Nasri Atallah was born on 12 November 1982 and is a British-Lebanese author, award-winning producer, television host and media entrepreneur.
15 Facts About Nasri Atallah
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Nasri Atallah is the former Editor-in-Chief of Esquire Middle East, one of the co-founders of Last Floor Productions and a former contributing writer at GQ Middle East.
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Nasri Atallah was born and grew up in London, United Kingdom, where he attended the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle.
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Nasri Atallah's father, Samir Atallah, is a prominent Arab author, journalist and thinker, and the winner of many awards for his decades of contribution to Arab literature.
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Nasri Atallah holds a Masters in International politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he completed a dissertation on the Deterritorialization of Identity Through Transnational Media.
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Nasri Atallah started is career at the United Nations Development Programme, then moved into energy research, later joining a wealth management firm before moving into advertising, content and production in 2009.
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Nasri Atallah's essays unpacking the difficulties of navigating Lebanese culture while having grown up abroad drew him both fans and detractors.
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From 2011 to 2017, Nasri Atallah worked at as Head of Media at a creative agency focused on culture from the Middle East, across music, publishing and film.
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Nasri Atallah has worked with Egyptian electro-singer and producer Bosaina, Montreal indie band Wake Island, and krautrock band Lumi.
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Nasri Atallah is represented by Aoife Rice at United Agents.
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From 2018 to 2022, Nasri Atallah was a contributor for GQ Middle East.
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Nasri Atallah has written essays, such as his account of the August 4th 2020 explosion in Beirut entitled "Inside Beirut's Broken Heart".
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Nasri Atallah has written for various publications, including The Guardian, GQ Magazine, Time Out, Brownbook, Little White Lies, Monocle and L'Orient-Le Jour.
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Nasri Atallah is the co-host of the Bootleg Magic podcast with Alya Mooro and a regular guest on the BBC World Service's The Arts Hour with Nikki Bedi.
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Nasri Atallah is married to award-winning Lebanese fashion designer Nour Hage.