Marta Vidal

I have written about a wide range of subjects, including birders and borders, political prisoners, black flowers blooming in the desert and communities resisting mining projects. 

I am drawn to stories that highlight hope, beauty, and joy in unlikely places. My work focuses on resistance, courage, and kindness in the face of oppression, violence and environmental destruction; on the ways people respond to adversity with creativity and resourcefulness, and on how oppressed and marginalised groups express defiance. 

I hope my work fosters solidarity, engagement and accountability.

 

AL JAZEERA (12/10/2018) On Friday evenings in Mitte, Berlin’s central district, the sound of an oud travels up from the public library’s ground

MIDDLE EAST EYE (25/9/2018) A 1974 Mercedes, wrapped in a blanket of books, stands still on Rainbow Street – one of the oldest and busiest

BUALA (6/8/2018) Em 2016, o primeiro-ministro António Costa anunciou a disponibilidade para aumentar a quota de refugiados. Desde então, o governo português tem reiterado

AL-JAZEERA (20/3/2018) Kashmir has a rich tradition of artisan culture. Intricate woodcarvings, colourful papier-mache and exquisite cashmere scarfs made the Himalayan valley renowned

BUALA (4/2/2018)  “Foi a pimenta que fez Vasco da Gama atravessar os mares, da torre de Belém em Lisboa até à costa

MIDDLE EAST EYE (14/9/2017) Streets are dim and narrow in the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Barajneh, in southern Beirut. Walls are

LATTERLY MAGAZINE (6/11/2016) Life for Syrian refugees in Turkey is especially hard for children. Forced to leave their homes, interrupt their studies

BALKAN DISKURS (21/3/2016) Ron Haviv has spent almost 25 years documenting conflicts around the world, from the wars in Bosnia and Rwanda

BALKAN DISKURS (19/11/2015) In 1992, Vladimir Tomić was twelve years old when the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina started. He fled Sarajevo with his