Laura El-Tantawy لورا الطنطاوى
@lauraeltantawy.bsky.social
Documentary Photographer Exploring Social & Environmental Issues | Bookmaker | Educator | Canon EMEA Ambassador | Recipient: Eugene Smith Fund, PhMuseum, Prix Virginia | Based in Brighton, U.K. | Insta 📲 laura_el_tantawy | 📸 www.lauraeltantawy.com 🇬🇧💗🇪🇬
“Opinion polls suggest, Sir Keir is deeply unpopular, perhaps even the most unpopular British prime minister, in the history of modern opinion polling.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Friends of the PM are worried his job might be under threat, perhaps as soon as after the Budget in a fortnight.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“Opinion polls suggest, Sir Keir is deeply unpopular, perhaps even the most unpopular British prime minister, in the history of modern opinion polling.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is what real corporate responsibility looks like 👏🏼🌿 Thank you #Lush #Lushbrighton #Lushcosmetics for standing on the right side of history. Integrity never goes out of style. 🫶🏼
September 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is what real corporate responsibility looks like 👏🏼🌿 Thank you #Lush #Lushbrighton #Lushcosmetics for standing on the right side of history. Integrity never goes out of style. 🫶🏼
Even Trump is losing it. Maybe there is some sense left in the world, or maybe I’m just desperate enough to see cracks as glimmers of hope.
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'They Don't Know What The F*ck They're Doing': Trump On Israel-Iran After Fake And Flopped Ceasefire
YouTube video by Republic World
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June 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Even Trump is losing it. Maybe there is some sense left in the world, or maybe I’m just desperate enough to see cracks as glimmers of hope.
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Keir Starmer says the UK is “horrified by the escalation from Israel.” Not sure why now — it’s been 19 months — tens of thousands of Gazans killed and injured and more still missing under the rubble. The UK government finally waking up?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
UK suspends Israel trade talks and summons ambassador over 'intolerable' Gaza offensive
Foreign Secretary David Lammy says Israel's war in Gaza is entering a
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Keir Starmer says the UK is “horrified by the escalation from Israel.” Not sure why now — it’s been 19 months — tens of thousands of Gazans killed and injured and more still missing under the rubble. The UK government finally waking up?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
“Woody, Spicy & Sweet — What an Egyptian Mummy Smells Like” My ancestors knew how to make a fashionable exit — with notes of incense, spice and a hint of afterlife chic 🤔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3_Q...
This is what a mummified body smells like 👃 | BBC Ideas #Shorts
YouTube video by BBC Ideas
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May 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“Woody, Spicy & Sweet — What an Egyptian Mummy Smells Like” My ancestors knew how to make a fashionable exit — with notes of incense, spice and a hint of afterlife chic 🤔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3_Q...
This was something else! An intense, layered sensory experience like nothing I’ve experienced before. I felt like Miss Simone was singing only to me 🙏🏼 Bring us Leonard Cohen, Dalida, Sade. Bring Fairuz & AbdelHalim Hafez to #Brighton and I’ll love you forever 💖 @pitchblackplayback.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This was something else! An intense, layered sensory experience like nothing I’ve experienced before. I felt like Miss Simone was singing only to me 🙏🏼 Bring us Leonard Cohen, Dalida, Sade. Bring Fairuz & AbdelHalim Hafez to #Brighton and I’ll love you forever 💖 @pitchblackplayback.bsky.social
What a team. What a season. What a Finale! Liverpool seal the deal. Reds exactly where they belong — right on🔝❤️⚽️ #YNWA #GetIn #PremierLeagueChampions2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fans euphoric as Liverpool become Premier League champions
Thousands celebrate after the team become English champions in their first season under Arne Slot.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What a team. What a season. What a Finale! Liverpool seal the deal. Reds exactly where they belong — right on🔝❤️⚽️ #YNWA #GetIn #PremierLeagueChampions2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Best news to end an otherwise messy week — In true King fashion, Mo Salah stays loyal to the throne — Liverpool it is ❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼 @officiallfc.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Best news to end an otherwise messy week — In true King fashion, Mo Salah stays loyal to the throne — Liverpool it is ❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼 @officiallfc.bsky.social
A completely pointless and patronising article, full of Orientalist undertones — I can’t help but feel the author just wanted to show off her wardrobe! “Emily Maitlis’s Saudi minibreak: I was told not to go ‘full burqa’”
www.thetimes.com/article/2ef4...
www.thetimes.com/article/2ef4...
Emily Maitlis’s Saudi minibreak: I was told not to go ‘full burqa’
When the presenter booked a trip to Jeddah, she wondered if she’d done the right thing. Has the brutal, repressive kingdom really turned into a holiday hotspot?
www.thetimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A completely pointless and patronising article, full of Orientalist undertones — I can’t help but feel the author just wanted to show off her wardrobe! “Emily Maitlis’s Saudi minibreak: I was told not to go ‘full burqa’”
www.thetimes.com/article/2ef4...
www.thetimes.com/article/2ef4...
Here’s hoping this becomes a reality: “Arab leaders approve $53bn alternative to Trump's Gaza plan” www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gaza: Arab leaders approve $53bn alternative to Trump's reconstruction plan
Egypt puts forward a counterproposal to the president's vision for a US takeover of post-war Gaza.
www.bbc.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Here’s hoping this becomes a reality: “Arab leaders approve $53bn alternative to Trump's Gaza plan” www.bbc.com/news/article...
