The Queer Arabs

Our episode that we recorded during Yallapunk is here. We absolutely loved our time there. Enjoy! Check out/follow: Yallapunk: https://yallapunk.com Builders podcast: https://anchor.fm/betaworks-builders 1 on 1 projects: https://www.1on1projects.org Mark for Redaction: https://www.markforredaction.com Hello Psychaleppo: https://hellopsychaleppo.com Tarab NYC: https://tarabnyc.org

.”معكم الحلقه ٦ من برنامج الميم العربي – مقابله مع مديره صفحه “خرابيش نسويه

(This photo is a screenshot of our hangout with each other and our cats during the recording of this episode.) We had an incredible guest named Nadia Khayrallah on; she is Lebanese-American and based in NYC.  Nadia is a freelance dancer, choreographer, and writer; she also sometimes works on filmmaking.  We had a great conversation with her about representation of queer MENA folks in media (spoiler alert: there needs to be more of it)!  We are excited to have gotten connected with her.  You can check out her work and connect with her here: http://nadiak.tk/  https://nadiainherownworld.wordpress.com/  https://www.instagram.com/nadiainherownworld/ She also shared…

On this episode, we talk about our experience at YallaPunk – the episode we recorded with YallaPunk participants will be published on the 14th!

We loved talking to our friend Elias on this episode.  On this episode, we discussed some topics with them related to being non-binary; we really appreciate Elias taking the time to talk with us and to help bring reminders and awareness to folks about some of the experiences that go along with being non-binary.  Not only does society as a whole need to step it up in understanding and accepting people who are NB – queer folks need to be paying attention and rethinking biases/ignorance re: NB folx as well. Here are the links to their website & the article…

!معكم الحلقه ٥ من برنامج الميم العربي – مقابله مع الناشط الحقوقي جوزيف عون من لبنان. جوزيف عون يشغل منصب مدير المساحات الامنه في منظمه حلم Arabic Episode 5 of the Queer Arabs podcast: An Arabic language interview with Joseph Aoun Joseph is an activist and the manager of Helem’s safe spaces in Lebanon!

Hadi Damien is the director of Beirut Pride, and Joy Stacey of Queer Narratives Beirut connected us with him.  We asked them both to be on an episode together, and we had a total blast.  Tune in to hear Hadi talk about his experience with Beirut Pride and more; Joy talks about what led her to start the podcast Queer Narratives Beirut. Check out Queer Narratives Beirut at: http://www.queernarrativesbeirut.com & on social media!  And as Joy mentioned, send in your voice notes to the podcast at [email protected]. Beirut Pride’s website: https://www.beirutpride.org Thank you for listening!

The word helem means dream in Arabic.  In this episode, we had a very informative and meaningful conversation with Joseph Aoun, who is the coordinator of the Helem Community Center in Beirut.  Helem is a Lebanese non-profit working on improving the legal & social status of LGBT folks. Helem is the first LGBT advocacy group in the Arab world.  We thank Joseph for talking to us and for the important work he has been doing! Follow Helem on social media for updates on the org! Here’s the hotline Joseph mentioned: +96171916146 To donate: https://rustinfund.org/2018/04/14/helem-afe/

معكم الحلقه ٤ من برنامج الميم العربي. الجزء الثاني من اللقاء مع ضيف البرنامج عبدالله البوسعيدي من عمان

On this episode, we talk with our wonderful friend Sadie.  Sadie talks about the dynamics of being queer, Muslim, and black, and the compartmentalization that society tends to impose on a person who has multiple parts of their identity that are marginalized.  It is always vital to ask oneself: What is unconditional acceptance?  Full acceptance of a person’s identity means just that: accepting a person fully.  We loved our conversation with Sadie.  Our one regret is the sound quality (we had some acoustics problems while being “on the road”/mobile as a podcast crew).  However, we think you all will love…