Iman hosted a documentary for Channel 4 with Zandland called Untold: Inside the Shein Machine which featured the first undercover investigation into factories that provide clothes to the global fast fashion giant, Shein. It uncovered evidence that these factories were breaking both Chinese labour laws and Shein’s code of conduct. It also explored issues raised by business model, supply chain and marketing. The findings of the documentary were covered by The Independent, The Guardian, Vogue Business, The Cut, Glamour, The Sun, Dazed and a range of international publications.
Iman hosted a series called Generation Sport for Al Jazeera which involved intervoewing elite atheltes from around the world about how the use their platforms for good. The interviewees were from a range of sports and backgrounds including:
Patrice Evra - former captain of France’s national football team and Manchester United player, he spoke to Iman about the abuse he faced as a child and about masculinity and race
Vincent Kompany - Burnley manager who was a legendary Manchester City player, he spoke with Iman about leadership and representation off the pitch in football
Luol Deng - 2x NBA All Star, player for the Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, LA Lakers and the Miami Heat. Deng told Iman about his experience as a young refugee, how he found himself in the NBA and what he has donesince becoming the President of the South Sudan basketball team and how they have made history for African basketball
Paul Pogba - one of the most famous players of his generation, Pogba was signed for a record fee at Manchester United and scored in the World Cup final that France won in 2018. He sat down with Iman for an exclusive intervie about religion, police brutality and the struggles he has faced alongside his success including being kidnapped and held at gunpoint
Ibtihaj Muhammed - American Olympic medalist in fencing and the first female Muslim American to win a medal spoke to Iman about her athletic career and the doors it opened up for her in life, as well as representation, mental health and the barriers she has broken down as a Black Muslim woman
Alex Honnold - the climber who shot to international fame after being the focus of the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo spoke to Iman about life since the film was made and all the work that the Honnold Foundation is doing around the world
Joshua Buatsi - the British Ghanaian boxer spoke to Iman about the importance of faith and education in his life and how he isn’t interested in playing up to the bravado that is everywhere in the sport
Paola Egonu - the Italian volleyball champion sat down with Iman to speak about racism in Italy
Iman was invited to speak about the Modern Masculinity series on the Russell Howard hour.
Interview available below.
Profile piece in Square Mile written by Max Williams: "You need to try and understand people." Iman Amrani is giving journalists a good name.
Available here.
The Guardian reviewed the documentary Iman hosted for Channel 4 called Inside the Shein Machine and gave it four stars. Read the review here.
As part of a series for the Guardian, Iman speaks to men across the country about the issues that are affecting men and boys in today's society.
The series was nominated for an RTS journalism award in 2020 and won People’s Choice Webby Award for documentary series in 2021.
Iman wrote a feature for the Guardian Weekend Magazine from one of the episodes which you can read here and a comment piece on the rise of Peterson, available here.
Iman hosted a series for Al Jazeera called Generation Change which involved speaking to young activists around the world about how they were campaigning to affect change around the world.
Episodes were filmed in London, Buenos Aires, Athens and Nairobi with additional reports from Algeria
Iman has written extensively for music and TV at the Guardian, interviewing people such as Omar Sy from Netflix’s Lupin, comedian/actor, Ramy Youssef and Krept and Konan.
She has also written a lot about Francophone music interviewing the likes of Damso, MHD, Niska, Medine, Youssoupha, Aya Nakamura and Soolking.
She did the April cover interview for Square Mile with Tyson in 2022 ahead of his fight with Dillian Whyte and another one with rapper and actor Bugzy Malone in 2023.
Iman has chaired and featured on a number of panels for events organised by Channel 4, the BBC, Chatham House, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Bradford Literature Festival, Tedx Glasgow and a number of other media organisations as well as with brands and at cultural events and festivals.
She most frequently speaks at events about masculinity, diversity, race, culture, religion, sport and music. She was also a judge for the One World Media Awards in 2023.
She hosted a whole Guardian Live series for which she interviewed a range of people from activist Gina Martin to Chicken Shop Date’s Amelia Dimoldenberg. In lockdown she brought the series to people’s screens, interviewing George The Poet, musician, Joy Crookes, rapper and TV personality Big Zuu and author, Yrsa Daley-Ward.