Dorian Geiger
Digital Journalist
Dorian is a producer & features writer at Al Jazeera English. The New York Times, Politico, TIME, VICE, Fusion, Fortune, Narratively & Teen Vogue have featured his work. Email:dorian.geiger@gmail.com
PROJECTS
Al Jazeera
ISIL's Smouldering Footprint in Qayyara
Billowing clouds of smoke cloaked the sun, orange flames sprang dozens of feet into the sky, and the stench of petrol hung in the air. Everywhere Muhamed Oussama looked, it was apocalyptic.
Al Jazeera
Why is There a Plague Outbreak in Antananarivo?
The tiny southeast African island of Madagascar is scrambling to contain an outbreak of pneumonic plague that has killed at least 42 people and infected 343 more since August. Here are 5 things you should know.
Al Jazeera
Albert's world: Living With Autism
Kami Kondik stared at the door of her North Carolina home. It was wide open. And her four-year-old son, Albert, had vanished. She frantically searched the house but there was no trace of him.
The Guardian
It's Not Me, It's You: Six Comedians on their Best and Worst Love Stories
“Love is rich with both honey and venom,” goes the Latin proverb. For the various comedians we spoke to this Valentine’s Day about the romantic failures they won’t forget, this was often the case. These are some of the most entertaining, poignant, endearing and awkward stories of failed love from America’s funniest people, which goes to show: happily never after isn’t always a bad thing.
Al Jazeera
Cholera Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off in Rohingya Camp
The Bangladeshi government, UN agencies, and a number of NGOs have launched a massive vaccination campaign in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar to save hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from the spread of a potential cholera outbreak.
Al Jazeera
Why Remembering The Holocaust Matters More Than Ever
Philip Riteman was just 13 when the Nazis shoved him and his family on to a train bound for Auschwitz from the Pruzhany ghetto in Poland. At the time, he and his family had no idea they were being carted to their deaths.
Al Jazeera
How Chlorine Gas Became a Weapon in Syria's Civil War
Syria's chlorine problem: The human toll of chlorine attacks in six years of civil war.
Donald Trump's Silence on White Terror
Donald J. Trump tweets a lot about "terrorism", but not when the attackers are white. We looked at the data. Produced, narrated & edited by Dorian Geiger.
Al Jazeera
Asylum Seekers Pay Price for Sheltering Edward Snowden
It was nearly midnight when Vanessa Mae Rodel, a Filipino asylum seeker living in Hong Kong, heard a knock at the door of her tiny apartment. She wasn't expecting any visitors, but opened the door to see her immigration attorney, accompanied by a stranger. Little did Rodel know then but the visitor was Edward Snowden, fresh on the run from the US government.
Al Jazeera
Refugees Cross to Canada to Escape Donald Trump
For five hours, Farhan Ahmed and Mohamed Mualim trekked through the barren and frigid snow-swept fields dividing North Dakota from the Canadian prairies. The snow was knee-deep and it was nearly -20 degrees Celsius. Then, out of the darkness, a highway appeared. They had arrived in Canada.
Al Jazeera
The Dawn of Cyber Politicians
Could holograms, as used by France's Jean-Luc Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and India's Narendra Modi be the future of political rallies?
Exploring Armenia's Ancient Monasteries In Virtual Reality
Armenia was the first nation to adopt Christianity as a national religion. Join us on a virtual reality tour of the country's ancient religious sites. Filmed & produced by Dorian Geiger.
Al Jazeera
Yemen: Art, love, bombs and bans
They call him the Banksy of Yemen. But Murad Subay, a 29-year-old street artist based in the capital Sanaa, shrugs off such comparisons.
Al Jazeera
The Lonely Pyramids of Giza: Egyptian Tourism's Decline and Fall
Dozens of wrinkled Egyptian men sip tea, draw smoke from water pipes and boisterously chat in Arabic. They lounge at a bustling alleyway cafe, sandwiched between the labyrinths of crumbling apartment buildings in the heart of Cairo, adjacent to Tahrir Square.
Al Jazeera
Spy Merchants: Spying on Dissent Through Illegal Means
Abbas Hakimzadeh's jail cell was bleak. High walls, one sink and a window. Just enough light crept in to distinguish between morning and night. This was solitary confinement in Iran in 2009.