On 1st April 1979, Iran voted by national referendum to become an Islamic Republic, and to approve a new theocratic constitution, whereby Khomeini became Supreme Leader of the country in December 1979. The great Persian civilization has suspended. Hundred thousands …
Posted in Gender, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Iran, Kurdistan, Kurds, Podcasts, Sex | Leave a commentWhat’s like to belong to a religious minority in Egypt after January 25th? Will the long history of oppression get worsened or relieved? To better know, we’ve interviewed four young activists who represent a major portion of the religious minorities …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Baha'i Faith, Baha'is, Christians, Culture and Society, Current Events, Egypt, Interfaith, Minorities, Podcasts | Tagged 25th of Jan demonstrations in Egypt, Day of Rage Egypt, Egypt's demonstrations 2011, Egypt's protests 2011, Jan. 25 Revolution | 6 CommentsHashtag Tahrir, hashtag revolution, Lotus revolution, among many other names given to describe the ongoing protests in Egypt.
The last 12 days have seen a lot of twists and turning points since the very beginning, when we’ve expected here that Egypt was on the verge of several successive days of rage, following the first Day of Rage which has jolted the regime on Tuesday 25th of January 2011. Accordingly, the regime has had to step closer to a real democratic reform, but on the other side the protesters kept their pressure up, their hands high, and their fingers crossed.
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Civil Rights, Culture and Society, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Jordan, News and Politics, Podcasts, Society, Tunisia, Yemen | Tagged Day of Rage Egypt, Day of Wrath, Egypt's demonstrations 2011, Egypt's protests 2011, Friday of Departure | 10 CommentsMideast Youth interviews Seyran Duran, the chairperson of Kurdistan’s Women Federation in Sweden (یهکێتی ژنانی کوردستان له سوید). Ms Seyran is a Kurdish-Swedish who has been living in Sweden as a refugee for most of her life. Kurdistan’s Women Federation …
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Mideast Youth, Podcasts, Refugees, Syria, Turkey, Women | Tagged Alliance for Kurdish Rights, Kurdistan's Women Federation in Sweden, Kurds, Kurds in Europe, Kurds in Sweden, Seyran Duran, یهکێتی ژنانی کوردستان له سوید | 2 CommentsHe calls himself “a new media guy in an old media world. Jack of all trades, yet master of some.” Meanwhile, some call him “a social media therapist.”
His Facebook favourite quotation reads, “those who say it cannot be done should get out of the way of those who are doing it.”
Joakim Jardenberg, aka the Swedish social media guru, is the founder and CEO of Mindpark, and he’s fond of, or maybe possessed by the, social media – likewise most of us.
Listen to this podcast now to know more about Joakim’s opinions on various related concepts like the flow of information, the digestion of information, and the indispensable mixture of our new #digital lives.
Posted in Activism, Egypt, Events, Media, Podcasts | Tagged Joakim Jardenberg, Young Leaders' Social Media Cafe | 3 CommentsMasterPeace is a heartwarming global peace project. It’s the result of an intensive East-West cooperation, supported by a growing number of NGOs, companies, activists and social entrepreneurs. MasterPeace will develop several peace-building projects, including a mesmerizing concert in Cairo on Peace Day 2014, in a Live8-style, according to Mr Ilco van der Linde, the co-founder, where artists from all the world’s major conflict areas will perform together to promote togetherness and the reduction of (armed) conflicts. Listen to this podcast to know more about MP.
Posted in Activism, Current Events, Egypt, Events, Middle East, Podcasts | Tagged Ilco van der Linde, MasterPeace | Leave a commentOur latest podcast on Mideast Youth features an interview with a Christian Iranian activist, Firouz Khanjani, whose brother, a pastor, was arrested twice this year in Iran. In the podcast Firouz describes the persecution Christians suffer in Iran, the limitations …
Posted in Activism, Assyrians, Awareness, Christians, Civil Rights, Iran, Minorities, Podcasts | 3 CommentsDr Opal Palmer Adisa is an award-winning Jamaican-American novelist, editor, teacher, performer, poet, and activist.
Opal Palmer Adisa, who served as the Chair of the Ethnic Studies/Cultural Diversity Program at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland since 1993, fights against oppression throughout her poetry and live performances, and she’s also a feminist and child advocate.
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Creative Media, Culture, Egypt, Gender, Podcasts, Poetry, Women | Tagged Jamaica and The Caribbean, Nanny of the Maroons, Opal Palmer Adisa, Queen Nanny | 2 CommentsPakistan has blocked access to hundreds of websites including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, all of which apparently contain “blasphemous” material. The ban is a response to the Facebook page “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” but it’s looking like that this is …
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Islamophobia, Media, Pakistan, Podcasts | Tagged Censorship, Pakistan | 3 CommentsFor our latest podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nuha Serrac, an active defender of Kurdish human rights. Nuha has been with us at the Alliance for Kurdish Rights for more than a year exposing human rights violations of …
Posted in Awareness, Civil Rights, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Podcasts, Syria, Turkey | Tagged Activism, Kurdistan, Kurds | 1 Comment