157: A Witness, A Testimony, A Fight: Part II (The Fight)
Introducing our first video podcast! Last month, we shared the story of Syrian artist Omar Ibrahim. In this week's video podcast we pick up with part two of Omar’s story, in which he expresses the ong...
29 Maj 20175min
156: A Witness, A Testimony, A Fight: Part I (The Witness)
For Omar Ibrahim, art is an extension of existence and self. As a Syrian, he cannot escape the imprint of the ongoing Syrian war upon his life, his family, and his mind ... and, therefore, ultimately ...
13 Apr 20176min
155: Working on a Miracle
American sitcoms first turned Meriç, a Turkish college graduate, on to life in the United States when he was a teenager. A trip to New York a couple summers ago further piqued his interest in the Amer...
23 Mars 20176min
154: Band of the Def
Like rock n’ roll before it, hip-hop started mainly as a cultural movement decades ago that spread worldwide, affecting even the far reaches of the earth. The Middle East is no exception. In this week...
23 Feb 201710min
153: A Brave New World: Finding a New Commonality
Miral is an Algerian native studying in Jordan who is seeking to be a catalyst for changing the lingua franca of her homeland from the long-standing French language. Learn the motivation behind this y...
9 Feb 20174min
152: Gridiron Dreams
Middle Easterners are some of the biggest football fans in the world—football as in soccer. But Hussam Al-Yaseen, a pre-med student who founded the Jordanian American Football League (JAFL), hopes to ...
2 Feb 20173min
151: Out of the Flames
Musician couple Martin Watkinson and Cherita Meadows met at a party in Portland, Oregon, years ago and now play music together as part of the group Gaea, the namesake of the Greek goddess. Hear how a ...
31 Dec 201610min
150: The Yearlong Wedding
Moroccan culture, generally speaking, is a high-context culture with a rich tradition and age-old customs. Listen as Mariam shares about why she loves being a Moroccan and how Moroccans really love to...
8 Dec 20164min
