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Israel Today: Ongoing War ReportIsrael Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-02-23 at 08:02HEADLINESUS deploys 200 jets near CreteAbu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque attacked near NablusMiami Beach stabbing with no antisemitic motiveThe time is now 8:02 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.In the conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, tensions continue to rise in the region. The US Embassy in Beirut evacuated dozens of staff as student protests persisted in Tehran with reports of injuries, and Washington has positioned more than 200 US fighter jets along with two carrier strike groups, including the...
2026-02-2303 min
The Middle GeeksEpisode 73: '#1 Happy Family USA' Review The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, and more all-American animated adult tv comedies have graced our screens for decades, mercilessly interrogating the all-American life and if it's all it's cracked up to be. But rarely do we get one of these series from an Arab and Muslim perspective, until now with Ramy Youssef and Pam Brady's #1 Happy Family USA, featuring the Egyptian-American Hussein family, including young insecure Rumi (Ramy Youssef), his wildly insecure father Hussein (also Ramy Youssef), his caring and overburdened mother Sharia (Salma Hindy), overachieving and closeted older sister Mona (Alia Shawkat), conservative...
2025-05-081h 26
The Chris Gabo Show016 - The Gayest Episode Yet (03/10/25)What up what up! Ramadan Mubarak, greetings and happy monday! Come join me on the blue couch as I sit down with my beloveds Randa Jarrar (esteemed Palestinian novelist and actor known for her work on Ramy) and Jaclyn Chan (TV and video game writer known for her work on The Kitchen Musical and Lifespam) on this weeks episode of The Chris Gabo Show!!! Kick it with us as we discuss Amerikkka's Top Shortage, psychics communicating with dogs in the afterlife, the inherent queerness of god and other fly shit in what critics are calling THE GAYEST EPISODE YET.
2025-03-101h 11
Smart Funny & Black Productions60 Second Headlines ft. Randa Jarrar [EP 18]Palestinian Author, actor and scholar Randa Jarrar joins 60 Second Headlines to talk Palestinians returning to Northern Gaza, Izzy losing, and the "Fork in the Road" email. Watch “Views from AmandaLand” Mon-Wed 10a EST at Youtube.com/AmandaSealesTV! Listen to the podcast streaming on all podcast platforms. Listen AD FREE! Subscribe to Patreon.com/AmandaSeales! Advertise on the show! Go to https://www.amandaseales.com/book-me This is a Smart Funny & Black ProductionKeep up with my releases and appearances!Subscribe to my newsletter for free at AmandaSeales.comSupport the work here:...
2025-01-3126 minSmart Funny & Black ProductionsWhat Will Them Dems Do [EP 18]What will them Dems do? Randa Jarrar joines for 60 sec headlines! DJ Bakwali is our Ambassador of the Week to talk Panafricanism! and more!Watch “Views from AmandaLand” Mon-Wed 10a EST! Listen to the podcast streaming on all podcast platforms. Listen AD FREE! Subscribe to Patreon.com/AmandaSeales! Advertise on the show! Go to https://www.amandaseales.com/book-me This is a Smart Funny & Black ProductionKeep up with my releases and appearances!Subscribe to my newsletter for free at AmandaSeales.comSupport the work here://Join the #sealessquad at Patreon.com/Aman...
2025-01-291h 59
Index for ContinuanceEpisode 18: Joe Hall - “Imperialism for Writers, or Empire in the Avant-Garde”Ever wonder what literary orgs have to do with the state? Nonprofits with the CIA? Your own poems with military operations on the other side of the planet? Of course you do. Luckily, so does Buffalo’s own poet laureate of waste collection and public transit Joe Hall, whose recent essay “PEN America: Cultural Imperialism’s Avant-Garde” is a veritable syllabus on the ways arts and culture institutions serve the aims of American empire. In the essay, Joe offers an exhaustive analysis of PEN America’s response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, documents recent protest efforts such as boycotts of...
