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 […]
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 […]
I conducted this podcast with Silly Bahraini Girl, who is way more geeky than she looks and sounds. She (Amira) currently works as the editor of the Middle East and North Africa region on Global Voices Online, doing daily round-ups of the regional blogosphere. In the past, she served as a news editor for the […]
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.
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For today’s podcast, I interviewed a few students from the Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, where I was for the past week attending a conference, about how they feel regarding the recent set of suicide attacks in Casablanca.
If you don’t know what happened in Casablanca recently, read this article.
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A high school teacher in the United States contacted us a few weeks ago and asked if we could interact with students in his Global Studies class, either through a video conference or podcasting.
I know that many members here do not really have the equipments to do this (podcast softwares, video cams, etc) so instead, […]
Turkey conference and interview with Afghan activist [18:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5)This podcast is a follow-up of my previous entry on my experience in the conference held by the Association for Liberal Thinking, an NGO in Turkey. I recorded this podcast with my friend Iman, and towards the end I feature a short interview with an Afghan activist. Enjoy.
Our next podcast will feature recordings I took […]
I conducted this podcast in my college campus. It’s about 10 minutes long, and I assure you, it’s worth a listen.
They all think I’m being serious, when really, I’m making a joke out of their cluelessness of current events and geography. Let me know what you think.
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This is the latest podcast episode featuring two interviews and some rare modernized Middle Eastern tunes. We talk about Arab Christians in the Gulf, more specifically Bahrain, and Marwa discusses the Free Kareem protest which we held to help free the imprisoned Egyptian blogger.
As always, I’d like to hear your suggestions or feedback.
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In this podcast, a Bahraini student discusses youth culture in Bahrain amongst schools. We also bring up the issue of education and the difficulty of finding university scholarships, which we believe the government is not investing enough in.
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