Last week, we told the story of Sarah, a Lebanese woman who braved family pressure to stop wearing the hijab. This week, we share an interview with Sarah where she talked about the reaction to the story when she published it on Freethought Lebanon, the power of extended family in Lebanese culture, and the future.

Thank you to Amer's cousin Lama for recording this episode with us. Her accent is from Suweida, in the South of Syria.

For transcripts and translation, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to our website: https://realarabic.weebly.com

In this episode, we share the story of Sarah, a Lebanese woman who went against family pressures to remove her hijab. She originally wrote her story for Freethought Lebanon, under the title 'I Am an Atheist and I Wear the Veil'. She consented for us to adapt and share her story. In part II next week we will share an interview that we had with Sarah about the feedback she received from her article.

Thank you to Dzovig Arnelian, a friend and a wonderful artist for agreeing to record this with us, and to Sarah, for sharing her story and for allowing us to share it too.

For the original article: https://www.freethoughtlebanon.net/2018/02/i-am-an-atheist-and-i-wear-the-veil/ 

This episode discusses the culture of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, and across the Middle East. 

This episode introduces you to the situation in Lebanon just prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus, and what happened as a result when the outbreak happened. It's a personal episode for us, as Keire is running a fundraiser for Syrian refugee families that she knows in Lebanon who are struggling to put food on the table, for more information and to donate, see this link: https://gogetfunding.com/support-for-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon/

This episode introduces you to the initial phases of the recent popular uprisings in Lebanon. Stay tuned for our update of the current situation in Lebanon.

Real Arabic provides you with interesting podcasts about culture, politics, history, and society in the Middle East in slow, simplified spoken Levantine Arabic.

This episode introduces you to the background context of the recent popular uprisings in Lebanon. stay tuned for our podcast on the uprisings themselves. 

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Real Arabic provides you with interesting podcasts about culture, politics, history, and society in the Middle East in slow, simplified spoken Levantine Arabic.

This episode introduces you to the failure to teach recent  history in Lebanese schools, which is key to understanding how sectarianism is evolving  in Lebanon 

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Real Arabic provides you with interesting podcasts about culture, politics, history, and society in the Middle East in slow, simplified spoken Levantine Arabic.

This episode introduces you to the Lebanese civil war. It gives a simplified breakdown of key events, and attempts to remain neutral. If you want to learn more about this very complex war, we recommend reading Pity the Nation, by Robert Fisk.

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Real Arabic provides you with interesting podcasts about culture, politics, history, and society in the Middle East in slow, simplified spoken Levantine Arabic.

This episode introduces you to the history of Palestinians in Lebanon pre-civil war, which is key to understanding the civil war itself.

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