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A rich episode with Nadya Tannous, host of Arab Amp Folktales.
Nadya is a passionate community organizer, writer and researcher, born and raised in the Bay Area (Unceded Ohlone Territory), with a focus on refugee rights, inter-community empowerment, and returning land to the people and people returning to the land. She is a Creative Partner of Donkeysaddle Projects and is a member of the Arab.Amplify Team through Temescal Arts Center, entering their second season of Arab.Amp Folktales. She is published most recently in Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network, The Funambulist, The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, and is a panelist this year in the Palestine Writes Literature Festival. She holds an MSc in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from UC Santa Cruz. She is a founding member of the Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Scholarship, a project of the Palestinian Youth Movement. Nadya currently serves as the Director of Operations at Honor the Earth.
The beats for this season were produced by local artists Monk HTS and Evaclear.
For more updates, follow Zina's Buqalah on Instagram and Facebook. And if you like what you hear, make a recommendation and please tell a friend or two. Shukraaan!
By Zina BeeA rich episode with Nadya Tannous, host of Arab Amp Folktales.
Nadya is a passionate community organizer, writer and researcher, born and raised in the Bay Area (Unceded Ohlone Territory), with a focus on refugee rights, inter-community empowerment, and returning land to the people and people returning to the land. She is a Creative Partner of Donkeysaddle Projects and is a member of the Arab.Amplify Team through Temescal Arts Center, entering their second season of Arab.Amp Folktales. She is published most recently in Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network, The Funambulist, The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, and is a panelist this year in the Palestine Writes Literature Festival. She holds an MSc in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from UC Santa Cruz. She is a founding member of the Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Scholarship, a project of the Palestinian Youth Movement. Nadya currently serves as the Director of Operations at Honor the Earth.
The beats for this season were produced by local artists Monk HTS and Evaclear.
For more updates, follow Zina's Buqalah on Instagram and Facebook. And if you like what you hear, make a recommendation and please tell a friend or two. Shukraaan!