This season is a collaboration between Women of the Middle East (WME) podcast and Musawah. Musawah (‘equality’ in Arabic) is a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Musawah launched in February 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They work in International Advocacy and Knowledge & Capacity Building. In 2020, they launched the Campaign for Justice to bring advocates for family law reform together and build support at the national, regional, and global levels towards equality and justice for all women living in Muslim contexts. Social Media Handles:Website: www.musawah.org  Facebook: facebook.com/musawahmovement/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/musawah Twitter: @musawah Instagram: @musawahmovement

This season is a collaboration between Women of the Middle East (WME) podcast and Musawah. Musawah (‘equality’ in Arabic) is a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Musawah launched in February 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They work in International Advocacy and Knowledge & Capacity Building. In 2020, they launched the Campaign for Justice to bring advocates for family law reform together and build support at the national, regional, and global levels towards equality and justice for all women living in Muslim contexts. Dr. Sa‘diyya Shaikh is an associate professor in the Department for the Study of Religions at the University of Cape Town. Her research is situated at the intersection of Islamic Studies and Gender Studies. Social Media Handles:Website: www.musawah.org  Facebook: facebook.com/musawahmovement/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/musawah Twitter: @musawah Instagram: @musawahmovement

This season is a collaboration between Women of the Middle East (WME) podcast and Musawah. Musawah (‘equality’ in Arabic) is a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Musawah launched in February 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They work in International Advocacy and Knowledge & Capacity Building. In 2020, they launched the Campaign for Justice to bring advocates for family law reform together and build support at the national, regional, and global levels towards equality and justice for all women living in Muslim contexts. Dr. Marwa Sharafeldin is a scholar-activist with a Ph.D. in law from the University of Oxford, is the senior technical advisor and MENA region expert in Musawah and a visiting fellow in Harvard Law School’s Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World. Social Media Handles:Website: www.musawah.org  Facebook: facebook.com/musawahmovement/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/musawah Twitter: @musawah Instagram: @musawahmovement

This season is a collaboration between Women of the Middle East (WME) podcast and Musawah. Musawah (‘equality’ in Arabic) is a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Musawah launched in February 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They work in International Advocacy and Knowledge & Capacity Building. In 2020, they launched the Campaign for Justice to bring advocates for family law reform together and build support at the national, regional, and global levels towards equality and justice for all women living in Muslim contexts. Dr. Nevin Reda is an associate professor of Muslim studies at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Social Media Handles:Website: www.musawah.org  Facebook: facebook.com/musawahmovement/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/musawah Twitter: @musawah Instagram: @musawahmovement

This season is a collaboration between Women of the Middle East (WME) podcast and Musawah. Musawah (‘equality’ in Arabic) is a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Musawah launched in February 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They work in International Advocacy and Knowledge & Capacity Building. In 2020, they launched the Campaign for Justice to bring advocates for family law reform together and build support at the national, regional, and global levels towards equality and justice for all women living in Muslim contexts. Dr. Sara Ababneh is a lecturer in international relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield and was previously an associate professor at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan. Dr. Shadaab Rahemtulla is a lecturer in Islam and Christian–Muslim relations at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, and was previously an assistant professor at the University of Jordan. Social Media Handles:Website: www.musawah.org  Facebook: facebook.com/musawahmovement/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shadaab-rahemtulla-a45571127/ | linkedin.com/in/sara-ababneh-phd-04493439/ | linkedin.com/company/musawah Twitter: @musawah Instagram: @musawahmovement

This season is a collaboration between Women of the Middle East (WME) podcast and Musawah. Musawah (‘equality’ in Arabic) is a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Musawah launched in February 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They work in International Advocacy and Knowledge & Capacity Building. In 2020, they launched the Campaign for Justice to bring advocates for family law reform together and build support at the national, regional, and global levels towards equality and justice for all women living in Muslim contexts. Dr. Omaima Abou-Bakr is a professor of English and comparative literature at Cairo University and a founding member of the Women and Memory Forum. Dr. Nur Rofiah is a lecturer of methodology of Qur’anic interpretation at the Islamic State University Syarif Hidayatullah and the Institute for Qur’anic Studies (PTIQ) in Jakarta, and a women’s rights activist who promotes gender justice within Islam as a writer, facilitator, and resource person. Social Media Handles:Website: www.musawah.org  Facebook: facebook.com/musawahmovement/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nur-rofiah-2392a411/ | linkedin.com/company/musawah Twitter: @musawah Instagram: @musawahmovement

