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Dolores Shelleh was the first Jordanian woman to summit Mount Everest in 2019, a year which marked many deadly expeditions. In an interview recorded from Serbia, Dolores talks about the tragedy she witnessed on the mountain and her struggle to readjust to the mundane routine and ...  Show more

Nouf Al Oseimi is the Saudi Founder of Red Sea Citizens Dive Club and a scuba diving instructor. She shares her tips for avoiding shark attacks, explains why she started a movement for Saudi women divers, how life feels under the sea and why humans are doomed if the oceans die. 

In today’s episode we'll be speaking with Leila Muhaizen, a Lebanese native who pursued the American dream in LA after graduating from the American University of Beirut.  She initially followed a corporate path based on the advice of her parents but faced a turning point during t ...  Show more

The most frequent narrative of queer people in the Middle East is one of being persecuted by government and religion. Being ostracised by society and rejected by families. There is truth to these stories, but there are also other stories to be told. Elias Jahshan was determined t ...  Show more

شخصية نُقل عنها من القصص والحكايات الكثير، منها ما اتّخذ طابعًا خياليًا، فأغنت التّراث الشّعريّ ببُعد أسطوريّ، ومنها ما اتّخذ طابعًا اجتماعيًا، عكَس واقع المجتمع في العصر الجاهليّ، قِيل عن صاحبها إنه أحد أغربة العرب، وذلك لسواد لونه، وقِيل هو أحد رآبيل العرب، والمقصود بها هنا ...

In Between Banat: Queer Arab Critique and Transnational Arab Archives (Duke UP, 2023), Mejdulene Bernard Shomali examines homoeroticism and non-normative sexualities between Arab women in transnational Arab literature, art, and film.  Moving from The Thousand and One Nights and t ...  Show more