Join us as we introduce our new host, Zena! In this episode, we get to know who Zena is, discuss carving out a new path in affirming Arab women's identity, and the changes that are to come with passing the mic. 

doesn’t it feel like we’re always voting but never going anywhere? (excuse us while we sip tea). anyway, our BRAND NEW host Zena (🥳) sits down with Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn's next mayor (inshallah) to talk about what Dearborn needs in its next leader.

In the season 4 opener, Ali Abazeed and Bilal Baydoun join Rima and Yasmeen to discuss the torrential rains that left thousands of homes in Dearborn in waist-high water. The rains left a trail of destruction that exposed something we’ve all known for years: local government is not serving the people it was elected to serve. Listen along, as Ali and Bilal discuss the article they wrote for Bridge Michigan (https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/first-person-dearborns-devastating-flood-exposes-mistrust-deep-divides) detailing the events that have happened over the last month. 

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed joins Yasmeen to talk about why we need to vote for our community, the best advice Bernie Sanders gave to him, and why he wants you to text 10 of your friends right now. 

In this #DGTakes, Rima and Yasmeen talk about their real feelings on the upcoming elections and how our community can pressure politicians to meet our needs. 

Rima and Yasmeen are joined by educator, community leader, and Dearborn Public Schools school board candidate to talk about the importance of voting and the ways that education can drive change.

Zeinab Alghanem joins Yasmeen to talk racial justice, demanding transparency around police violence, and the ways in which Dearborn Public Schools can provide mental health resources to our students.

In the fifth episode of the #AmplifyBlackVoices series, Martha - a longtime educator/administrator in Dearborn Public Schools - discusses what it was like growing up Black in both sides of Wyoming, as well as raising children in Dearborn later in her journey. She urges the Arab community to understand our history, and not play the role of the oppressor in our interactions with our Black neighbors and peers.

Muna joins Yasmeen to chat on IGLive for the fourth episode of #AmplifyBlackVoices to discuss the ways that racism appears in the Arab world and American society, the impacts racial trauma has on communities, and the importance of healing and empathy.

Rima interviews Diana Mansour as she shares the story of her brother Ali’s traumatizing experience with police profiling him for being Arab and Muslim. In this conversation, they draw connections between the War on Terror and the War on Drugs, highlight the injustices of mass incarceration, and urge the Arab community to be on the right side of history in supporting our Black brothers and sisters.