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.

 

DEUTSCHE WELLE (17/1/2022) Beneath the warm, crystal-clear waters of the Gulf of Aqaba at the northern tip of the Red Sea, lies

THE NATIONAL (15/12/2021) Asphalt and concrete spread across the densely-populated eastern neighbourhoods of Amman. Only a few trees dot a dry, dusty

MONGABAY 9/11/2021 Rugged hills frame a valley surrounded by evergreen oak, pistachio and pine trees in the village of Dana, where stone

AL JAZEERA (3/10/2021) At dawn, blue and pink rays start to break over Dana’s mountain ridges. Birdsong and rustling leaves are the

DEUTSCHE WELLE / QANTARA (18/8/2021) The stones of Coimbra’s twelfth-century cathedral glow in the last rays of sunlight on a warm summer

SETENTA E QUATRO (26/8/2021) Um barco está atracado à porta da sede da Presidência da Comunidade de Madrid, na praça central da

AL JAZEERA (13/8/2021) In the summer of 1521, Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes looted and destroyed the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.

EQUAL TIMES (21/6/2021) Standing on a wooden tripod on a major road leading to Lisbon Airport, a young activist holds a pink

FUMAÇA (17/12/2020) Na semana passada, o trabalho Yazidis: O genocídio esquecido foi reconhecido com uma das cincos menções honrosas da 22.ª edição do Prémio AMI