For U.K. viewers, @channel4news.bsky.social is screening the #OscarWinning documentary #NoOtherLand. I saw it in the cinema with an audience that broke out in “Free Palestine” chants post screening. 🇵🇸🕊️☮️✌🏼
March 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
For U.K. viewers, @channel4news.bsky.social is screening the #OscarWinning documentary #NoOtherLand. I saw it in the cinema with an audience that broke out in “Free Palestine” chants post screening. 🇵🇸🕊️☮️✌🏼
Nice one, SNL 🤣😂🤣
“Glitch.” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Elon Musk Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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March 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Nice one, SNL 🤣😂🤣
“Starmer is to take UK overseas aid to its lowest level as a percentage of national income since records began … a complete reversal of Labour manifesto pledges and its historical commitment to helping the world’s poorest.”
Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history
Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history
NGOs accuse prime minister of following US by accepting ‘false choice’ of cutting aid to fund defence
Sir Keir Starmer is to take UK overseas aid to its lowest level as a percentage of national income since records began, even if he manages to halve the…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“Starmer is to take UK overseas aid to its lowest level as a percentage of national income since records began … a complete reversal of Labour manifesto pledges and its historical commitment to helping the world’s poorest.”
“The death of Gene Hackman marks the end of one of the greatest periods of US cinema: the American new wave.” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...
Gene Hackman: the star of every scene he was in
From The Conversation to The Royal Tenenbaums, the actor rode America’s new wave to become the gold standard for characterful acting with heft
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“The death of Gene Hackman marks the end of one of the greatest periods of US cinema: the American new wave.” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...
Absolutely Marc! I can only have faith that through our collective voices for positive change — the majority, good will win.
It is horrible Laura. A further example of the worst traits of humanity, brought about by the worlds inability to stop them.
February 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Absolutely Marc! I can only have faith that through our collective voices for positive change — the majority, good will win.
Disgusting! We are officially in the age of no shame…
Backlash after Trump shares AI-video of Gaza with skyscrapers, topless Netanyahu and bearded bellydancers
Backlash after Trump shares AI-video of Gaza with skyscrapers, topless Netanyahu and bearded bellydancers
Video posted on Truth Social shows real estate plan for Gaza with US president and Benjamin Netanyahu sipping cocktails
Donald Trump is facing a backlash on his Truth Social platform after sharing an AI-created video of him sipping cocktails with a…
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Disgusting! We are officially in the age of no shame…
Real shame #BBC succumbed to “noise” created around this incredibly powerful & insightful documentary — the film is critical of Hamas. This seems like intentional blackout so people don’t know the atrocities in #Gaza. www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC pulls Gaza film as it carries out checks over Hamas links
The broadcaster has removed the documentary from its streaming service while it carries out "further due diligence".
www.bbc.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Real shame #BBC succumbed to “noise” created around this incredibly powerful & insightful documentary — the film is critical of Hamas. This seems like intentional blackout so people don’t know the atrocities in #Gaza. www.bbc.com/news/article...
My ancestors still turning heads thousands of years on 💖🙏🏼💖 #ProudEgyptian 🇪🇬
“First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's” www.bbc.com/news/article...
“First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's” www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thutmose II: First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's
It is the first royal tomb to be found since King Tutankhaman's over a century ago.
www.bbc.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My ancestors still turning heads thousands of years on 💖🙏🏼💖 #ProudEgyptian 🇪🇬
“First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's” www.bbc.com/news/article...
“First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's” www.bbc.com/news/article...
The most breathtaking sight I’ve captured so far this year—
a dance of shadows and light.
Whispers of the wind woven in flight. Mesmerised by these murmurations. #Starlings📍Brighton, U.K. 🐦⬛🌊🐦⬛🌅🐦⬛
a dance of shadows and light.
Whispers of the wind woven in flight. Mesmerised by these murmurations. #Starlings📍Brighton, U.K. 🐦⬛🌊🐦⬛🌅🐦⬛
February 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The most breathtaking sight I’ve captured so far this year—
a dance of shadows and light.
Whispers of the wind woven in flight. Mesmerised by these murmurations. #Starlings📍Brighton, U.K. 🐦⬛🌊🐦⬛🌅🐦⬛
a dance of shadows and light.
Whispers of the wind woven in flight. Mesmerised by these murmurations. #Starlings📍Brighton, U.K. 🐦⬛🌊🐦⬛🌅🐦⬛
Fluttering my wings on @bsky.app with this as my first post. Finding light in this deeply unsettling times … #onthisearth by Mahmoud Darwich & Le Trio Joubran 🇵🇸🎶☀️🕊️ youtu.be/xJU81Y2Y7pU?...
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Translation here: asitoughttobe.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/o...
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February 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Fluttering my wings on @bsky.app with this as my first post. Finding light in this deeply unsettling times … #onthisearth by Mahmoud Darwich & Le Trio Joubran 🇵🇸🎶☀️🕊️ youtu.be/xJU81Y2Y7pU?...
Translation here: asitoughttobe.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/o...
Translation here: asitoughttobe.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/o...