The Queer Arabs

We got to talk to an incredible music and visual artist, Amanda Bahia. They’re so creative and talented, and we are grateful to have gotten to talk about their music, drawing, and experience growing up in a Palestinian-American family in the United States. ALSO!! It’s February 15 and today is Amanda Bahia’s EP release party in Cleveland. (If you’re in the area, go to it!!) Listen on Bandcamp: https://almanak.bandcamp.com/releases Connect with Amanda on Instagram @almanakmusic_You can email them at [email protected] re: bookings.

It was so fun talking with Raneen, a Saudi art curator who has a lot to say about the art scene in Saudi Arabia! It was great learning about the evolution of art in Saudi Arabia over the recent years. Raneen has been passionate about art her whole life and you can hear that when she talks about curating. She’s an amazing woman and we are honored to have her on the podcast! Read more about Raneen here: https://www.abouther.com/node/15431/people/leading-ladies/meet-9-arabs-included-bbc%E2%80%99s-100-women-list-2018

It’s February 1 and it’s cold! Summer is here to bring you some much-needed warmth with stunning poetry and lovely descriptions of her parents’ home in Palestine. Summer Farah is a writer who is studying English literature at Berkeley. During this episode, we also talked about gaming (mainly Pokemon) and the ways gaming can impact a person’s life in ways that we often forget. It was wonderful talking with Summer; we connected with her after hearing her episode on the podcast Ethnically Ambiguous. We enjoyed every moment of this beautiful episode, and we think you will too. Here is a…

We are incredibly honored and grateful to have talked with Tania Safi! Tania grew up in Sydney, Australia, and has done extensive work in media journalism internationally. Tania is a filmmaker; she was head of video for Buzzfeed Australia and then moved to Los Angeles, where she was the senior video producer for Bring Me and Buzzfeed Entertainment. Nadia Khayrallah co-hosted this episode with us and we had a very fun and meaningful discussion. Tania Safi’s presence in the media has made us feel represented. It is not often that we get to see queer SWANA representation, and Tania has…

. الحلقه ١٤ بالعربي: مقابله مع الفنان منير عبدالله. فنان فوتغرافي من لبنان An interview with Munir Abdullah, a photographer from Lebanon. To see his photography, click hereAnd hereTo read more about Munir’s exhibition, check out this blog Here’s a video from a recent exhibition of “Fleeting Acts”

This episode is all about SWANA DJ badassery! You’re all in for a treat. These two were such a delight. Soraya (DANA) and Ayn (FANA) are lovely DJs with some music you will be so glad to have in your life. Soraya made this playlist for you all; give it some love and check it out! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhN-YdOexg9-1yWkhCBfXuM8JnF9ForRK Soraya’s new track: https://soundcloud.com/dana-chicago/vulnerability A mix from FANA: https://soundcloud.com/fanafellahin/debonair-w-fana-for-nts DANA Soundcloud & IG: https://soundcloud.com/dana-chicagohttps://www.instagram.com/dana__sorayaFANA Soundcloud & IG: https://soundcloud.com/fanafellahinhttps://www.instagram.com/fana.____https://fana.bandcamp.com/ Soraya gave us an amazing list of some other queer SWANA artists to check out too! Bergsonist (Brooklyn):SC: https://soundcloud.com/bergsonistBC: https://bergsonist.bandcamp.com Sayara Hamra / Rawaat / Crisis Urbana (Detroit):SC: https://soundcloud.com/raw_at / https://soundcloud.com/crisisurbanaBC: https://crisisurbana.bandcamp.com / https://crisisurbana.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-eternal / https://crisisurbana.bandcamp.com/album/sayara-hamra / https://lobstertheremin.com/album/day-laborer-ep Ali Najdi (Chicago):SC: https://soundcloud.com/makamena Thoom (Chicago): SC: https://soundcloud.com/thoo-mBC: https://clubchai.bandcamp.com/album/blood-and-sand 8ulentina (Oakland):SC: https://soundcloud.com/8ulentinaBC: https://8ulentina.bandcamp.com/https://soundcloud.com/foozool…

Ellie and Alia ask each other questions for a get-to-know-you episode. Learn about Ellie’s trashy taste in books and Alia’s trashy taste in TV. On a more serious note, E & A talk about their families, a little about their upbringings, and more.

Ellie and Alia talk about their wishes for 2019, Ellie’s not-so-fun experience at the airport recently, and more! Thank you all for listening; happy new year!

.الحلقه ١٣ بالعربي: مقابله مع ادم. كاتب مسرحي شاب من مصر. كلام حول المسرح و الأدب و الكوميديا Arabic episode 13: An interview with Adam. An Egyptian playwright.

We had so much fun hanging out with the Zakar twins while they were in town on tour! Zach and Michael are Iraqi-American queer activists and writers. They use their voices to bring much-needed queer Arab representation to the media! We had a wonderful conversation with them, and that same day, we loved going to see them on their tour with A Drag Queen Christmas. They’ve been touring around the U.S. with some of the RuPaul queens and promoting their book, Pray the Gay Away [https://www.zakartwins.com/pray-the-gay-away]. It meant a lot to us that they took the time out of their…