Amman, Jordan
9 reviews$500 - $1500 / Day
Rosie Lyse Thompson is a freelance multimedia journalist who is currently based in Jordan and Iraqi Kurdistan. She has been published by a range of international publications: Al Jazeera English, AJ+ The Huffington Post, Associated Press, BBC Arabic, Sky Arabia, BuzzFeed and The Guardian. She is currently learning colloquial Arabic at an advanced level.
March • 2016
"As usual, Rosie did a top-quality job. She used innovative and creative shooting techniques, and went above what was asked of her, spending time working with the characters to get exactly what we wanted." Sakhr Al-Makhadhi, AJ+ Middle East Editor
November • 2017
We've worked with Rosie many times in the past and she always delivers great footage with on-point interviews. Very communicative and easy to work with.
November • 2017
Very happy with the footage and interviews that Rosie delivered. She's communicative, delivers on time and it's always a pleasure to work with her.
Produced for The Electronic Intifada
The first mushroom farm in the West Bank and the move to boycott Israeli products to build a stronger Palestine.
Produced for AJPlus
They're plumbers. They're solving Jordan's water shortage. And they're all women.
Produced for AJPlus
The women of Zaatari escaped war, but they are still fighting against social stigmas. Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, we meet three women in Zaatari who are breaking boundaries in the refugee camp with the support of Oxfam.
Produced for AJPlus
One refugee woman took it upon herself to feed other Syrian refugees and orphans in this Turkish town.
Produced for AJPlus
Syrian refugees children will take part in a Robot competition designed by Syrian physicians/ robotic engineers. The children from 3 schools will be broken down into teams and will work together to build robots and compete against one an other. The competition will last one day and the prizes will be certificates and robot gear.
Produced for AJPlus
Lina Khalifeh founded the the gym ‘SheFighter’ in Amman that provides specialised self-defence and martial arts training for women. The gym was praised by Obama last year in one of his speeches.A few years ago Lina began teaching self-defence after she saw a colleague being physically abused by her brother. She originally began teaching in her parents basement until she was able to start her own
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