After some months of hard work and consolidation, we are more than pleased to announce the release of Issue 2.2 of Status. This issue, like previous issues, includes a remarkable variety of interviews, programs, and reviews related to some of the more exciting and substantive issues happening in the region. From politics, to history, art, media, and panels/lectures and more, all segmented to allow maximum listening flexibility, you will be able to indulge for hours at a time!
Download the podcast from iTunes and listen anywhere, or go to www.statushour.com to listen to bits and pieces here and there, with diverse, annotated menu.
The content includes a broad range of interviews, reviews of books and film, segments on Academic Freedom, Music, Panels/Conferences, and more. It is too expansive to address individually and there is no substitute to checking out the site!
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In the past months, we were hard at work procuring content, producing, doing post-production, and, most importantly, connecting with new voices and organizations, mainly in the region, that have joined our team and effort. The fruits of such developments will unfold and become evident with time as we expand our coverage, release issues more frequently, and dig deeper into the salient and exciting things taking place in the region.
As a result, in this issue, you will hear Arabic, English, and Turkish. This list will expand in time and material will be drawn from as close to the ground as possible. Significantly, we have added several partnerships to our effort, all of whom can be found on our Partners Page. We are grateful and excited about these additions and look forward to more collaboration as the best means to provide a collective alternative to establishment-type or mainstream audio programming.
In this regard, we continue to challenge the mainstream Audio outlets on the Middle East, whether in the region or beyond (principally Europe and the United States). Our content does so elegantly and, often, satirically, without making it a fixation that robs creativity. We are hoping to connect with more voices who wish to present an alternative narrative on all things related to the region, from history and politics, to gender and music. If you wish to join our effort, email us at info@statushour.com
Moving forward, lots of good changes will be taking place at Status. Stay tuned, literally.
Status Team
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Table of Contents
- Quick Thoughts* with Sheila Carapico, Amjad al-Shawa, Laila Shereen Sakr, and Samer Abboud
- Navigating the Law and the Misuse of Title VI* with Omar Shakir, Yaman Salahi, and Nadia Ben Youssef
- Egyptian Folk Music: Between Tradition and Modernity* with Dina El Wedidi and Nancy Mounir
- Youthful Voices* with Moutaz Alkheder, Ferdinand Arslanian, Talip Alkhayer
- The War on Yemen with Waddah al-Jaleel
- Is the US Left Truly anti-Zionist? with Ilan Pappe
- Migration and Exclusion in the Gulf with Omar al-Shehabi
- Singing For Freedom with Naima Shalhoub
- Evolving Conditions in Aleppo, Syria with Edward Dark
- The Impact of the Bardo Attack on the Tunisian Democratic Transition with Youssef Cherif
- Ekümenopolis and Beyond with Imre Azem
- Music under Occupation with Sandy Tolan
- The State of Reporting on the Middle East with Chris Toensing
- Sahrawi Activism in Exile with Cheja Abdalahe
- Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution with Sana Yazigi
- Lebanon’s Trash: From Corruption to Zero-Waste with Ziad Abichaker
- The Arab Council for Social Sciences (ACSS): Building a Critical Space for Thinking with Seteney Shami
- Syrian Refugees in Lebanon with Khaled El-Ekhetyar
- Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom with Elisabeth Anker
- The Red and Dead Sea Canal Project: The Israeli Occupation is the Winner with Iyad Riyahi
- Civil Society and Hybrid Forms of Governance in Syria with Rana Khalaf
- Report Back from the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council with Nadia Ben Youssef
- On the “Refuse and Your People Will Protect You” Campaign with Maisan Hamdan and Asef Nejm