MEYcast – Broadcasting ahead

 

 Sex, relationships, and independence in the Arab world [47:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (507)

In 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 a taboo in the MENA region. Amongst the things we discuss are: virginity, independence (specifically [...]

 

 Gaza Concert - Using music to end the siege [14:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (483)

There’s a large number of underrepresented Palestinians who are resorting to peaceful and creative methods to bring peace and end the siege in Gaza. Perhaps one of the best efforts of the year is the Gaza Concert, which is described as the following:
From the heart of Gaza a sound of hope. Performers from Gaza will [...]

 

 Teleconference with American students [35:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (462)

We were extremely excited to be doing this again. I love it that today we live in a world where with just a few clicks you can connect yourself with people and hear their views or express your own without having to worry about the geographical limitations.
For the third teleconference (we did this previously here [...]

 

  Integration of Islamic youth into Western society [66:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (466)

This is the latest speech given my Tariq Ramadan at my college today. I immediately began recording it because of the relevance to the recent discussions here.
This podcast answers the questions for many Islamophobes out there, and also brings up the issues of certain people who hide their anti-immigration agendas behind “religious disputes,” such as [...]

 

 Teleconference with American students, Part II [47:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (403)

Hey everyone, after a slight delay our second teleconference with American students is ready for your listening enjoyment. Participating in the conference are Esra’a, Liz and myself. Our first conference was very successful and we’ve followed it up with what I believe to be an even better discussion than the first.

 

 Flood the jail with mail [4:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (425)

First, if you are not familiar with Kareem, the young imprisoned Egyptian blogger, or our new Flood the Jail with Mail campaign, read these two links:
Kareem Amer FAQ
Flood the Jail with Mail! (background info on why we’re doing this and also contains Kareem’s new prison address)
Here’s a section from the new podcast published on BBC’s [...]

A while ago I announced that we were going to have a Skype conference with a few students from Pennsylvania. D.B shortly wrote a follow-up to that after the conference call, and this is the third follow-up with the actual podcast!

 

 Teleconference with American high school students [23:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (410)

 

 Saudi DJ and I discuss MTV Arabia [23:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (399)

Not long ago, Tasnim from Libya wrote a post about MTV Arabia here and it triggered the interest for this podcast. I talk to Mohammed (DJ Momo), a Saudi DJ currently based in Bahrain, about what he feels the potential for MTV Arabia is. He is in favor of the project while I am a [...]

 

 Interview with an Iranian student [10:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (347)

In this podcast, I talk to two students, an Iranian and a Palestinian. One walked into the discussion and had very interesting things to say, and the other was a scheduled yet very informal interview with an Iranian student who moved with her family to the UAE partly because of her political activism. Several important [...]

 

 Interview with Saudi trance DJ [19:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (396)

his month’s podcast features a trance DJ from Saudi Arabia, if you want to know how DJ life is here in the Gulf… take a listen to this fascinating interview.
[Since this podcast has moved to this new site, the podcast’s comments were previously listed here.]