2024-09-161h 36
Index for ContinuanceEpisode 18: Joe Hall - “Imperialism for Writers, or Empire in the Avant-Garde”Ever wonder what literary orgs have to do with the state? Nonprofits with the CIA? Your own poems with military operations on the other side of the planet? Of course you do. Luckily, so does Buffalo’s own poet laureate of waste collection and public transit Joe Hall, whose recent essay “PEN America: Cultural Imperialism’s Avant-Garde” is a veritable syllabus on the ways arts and culture institutions serve the aims of American empire. In the essay, Joe offers an exhaustive analysis of PEN America’s response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, documents recent protest efforts such as boycotts of...
2024-09-161h 36
Selected ShortsUp in the Air with RadiolabSELECTED SHORTS host Meg Wolitzer presents four works that were presented as part of our live evening with WNYC’s Radiolab and hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser. The theme was flight in many imaginative manifestations. Randa Jarrar’s “The Lunatics’ Eclipse” is a fable-like story of romance and interstellar travel, read by Abubakr Ali. Our second story is “Roy Spivey,” by Miranda July, and is a sly and gentle probing of celebrity culture. It’s read by Molly Bernard. Don Shea’s “Jumper Down” bares the vulnerability and resilience of a rescue worker. it’s read by Becca Blackwell. And our last story, “My...
2024-08-011h 00
Diario cultural | TardeDiario cultural 13-12-2023Coñecemos a realidade de Palestina a través da súa literatura traducida ao galego. Rocío Viéitez Ferro preséntanos O azul entre o ceo e a auga, de Susan Abulhawa, publicado este outono por Laiovento dentro da súa colección Candemaia. Participa tamén na conversa Moncho Iglesias, tradutor á nosa lingua da poesía de Mahmoud Darwish (Carné de identidade, en Barbantesa) e das novelas Un mapa do lar, de Randa Jarrar (Hugin e Munin) e Esfumado: a misteriosa desaparición de Mostafa Ouda, de Ahmed Masoud (Urutau), que nos regala en directo a versión en galego du...
2023-12-1329 min
Open FormEpisode 31: Randa Jarrar on The Time That RemainsWelcome to Open Form, a weekly film podcast hosted by award-winning writer Mychal Denzel Smith. Each week, a different author chooses a movie: a movie they love, a movie they hate, a movie they hate to love. Something nostalgic from their childhood. A brand-new obsession. Something they’ve been dying to talk about for ages and their friends are constantly annoyed by them bringing it up.In this episode, Mychal talks to Randa Jarrar (Love Is an Ex-Country) about the 2009 film The Time That Remains, directed by Elia Suleiman and starring Menashe Noy, Elia Suleiman, and Baher Agbar...
2022-04-2125 min
Going Through ItYou Need to Drop Out with Randa JarrarWhen Randa Jarrar started her MFA program, she thought she was taking the next step on the path to success. That is until her professor, Leslie Marmon Silko, told her to drop out.
2022-02-1421 min
Design MattersDesign Matters: Best of 2021On this special episode of Design Matters, we take a look back at 2021, revel in the collective brilliance of Catherine Opie, Ethan Hawke, Randa Jarrar, Nick Offerman, and Susan Orlean.
2021-12-2736 min
Design Matters with Debbie MillmanDesign Matters: Best of 2021On this special episode of Design Matters, we take a look back at 2021, revel in the collective brilliance of Catherine Opie, Ethan Hawke, Randa Jarrar, Nick Offerman, and Susan Orlean.Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-12-2736 min
Seen JeemLove is an Ex-Country with Randa JarrarIn this episode, we catch up with award-winning author Randa Jarrar! She joins us for the third episode of the Seen Jeem podcast to discuss her unapologetically defiant book, Love is an Ex-Country (2021), with the Arab American National Museum's Research and Content Manager Matthew Jaber Stiffler. Randa also talks about finding community as an Arab American woman writer and even shares some details of her budding film career. A video recording of Randa's reading can be viewed at www.seenjeempodcast.org
This interview took place in the Spring of 2021.
