Today’s podcast features blogger, writer, and photographer Tori Egherman who lived in Iran for 4 years and will be talking to us about her experiences there.
Tori and her husband Kamran published a photobook a year ago (discussed in podcast) which you can purchase here.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Following up on this previous interview, I conducted another interview with a Kurdish student to represent more perspectives on the Kurdish issue.
Kurdish activists have a lot to say and are outspoken, but unfortunately not many people care to listen, or are generally aware of the severity of the many human rights abuses against Kurdish minorities […]
A few weeks ago, I spoke with two Kurdish students about their human rights in the region as well as the recent conflict that took place between PKK guerillas in Iraqi (Northern) Kurdistan and Turkey.
Unfortunately the sound quality wasn’t the best (though it gets better a few minutes into the podcast.)
Some highlights include:
A brief […]
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!
I was interviewed recently for the Media Line and was asked questions concerning migrant workers in the Middle East and how/why we’re trying to help them through our website.
You can listen to it below.
This is an excerpt of the associated article:
A-Shafe’i’s words are echoed by Khawla Mattar, a senior specialist on employment principles and rights […]
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 […]
This podcast features a lecture by a very powerful Saudi businesswoman, Madawi Al Hassoun, a board member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce.
In this lecture she talks about how women are rising to power in Saudi Arabia, giving quite a few examples of other powerful women within the fields of business, science, art and education.
If […]
