September

Howl's Moving Castle: a film for adults

Maryam Maruf, 22 September 2005
On the brink of her quarter-life crisis, Maryam Maruf is turned inside out by the latest film of the great Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.
Thursday 23rd December

Best of '04: Arts & Cultures

Maryam Maruf, 23 December 2004
The Editor of openDemocracy’s Arts & Cultures section introduces her top three picks for 2004.

The three faces of Christmas

Maryam Maruf, 23 December 2004
From Warrington to Abu Dhabi, shami kebabs and plastic trees, crap TV or a day at the beach? Maryam Maruf’s quirky tale of a child’s Christmas in the Persian Gulf.
Sunday 26th September

Sounding the sea

Mike O’Brien, Maryam Maruf, and Candida Clark, 26 September 2004
From the South China Sea to Florida's South Beach; lobsters and sharks; icebergs, canals and coral reefs - openDemocracy's “Shorelines” project has offered a lyrical combination of voice, image and narrative. Now, as it reaches the shore's limit, get ready for the big swell. We present an exclusive compilation: the sound of the sea and a pick of some of our best images.
Thursday 4th March

Osama and Afghan cinema: an interview with Siddiq Barmak

Maryam Maruf and Margaret Loescher, 4 March 2004
Afghanistan’s first post-Taliban feature film, a bleak yet lyrical story of a young girl forced to ‘pass’ as a boy in order to support her widowed mother, is provoking worldwide interest in the country’s cinematic heritage and future. As Siddiq Barmak presents the film in open-air screenings around Kabul, Maryam Maruf of openDemocracy and Maggie Loescher talk to the acclaimed director.
Thursday 31st October

Spider-man!

Maryam Maruf, 31 October 2002
People fear spiders but adore Spider-man. For a girl growing up in 1980s Dubai, the reason was clear: he was friendly, normal, likeable. The boy-next-door who was also a comic-book super-hero. More entertaining even than Qu'ran recital? A close call. Fast forward a generation. The boy has metamorphosed into a film, and the girl into Maryam Maruf. She looks back in love - and forward to the sequel.
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