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2021-11-3040 min
The Make Books Travel PodcastS2 E14: Challenging the Amazon Empire: Bookshop.org Founder & CEO Andy HunterToday’s guest is Andy Hunter, Founder and CEO of Bookshop.org.
Often referred to as the indie alternative to Amazon.com, Bookshop.org proposes a socially conscious way to buy books online. On the day our interview was recorded, it had since its launch in January 2020 raised close to $14 million for local bookstores in the US.
Amazon has seen an alarming growth in the ecosystem of book sales in the US. Andy explains why it was important to act immediately when he came up with the idea. He also gives us an insight into th...
2021-05-2455 min
Queer Lit"Queer Muslims" with Alberto Fernández CarbajalDr Alberto Fernández Carbajal (University of Roehampton) tells me all about their insightful book Queer Muslim Diasporas in Contemporary Literature and Film (2019) in this episode. We cover their favourite reads and learn what a Muslim perspective can teach us about queerness. This kind of research is all about changing perspectives and fostering understanding, so I do hope you will be understanding when it comes to the sound of Alberto’s beautiful scarf that I was unable to remove from the audio entirely…Check out Alberto's book here:https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526128102/Scholars and concepts menti...
2021-05-1846 minThe Queer ArabsEpisode 158 [in English]: Randa JarrarRanda Jarrar is a Los Angeles-based Palestinian-Egyptian writer, actress, and more. She joined us to discuss her recent and upcoming work, plus virtual kink parties, tattoos, tatreez and tea! Randa is the author of the forthcoming memoir Love Is An Ex-Country, the novel A Map of Home, and the collection of stories Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. She is also a performer who has recently appeared in Hulu’s RAMY, as well as the short films GOT GAME and FINJAN. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Salon, Bitch, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a Cr...
2021-05-0130 min
So Novel PodcastPublisher Chat: Kate Lloyd// @lillytalesOn today’s episode I talk to Kate Lloyd, otherwise known as @lilliytales on bookstagram. Kate is the Marketing Manager for Text Publishing Australia and is one of the original bookstagram accounts.
We chat about Kate’s intro to bookstagram and I have a fan girl moment too! We chat about our Last, Now, Next reads and we deep dive into the publishing world! Kate answers some questions about the mysterious world of publishing- how booksta accounts can receive ARCs, what is the etiquette in regards to posting before a books publications date and what publishers look for...
2021-03-2251 min
Design MattersRanda JarrarRanda Jarrar has made the world a sexier and more thoughtful place—and on this episode, she discusses her powerful new memoir, "My Love is an Ex-Country."
2021-03-221h 06
Design Matters with Debbie MillmanRanda JarrarRanda Jarrar has made the world a sexier and more thoughtful place—and on this episode, she discusses her powerful new memoir, "My Love is an Ex-Country."Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-03-221h 06
I Like to ReadEvery Last Fear, Infinite Country, and Homo IrrealisSubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/iliketoread/id1523232250BOOKS MENTIONED:“Every Last Fear” by Alex Finlayhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53138046-every-last-fear?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rBDxDIuODU&rank=1“No One Is Talking About This” by Patricia Lockwoodhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53733106-no-one-is-talking-about-this?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=7NiCpRJrBs&rank=2“Love Is An Ex-Country...
2021-03-1420 min
This Is the AuthorS6 E9: Randa Jarrar, Ethan Hawke, and Catherine CohenS6 E9: In this episode, meet writer and translator Randa Jarrar, acclaimed actor, writer, and director Ethan Hawke, and comedian and actress Catherine Cohen. Enter the studio and listen in as each of these authors—a memoirist, a novelist, and a poet—shares what it was like to record their audiobooks.
