For 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 CommentIt all started when Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, a senior Iranian cleric, made the outrageous comment that “immodest clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.” Blag Hag blogger Jen McCreight responded by saying women should show off their cleavage …
Posted in Activism, Gender, Iran, Media, Podcasts, Women | Tagged Boobquake, Brainquake, Iran, Women | 6 CommentsNegar Mottahedeh is Associate Professor of Literature and Women’s Studies at Duke University. In 2008, Duke University Press published her book on Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema entitled: Displaced Allegories. Her first book “Representing the Unpresentable” on visual history and reform in …
Posted in History, Iran, Media, Podcasts, Women | Tagged Iran, Negar Mottahedeh | 2 CommentsThis is the first podcast in a long series on homosexuality in Sudan. Mideast Youth talks to Ali, a single gay Sudanese man living and working in the Gulf. When Ali started his blog, black-gay-Arab, he was only trying to find …
Posted in Activism, Homosexuality, Podcasts, Sudan, Taboos | 5 CommentsWe’ve broadcast today a new Arabicast episode on MEYArabic; an interview with Dr Sahar Al Mougy. The interview was recorded during Ana Al-Hekaya (I’m the Tale) workshop, that has taken place at the AUC from 27 to 29th of December …
Posted in Arabs, Culture, Egypt, Gender, Interviews, Podcasts, Sexism, Society, Taboos, Women | Leave a commentWe’re starting off the year with a new podcast, and this time with Marwan Kamel, lead singer of the punk Middle Eastern band “Al Thawra.” I could try my luck writing my own introduction of this awesome band, but I …
Posted in Arab Americans, Creativity, Culture, Music, Podcasts, Politics, Syria, USA | 2 CommentsUnited4Iran is a nonprofit startup whose mission is to “promote fundamental human and civil rights in Iran.” In this podcast, I speak with the organization’s founder, Firuzeh Mahmoudi, and 2 of the organization’s volunteers, Tori Egherman and Kamran Ashtary. We …
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Events, Iran, Podcasts | 2 CommentsThe Chief Editor of Radijojo World Children’s Radio Network in Berlin; an international NGO dedicated to use media with and for children as a tool for intercultural dialogue, participation, children’s rights and global learning decided to work with Mideast Youth …
Posted in Culture, Culture and Society, Education, Gulf, Media, Middle East, Mideast Youth, Podcasts, Poetry, Saudi Arabia, Youth | 6 CommentsPakistan has been making the news lately. Unfortunately, it’s nothing positive. Here’s a sample of the latest headlines: 15 injured in explosion in Pakistan, Blasts strike across Pakistan, Blast kills 17 on bus in Pakistan, Explosion Kills Six in Peshawar, …
Posted in Current Events, Pakistan, Podcasts, Politics, Terrorism | 1 CommentIn this podcast, I speak with Nadia from Tunisia about relationships and the perception of sex in the Arab world. What is accepted, what isn’t, and what’s hypocritical about our current societies. This is an important discussion but still surprisingly …
Posted in Arabs, Bahrain, Culture, Islam, Podcasts, Romance, Sex, Society, Taboos, Tunisia, Women, Youth | 8 Comments