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My Dec. 2022-published book—

SHADOWS & LIGHT: The Extraordinary Life of James McBey

... is now a biopic film script!

 From Jan. 2025 I will also be transcribing McBey's 1909-1959 diaries as part of a year-long project with Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums, home to the world's largest McBey archive

Exhibitions—

The James McBey Exhibitions 2023 & 2025

I co-curated both the Shadows & Light & the James McBey: His Art, His World shows in 2023 & 2025 respectively 

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author.

journalist.

film maker.

I began my writing career as a journalist in 2002 filing stories from the likes of Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Freetown & Madrid as well as my home city of Glasgow. In 2023/24, I was a Senior Producer for Al Jazeera English (AJE) in its online team.

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book.

SHADOWS & LIGHT, my biography of the swashbuckling Scottish-American artist James McBey, was published by Edinburgh's Scotland Street Press in 2022. I have given talks about it in cities such as Edinburgh, London and Tangier.

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praise for SHADOWS & LIGHT

'James McBey ... has found a new champion in the journalist and writer Alasdair Soussi.'
The Guardian
'An extraordinary life deserves an extraordinary biography – and thanks to Alasdair Soussi, McBey finally has one'
Madeline Nehring, Team Leader – Collections, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
'magical & mesmerising'
The Press & Journal

journalism.

Political and social affairs in Scotland and the UK are my jam. I also have a journalistic passion for everything Middle Eastern.

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Brexit and the Scottish independence debate have made up a large proportion of my writings in recent years. Latterly, however, I have covered Israel's genocidal war on Gaza from a European perspective.

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short films.

I have also shot a series of shorts for Al Jazeera's social media platforms.

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exhibitions in pictures.

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