Love Is an Ex-Country by Randa Jarrar: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/675641/love-is-an-ex-country/
A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/235750/a-bright-ray-of-darkness/
God I Feel Modern Tonight by Catherine Cohen: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/659738/god-i-feel-modern-tonight/
2021-02-0917 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for February 2, 2021This week, Liberty and Danika discuss Two Truths and a Lie, A Taste for Love, Winter’s Orbit, and more great books.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode...
2021-02-0247 min
Step Inside A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Best-Selling.Love Is an Ex-Country by Randa JarrarPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/4595to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Love Is an Ex-Country
Author: Randa Jarrar
Narrator: Randa Jarrar
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
Release date: 02-02-21
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Queer. Muslim. Arab American. A proudly Fat woman. Randa Jarrar is all of these things. In this provocative memoir of a cross-country road trip, she explores how to claim joy in an unraveling and hostile America.
2021-02-025h 46
Red Fern Book Review by Amy TylerPandemic ReadsSend us a textIn this inaugural podcast, host Amy Mair shares an email from her Mom, selects her top new book release picks for January and February and selects two books that will cure your Pandemic blues. Shows and books discussed:New releasesAll Creatures Great & Small (PBS Masterpiece and Amazon Prime)Let Me Tell You What I Mean, Joan Didion (January 26)Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal, Mark Bittman (February 2)My Year Abroad, Chang-Rae Lee (February 2)Love...
2021-01-1415 min
The afikra PodcastA Literary Dialogue of Arab-American Identities | Randa Jarrar & Zaina ArafatRanda Jarrar is a performer and the author of the forthcoming memoir "Love Is An Ex-Country", the novel "A Map of Home", and the collection of stories "Him, Me, Muhammad Ali". Zaina Arafat is the author of the novel "You Exist Too Much", with stories and essays appearing in The New York Times, Granta, The Believer, and more.Created & Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikraEdited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek YamaniAbout the afikra conversation series:Our long-form interview series, hosted on Zoom, featuring academics and arts and media experts wh...
2020-12-2157 min
TrendingWhat happens after you go viral?Two stories about viral stories that kicked off deep debate about social issues. What happened when social media moved on?
Randa Jarrar, a university professor, tweeted a provocative – and many would say deeply offensive – message after the death of former US First Lady Barbara Bush. It went viral and hit a nerve in a country riveted by debates over free speech and its limits, especially on college campuses.
And you may remember the story of the jogger who was caught on video throwing a homeless man’s possessions into a lake in Oakland, California. The incident eventually led to crimin...
2020-05-0225 min
#GoodMuslimBadMuslim054 - Stop Parking on our Property (feat. Randa Jarrar)The one where Taz plays passive-aggressive auntie games and Zahra is away working on her show On Behalf of All Muslims. Featuring special guest Randa Jarrar.
2019-06-2659 min
Action News As You GoAction News As You Go: June 1, 2018The team talks controversial Fresno State professor Randa Jarrar and her return to campus, and a road rage incident turned into a deadly officer-involved shooting near Orange Cove.
2018-05-2500 min
?????????????Gradation Season Drama at Fresno State and FloridaGuillermo talk more Fresno State/Randa Jarrar news and details an interesting story regarding a University of Florida graduation story.
2018-05-0842 min
Dr. Harry L. Reeder III, Author at Yellowhammer NewsRanda Jarrar and free speechListen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: PROFESSOR MALIGNS BARBARA BUSH ON TWITTER WITH NO CONSEQUENCES TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, last week, we spent some time remembering Barbara Bush and her passing and the Bush family. When we were doing that program, you said that now was not the time to critique her life. […]
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2018-04-3000 min
Matt Christiansen Live100th Episode, Guest Styxhexenhammer666, Alfie Evans, Kanye v ErrybodyWe celebrate our 100th podcast episode and listener favorite Styxhexenhammer666 joins for an interview (starting at 2:03:30), but first we break down the week's biggest stories including the Alfie Evans case, Kanye's somehow controversial tweets about Trump support, the White House Correspondents Dinner and more.
