Hannah Robathan, Author at Shado Magazine

Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival

The comics in these pages will make you think, make you feel, make you laugh, make you rage. Each of these artists wields the power of testimony, the power of using their visual voice, the power of drawing their truths.” As Roxane Gay’s introduction so eloquently states, Drawing Power: Women’s...

Hannah Robathan & Illustration: Isabella Pearce

ADAM

Imagine that being yourself could get you killed. Adam is a play written by Frances Poet and directed by Cora Bissett based on the real-life experiences of Adam Kashmiry, an Egyptian man forced to leave his country for being transgender. A two-person play, Adam is played in his two physicalities....

Isabella Pearce, Hannah Robathan & Illustration: Adam Kashmiry

shado Issue 02: Global Womxnhood x The Vavengers

** GET YOUR TICKETS HERE ** shado will be back at Stour Space for the launch of Issue 02: Global Womxnhood on Friday, 12th July. The aim of this issue is not only to broaden definitions of what it means to identify as a woman, but also to raise the...

Hannah Robathan

In conversation with Matt Barton and Josh McDonald

Following shado’s film screening on 9th May, shado sat down with the director of BOX, Matt Barton and boxing coach, Josh McDonald to find out more about their aims, the process of making the film and the role the boxing club played in the Calais ‘Jungle’. Box is a collaborative...

Isabella Pearce, Hannah Robathan & Illustration: Matt Barton

In conversation with Rama Duwaji

In this interview, shado speaks to Syrian illustrator and designer, Rama Duwaji about her aims as an artist. From the topic of mental health to the problems of misogyny and beauty standards, Rama talks openly about some of the key motivations in her work and the issues she feels strongly...

Isabella Pearce, Hannah Robathan & Illustration: Rama Duwaji

In conversation with Ngadi Smart

Ngadi Smart is a Sierra Leonean Visual Artist based in Côte d’Ivoire. She works in the mediums of photography and illustration. The themes in her illustrative work fluctuate between female and male power dynamics, to feminism, to female sexuality and are often also fashion and pop culture inspired. Her photography...

Isabella Pearce & Illustration: Hannah Robathan

In conversation with filmmaker Laura Wadha

Ahead of our evening of short films in collaboration with The People’s Film Club on 9th May, shado spoke to Scottish-Syrian documentary filmmaker Laura Wadha. Laura is currently finishing her Masters in Directing Documentary at the National Film and Television School. We spoke to Laura about her aims and motivations...

Isabella Pearce & Illustration: Hannah Robathan

The Satir Sisters: two artists inspiring change through illustration

shado first met the brilliant sisters Enas and Alaa Satir in December when the revolts erupted in Sudan – find out more here. Four months later and the revolution is still ongoing. Both artists, Enas and Alaa are based in Toronto and Khartoum respectively, and while both of their work...

Hannah Robathan & Illustration: Isabella Pearce

Remembering Sarah Hochheim: selectivity and visibility in Britain’s child refugees

In the WWII chapters of British history textbooks, the Kindertransport — the organised rescue of nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied territory to Britain — tends to hold a certain pride of place. It’s a safe, celebratory story of philanthropy done right, a tale of British derring-do on the...

Hannah Robathan

shado Speaks Up with Alketa Xhafa Mripa

[mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/SOASradio/shado-speaks-up-with-alketa-xhafa-mripa/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1] Alketa Xhafa Mripa is a Kosovan-born conceptual artist and activist who creates art installations to address taboo topics and to combat human rights violations. We spoke to Alketa ahead of her exhibition in Luxembourg for the Stand Speak Rise Up conference in March 2019. Music:...

Hannah Robathan

World Book Day – 6 authors inspiring new perspectives

To mark World Book Day, we asked six of our illustrators to artistically respond to either their favourite book or author. Writers across the globe are challenging mainstream narratives through insightful and thoughtful writing; be it Trish Cooke’s crucial diversifying of children’s literature, Afua Hirsh’s resonance with people of colour...

Isabella Pearce & Illustration: Hannah Robathan

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