This season is a collaboration between Women of the Middle East (WME) podcast and Musawah. Musawah (‘equality’ in Arabic) is a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. Musawah launched in February 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They work in International Advocacy and Knowledge & Capacity Building. In 2020, they launched the Campaign for Justice to bring advocates for family law reform together and build support at the national, regional, and global levels towards equality and justice for all women living in Muslim contexts. Dr. Mulki Al-Sharmani is an associate professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Helsinki and a member of Musawah’s Knowledge Building Working Group and one of the co-editors of their newest book “Justice and Beauty in Muslim Marriage: Towards Egalitarian Ethics and Laws” Social Media Handles:Website: www.musawah.org  Facebook: facebook.com/musawahmovement/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mulki-al-sharmani-739b4aa3/ | linkedin.com/company/musawah Twitter: @musawah Instagram: @musawahmovement

Thank you for listening to Women of the Middle East, Season 4. This episode is a short recap looking back at our guests, their feminist perspective and their stories. I hope you will join us for Season 5, coming soon! Our Social Media Handles:Website: https://linktr.ee/wme_podcast | https://amalalmalki.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wmepodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-amal-mohammed-al-malki-82181a16/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/wmepodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wme_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wme_podcast/ | https://www.instagram.com/dr_amal_al_malki/

Nisreen Haj Ahmad is the director & co-founder of Ahel, a social enterprise that offers community organizing and leadership training and coaching. It partners with constituency groups and organizations to build their power and help them run grassroots campaigns. She is coaching grassroots campaigns and leaders in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. Social Media Handles:Website: https://ahel.org/  Facebook: facebook.com/Ahel.org LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nisreen-haj-ahmad-38716011/ | https://linkedin.com/company/ahel-org Twitter: @Nisreenhaj | @Ahel_org Instagram: @ahel.organization

About the guest: Naza Alakija is an Iranian humanitarian and an adviser to a number of leading global institutions. She is the Founder & CEO of Sage Foundation, an NGO which works across the pillars of education, the support of women & girls, and climate action. Naza is an advocate for girls’ access to education and is dedicated to funding innovative grassroots movements that deliver holistic solutions to the climate crisis and beyond. Social Media Handles:Website: https://www.nazaalakija.com/ | https://sagefdn.org/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/naza-alakija-607b80197/ Twitter: @NazaAlakija Instagram: @nazaalakija | @sage.foundation

About the guest: Aziza Nait Sibaha was born in Morocco, where she began her career as a journalist in 1997. She is both a Senior TV Anchor and Editor-in-Chief at the Paris-based France 24 news channel, Sciences-Po, and Harvard Alumna. She is also a Public Speaking trainer and a gender diversity advocate. as well as the founder of Taja Sport; a media platform created in March 2021 that is dedicated to women's sports in the MENA region. Social Media Handles: Facebook: facebook.com/azizanaitsibahaofficial/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aziza-nait-sibaha Twitter: @AzizaNaitSibaha Instagram: @naitsibahaaziza

About the guest: Diana Moukalled is a Lebanese journalist, feminist, and documentary producer/director with almost 30 years of experience in the media industry and writing and producing stories in the Middle East. As one of the leading female war correspondents in the Arab world, her war coverages included Lebanon, Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), and Yemen (2015). Diana is also a co-founder and Managing Editor of Daraj. She is considered a prominent voice for the defense of human and women’s rights, with her extensive experience in both traditional and digital media, and is also a columnist, and a media and gender trainer. Social Media Handles: Twitter: @dianamoukalled Instagram: @diana_moukalled

About the guest: Her Highness Sheikha Intisar Al Sabah is a Kuwaiti philanthropist, author, columnist, social entrepreneur, film producer, founder & CEO, and princess of the House of Al-Sabah, the ruling family of Kuwait. She is committed to philanthropic excellence with respect to her vision of fostering Peace in the Arab world and beyond. Social Media Handles: Twitter: @intisaralsabah Instagram: @intisaralsabah@intisarfoundation@theglobaldiwan@al_nowair LinkedIn: HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah Website: Intisarfoundation.org

