Dominika Ozynska

Filmmaker and Animator based in Beirut.

[Abby Sewell @sewella]

My latest: Many Syrian refugees who flew from Beirut to Minsk are in a precarious situation. Their passports were stamped with a re-entry ban when they left Lebanon, and with the visas that brought them to Belarus now expired, they are facing the specter of deportation to Syria

[Amal Khan @amalkhan]

Why did the plane take off? What insanity is this? Planes don't take off if there's an extra suitcase on board. Men clung to its wings. Real people rained from the sky. How is this justifiable? Who will answer for this and in what court. How is everybody not screaming in anger

[Bel Trew @Beltrew]

Every day Gilbert chats away on What's App to his fiancée Sahar even though she was killed a year ago in the #Beirutblast. He's even recharged her phone line so it still works. Like so many he says he's stuck in 4 Aug 2020. With no justice-he can't move on https://t.co/bk5KVt5pAz

[Abby Sewell @sewella]

My latest: The #BeirutBlast brought Karantina back into the public eye, but it was just the latest in many cycles of displacement in the storied history of this often-forgotten community whose people have struggled to hold onto it.
https://t.co/ynTQi2tLLu via @LOrientToday

[Finbar Anderson @andfinbar]

Please take care of yourselves this week. It's going to be tough. If you feel up to it, I and my colleagues @TheNationalNews have produced a podcast series on the #BeirutBlast. Listen at this link, or wherever you get your podcasts, and share if you like. https://t.co/OIqDebOHyS

[Lawyers for Justice in Libya @LibyanJustice]

1/4 Today marks 7 years since the murder of #Libyan human rights activist and lawyer #SalwaBugaighis. Her husband Essam El Gheriani, who was at home during the attack, has been missing ever since. There has been no meaningful investigation of this crime. https://t.co/79f2AazLgM

[Bel Trew @Beltrew]

“What had they done to the Israelis to be targeted while wearing their special Eid clothes? They are only children-they haven’t fired rockets. Except Omar-I lost my entire family in an instant.” Father of family wiped out by Israeli airstrike speaks #Gaza https://t.co/UT2NR8m4D7

[Timour Azhari @timourazhari]

How can you claim your airstrikes are precise if more than a quarter of those you kill are children?

[Bel Trew @Beltrew]

Death toll in #Gaza soars to 83, including 17 children and 7 women - 487 wounded, according to Gaza's health ministry

[BBC Reel @BBC_Reel]

You’ve probably heard of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, but what about Mansa Musa?

Arguably the richest human to have ever lived, Mansa Musa ruled over the Mali empire in the 14th Century. So why is so little known about him in the West?

[Dominika Ozynska @OzDominika]

My latest animation for @BBC_Reel about the (somehow forgotten) richest man in history🪙:

[BBC Reel @BBC_Reel]

You’ve probably heard of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, but what about Mansa Musa?

Arguably the richest human to have ever lived, Mansa Musa ruled over the Mali empire in the 14th Century. https://t.co/gnhLKylDFo

[BBC Reel @BBC_Reel]

Should newborn babies be listening to Mozart? Well according to some people... maybe.

A 1993 study gained worldwide attention after claims that listening to Mozart’s music improved brain power. But is there any scientific evidence behind these claims?
https://t.co/TbjytRErPp

[Kareem Chehayeb | كريم شهيب @chehayebk]

"People can’t take it anymore."

#Lebanon's leading politicians continue to bicker w/no new government in sight, while protests flare over the spiraling economy.

The local currency lost 90% of its value earlier this month.

Yours truly for @AJENews

https://t.co/JDh5zOyJrV

[Dominika Ozynska @OzDominika]

@KhattabAsser @newlinesmag Several times taxi drivers in Beirut got extremely excited to hear that I'm from Poland and asked me if I like Hitler. Clearly they weren't fully informed of what exactly happened there. Very interesting read Asser!!

[Dominika Ozynska @OzDominika]

One of my illustrations for @LibyanJustice report on Online Violence Against Women in #Libya.

Full report is available under the link in the post and it’s definitely worth reading and sharing.

[Lawyers for Justice in Libya @LibyanJustice]

In #Libya, Online #ViolenceAgainstWomen undermines women's participation in public life, respect for #HumanRights and the rule of law. Our latest report exposes the full scale of the problem: https://t.co/RtRYlQEB3n

#VAW #StopViolenceAgainstWomen #women

[Dominika Ozynska @OzDominika]

My latest animation for @BBC_Reel 💆

[BBC Reel @BBC_Reel]

During the 19th Century, a strange new pseudoscientific technique became hugely popular. Phrenologists claimed they could 'read' an individual's personality and intelligence by feeling supposed brain 'organs' via the normal lumps and bumps on the head.
https://t.co/49Z21AHxL8

[Lawyers for Justice in Libya @LibyanJustice]

1/3 From the start of #Libya's 2011 uprising, #women have been at the forefront of campaigns for change, using online platforms to connect, organize and demand respect for #HumanRights.

[Melissa Hogenboom BBC @MelissaH_BBC]

Can a full moon really make strange things happen? @claudiahammond takes a look. https://t.co/SP8EQs4IXn via @BBC_Reel

[Dominika Ozynska @OzDominika]

Our latest venture into the world of morbid mysteries for @BBC_Reel commissioned by @flocraig_ . I had lots of fun working on this one together with @amhartrick

[BBC Reel @BBC_Reel]

When archaeologists discovered a strange 'Pit of Bones' in northern Spain, they soon realised they had a mystery on their hands. The skeletons did not appear to belong to any known human species – and there were signs that they had been murdered. https://t.co/vMLLkrhefW

[Dominika Ozynska @OzDominika]

@flocraig_ @amhartrick Thank you for such a nice mention Flo! It was great working with you :)