26 November, 2007 From There to Here, a Penguin anthology featuring Nimer’s story about his father’s journey to England in the 1970s is now available. For reviews, please check the press page. Here’s the blurb: In February 2007, we asked people from any background to send us their true personal accounts of immigration to Britain. The response was significant, and the range of entries overwhelming. Six judges – including Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty and the novelist Kate Mosse – selected the best, most illuminating and most powerful entries to be published in this book. The result is the widest-reaching contemporary survey of the immigrant experience published in many years. In these pages you'll discover sixteen very different voices, each one presenting a very different point of view. In taking us around the world, each account shows a new side to the most complicated journey of all: finding a place to call home. Buy your copy now!http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0141034114?ie=UTF8&tag=nimerash-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0141034114Press.htmlhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0141034114?ie=UTF8&tag=nimerash-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0141034114shapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2
19 December, 2007 Soho Theatre is hosting an event to mark the launch of Penguin’s anthology From There to Here on 15th January, 2008. The evening will feature contributors Cosh Omar, Nimer Rashed and Vesna Maric reading from their work, followed by a panel discussion. Tickets cost £5 and are available from Soho Theatre or by phoning 0870 429 6883. More information on Soho Theatre’s website.http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0141034114?ie=UTF8&tag=nimerash-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0141034114http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=SOHOTHEATRE&organ_val=2998&schedule=list&event_val=1066http://www.sohotheatre.com/pl1442.htmlshapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1shapeimage_5_link_2
19 January, 2008 Today’s Guardian Review features an item on the recent reading at Soho Theatre. Click here to read more.http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2243000,00.htmlshapeimage_9_link_0
6 February, 2008 This week’s Time Out London features the From There To Here anthology as their Book of the Week. Click here to read the review.http://www.timeout.com/london/books/review/book/457/various_from_here_to_there-sixteen_true_tales_of_immigration.htmlshapeimage_11_link_0
12 February, 2008 Arts Council England have awarded Nimer a grant to complete the manuscript of his first novel. Click here to read the PDF release.http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/documents/news/January2008_phps3ixIF.pdfshapeimage_13_link_0
7 March, 2008 Nimer’s short film script BAGHDAD EXPRESS is one of six successful submissions to Film London’s digital filmmaking scheme Pulse, financed by the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund. He will be directing the film later this year. You can find out more about the film at the Baghdad Express site or on Facebook.http://www.filmlondon.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=788http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/newcinemafundhttp://www.nimer.co.uk/baghdadhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Baghdad-Express/11046516474shapeimage_15_link_0shapeimage_15_link_1shapeimage_15_link_2shapeimage_15_link_3
4 June, 2008 The BBC have asked Nimer to create characters and craft storylines for their online initiative Participate, a cross-platform project co-funded by British Telecom.http://193.113.58.250/shapeimage_17_link_0
1 September, 2008 Nimer’s short film Baghdad Express will be screening at the London Film Festival on October 27, 2008 as part of Film London’s “London Calling” strand.http://www.nimer.co.uk/baghdadhttp://www.lff.org.ukhttp://www.lff.org.ukshapeimage_19_link_0shapeimage_19_link_1shapeimage_19_link_2
Welcome to Nimer Rashed’s website. Nimer is a writer/director who also works as a script reader and story consultant for a range of film production companies, including Warner Bros Pictures and Working Title Films. He is represented by Georgina Ruffhead at David Higham Associates.http://www.davidhigham.co.ukshapeimage_22_link_0