About the guest:   Honey is co-founder of women’s football in Palestine, the first captain of the Palestinian national football team, the first woman in the Middle East to obtain a FIFA Master’s and to be employed by FIFA (Fédération International de Football Association). Honey is a role model to women and girls throughout the Arab world and an inspiration to all who dream to live life abundantly.     Social media handles:  Instagram: @honeythaljieh LinkedIn: Honey ThaljiehThe Generation Amazing Foundation (GA) is a human and social legacy focused organisation that launched in 2010 during Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup™. GA operates its sport for development programmes in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Qatar's National Vision 2030, to promote sustainability, inclusion, and gender equality. GA’s unique methodology utilises the power of football to impart crucial life skills including communication, leadership, teamwork and compassion to youth and communities in need across the globe. Since its launch, GA , in collaboration with key partners, has reached and positively impacted over 1 million lives in 41 countries and counting.     For more information, visit www.generationamazing.qa or follow us @GA4good on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Our Guest Info: HH AlSayyida Basma Al Said, born to a mother from the UK and an Omani father, is a well-established Mental Health Clinical Counselor & hypnotherapist, and PTSD trainer with over 21 years of experience seeing and treating patients with a wide array of disorders. She is the founder of “Whispers of Serenity”; Oman’s first-of-its-kind mental health clinic & holistic well-being center since 2011.   Guest's Social media handles:  Instagram: basmaalsaidofficial Linkedin: AlSayyida Basma Al Said

Born to a Welsh mother and an Egyptian father, Dr. Shereen is a British, Egyptian, and Canadian intimate-rights advocate, author, and activist working on issues related to health and social welfare in the Arab region -- including intimate attitudes toward sexual (and political) freedoms   Social media handles are: Twitter and Insta: @shereenelfeki TikTok: ShereenElFeki Facebook: Shereen El Feki LinkedIn: Shereen El Feki

Kuwaiti- Palestinian author of her latest book “Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness”, academic scholar, and Assistant Professor of English Literature at the Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.   Guest Socials: @DrShahdals

The first episode of: Dr. Amal’s conversation with Feature MEP Hannah Neumann.   More about our guest: Hannah Neumann is the peace and human rights spokesperson of "The Greens/European Free Alliance (EFA)", Vice-Chair of the Human Rights Committee (DROI), member of the Committee on Security and Defence Policy (SEDE) and substitute in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) as well as head of the delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula. At the German Green party, she is also a member of the motions committee. Hannah Neumann studied media sciences and peace and conflict studies, which is also the subject she chose for her Ph.D. Her academic career brought her to Ilmenau, Berlin, Manila, and Monrovia. Before joining the European Parliament, she was a self-employed expert and consultant for peace projects, i.a. in projects for the United Nations, the Society for International Cooperation, the European Commission, the DGAP, GPPi, and aid organizations. She advised ministries and non-governmental organizations on campaigns on anti-discrimination, the promotion of democracy, climate protection on the local level, and human rights. From 2013 until 2016, she worked as a policy advisor in the German Bundestag.   Our guest’s website: https://hannahneumann.eu/en/#UeberMich EU Website: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/e... Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_...

Today’s episode is featuring Ola Shahba!   Get to know more about our guest: A social activist who contributed in founding  more than one political group, including a left-wing party that emerged after the January revolution. She was also an organizing member of other formations and youth movements. A Trainer from the Informal Education Authority, forms and objects of origin from the organization. University of London, College of Oriental and African Studies, and on the Fellowship of the University of British Columbia School of International Studies. She worked with the Council of Europe, several international, local and community agencies, including various agencies of the United Nations, Europe and the Arab world. And was part of many projects produced by the Participation.     Our guest’s socials:   Instagram: @OlaShahba Twitter: @OlaShahba https://twitter.com/OlaShahba Facebook: @OlaShahba https://www.facebook.com/olashahbam

Aisha is one of Qatar’s most popular singers and songwriters, with her talent, drive, and passion have led to headlining performances around the world, including at the United Nations General Assembly in New York and at the grand opening of Doha Festival City.     Check out our guest’s socials: Instagram: @aishaofcl Twitter: @aishaofcl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aishaofcl Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGsA...