Arab Women: Carrying the Burden of Our Family...

We have all heard the phrase : follow your passion and everything will fall into place.  But I also can't help but to think of another very popular phrase which is : some things are much easier said than done.I find it funny that when I was younger and I was asked 'what ...  Show more

What do you do when the things you want most are happening for everyone but you?Who do you become when your plans don't fall through? When you are in the waiting period of your life? When I look back on my own  life journey thus far, I realize that if everything had gone acc ...  Show more

In this episode, Specialist ED Dietitian Hala Abu Taha meets Egyptian born, London raised writer Alya Mooro.  Together, they discuss some of the cultural stereotypes Alya talks about in her book “The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern woman outside of the stereotypes” and ...  Show more

Alya Mooro is an Egyptian-born, London-raised freelance journalist and author of the bestselling non-fiction book The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes. Alya is also the host of a new podcast, Talk of Shame, in which she speaks with guests fr ...  Show more

Yasmine Mohammed, author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam, shares her story of growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic home in Canada. At 13, when she tried to report the abuse she suffered at the hands of her step-father, she was told by a judge “you come f ...  Show more

I find it funny when people outside of the Middle East ask about what it is like to live here. Questions like, 'Do the camels have a speed limit?' I have to admit the Middle East is one of the jewels of the World. So I wanted to bring a bit of this region to you by sharing some o ...  Show more