Seen Jeem

We sit down with Sudanese-American director, editor and visual artist, Sara Idriss.

This conversation was hosted by Sally Howell and took place on October 30, 2023.

Learn more about our guest at https://seenjeempodcast.org/season-three-1/saraidriss

On today's episode, we chat with Lebanese American filmmaker Mike Mossallam. This episode was hosted my Wessam Elmeligi and took place on October 3, 2023.

Learn more about today's guest at seenjeempodcast.org/season-three-1/mike-mosallam

Today's episode of the Seen Jeem Podcast features Iraqi-American filmmaker and artist, Usama Alshaibi. This episode was hosted by Sally Howell and took place on October 9, 2023.

Learn more about our guest at https://seenjeempodcast.org/season-three-1/usama-alshaibi

We sit down with Palestinian-American New York Times Bestselling author, Etaf Rum. This episode was hosted by Wessam Elmeligi and took place on October 11, 2023.

Seen Jeem Podcast host Sally Howell sits down with Lebanese-American filmmaker, Jude Chehab. This conversation took place on September 30, 2023. Learn more about our guest at seenjeempodcast.org/season-three-1/judechehab

On this episode, we chat with Palestinian poet and writer from Gaza, Yahya Ashour. This conversation took place on February 19, 2024.

We are kicking off season 3 with an interview with Dana Dargos. This conversation took place on October 18, 2023.

In this episode, Pauline Homsi Vinson interviews poet Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch about their award-winning poetry collection, The Good Arabs. El Bechelany-Lynch's The Good Arabs explores the many simultaneous realities present within their Arab, Lebanese community such as anti-Black sentiments and the embracing of capitalism while also being hospitable and generous. The Good Arabs examines race and class, gender and sexuality, and the experience of language all within the Lebanese diaspora. Watch Eli's reading at https://seenjeempodcast.org/season-two-episodes/eli

In this episode, Pauline Homsi Vinson interviews Reda Taleb about her children's book, Noura's Extraordinary Power. The book center's on 8 year old Noura as she discovers her "missing" father is actually incarcerated. Loosely based on her own family experience, Taleb aims to explain and unpack incarceration to youth of all ages. Watch Reda's reading at seenjeempodcast.org/season-two-episodes/reda

In this episode, Ghassan Abou-Zeineddine interviews award-winning journalist and novelist Omar El Akkad about his second novel, What Strange Paradise. The novel follows 9 year old Amir and 15 year old Vänna as they both seek safety. El Akkad speaks on the universal inclination towards friendship, the underlying connection to Peter Pan, and the "dueling fantasies" of not what the world is, but what he believes it to be. Check out Omar's reading at https://seenjeempodcast.org/season-two-episodes/omar