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Styx's Twitter: http://bit.ly/2oCLgKY
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2018-04-302h 27
Gen-Exhausted234: Randa Jarrar BinksOn this weeks show, Chris, Aaron, Rich, and Todd discuss: Bill Cosby, Tom Brokaw is a creep now, Todd sees a shift coming, Kanye is back on Twitter, Un meets Moon in South Korea, Donald Trump, Randa Jarrar, the Fresno State professor, authenticity, and Janelle Monae. Please follow us on Twitter @unregimentedpod and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Unregimented-329786113851704/
2018-04-282h 59
Gen-Exhausted234: Randa Jarrar Binks
On this weeks show, Chris, Aaron, Rich, and Todd discuss: Bill Cosby, Tom Brokaw is a creep now, Todd sees a shift coming, Kanye is back on Twitter, Un meets Moon in South Korea, Donald Trump, Randa Jarrar, the Fresno State professor, authenticity, and Janelle Monae. Please follow us on Twitter @unregimentedpod and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Unregimented-329786113851704/
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2018-04-2800 min
3 Whisky Happy HourSpeak Freely, and Other HeresiesThe controversies surrounding free speech and academic freedom opened a new front last week with the execrable comments about the late First Lady Barbara Bush from Fresno State University professor Randa Jarrar. Steve Hayward talks here with Keith Whittington of Princeton University, author of a new book, “Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech.” But as Whittington is also a... Source
2018-04-2645 min
BULAQAll Over The MapIn this episode, we talk about debates surrounding Western military intervention in Syria; about Arab American writer Randa Jarrar and her Twitter rant against the late Barbara Bush; and about whether there is any alternative to the term “Arab world.” Also Ursula has a squeaky chair.
Show notesAt the recent Yale symposium on translation, Samah Salim discussed the relationship between translator, text, and paratext in “Paratext and Political Translation,” with a focus on the introduction, footnotes, and glossary of her translation to Arwa Salih’s The Stillborn. Kamran Rastegar talked about “Translational Infidelity: Paul Bowles’ notes on For Br...
2018-04-231h 01
BULAQ | بولاقAll Over The MapIn this episode, we talk about debates surrounding Western military intervention in Syria; about Arab American writer Randa Jarrar and her Twitter rant against the late Barbara Bush; and about whether there is any alternative to the term “Arab world.” Also Ursula has a squeaky chair. Show notesAt the recent Yale symposium on translation, Samah Salim discussed the relationship between translator, text, and paratext in “Paratext and Political Translation,” with a focus on the introduction, footnotes, and glossary of her translation to Arwa Salih’s The Stillborn. Kamran Rastegar talked about “Translational Infidelity: Paul Bowles’ notes on For Bread Al...
2018-04-231h 01Matt Christiansen LiveEp 99 | Starbucks Reparations, Fatal Plane Blast, Fresno St. Prof v Barb BushWe discuss the release of Comey's memos, potential pending charges for Andrew McCabe, Hotep Jesus' brilliant trolling of Starbucks, the fatal explosion on a Southwest flight, the Fresno State professor who celebrated Barbara Bush's death, Amy Schumer's response to intersectional criticism of her movie, plus a trio of strange stories to close.
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2018-04-231h 51
King of Stuff¡Cuba Libre! con Alberto de la CruzThe Conservatarians welcome Alberto de la Cruz, Managing Editor of Babalú Blog and expert on the Castro crime family’s hijacking of Cuba. “Insipid apparatchik” Miguel Diaz-Canel has been selected to replace Raúl Castro as warden of the island prison — should we expect changes or more of the same? Jon and Stephen then discuss the latest speech criminal, Prof. Randa Jarrar of Fresno State... Source
2018-04-211h 09
See Something Say SomethingEpisode 45: Let’s Talk About Sex, HabibiRanda Jarrar is an essayist, professor, and writer of two books of fiction, “A Map Of Home” and “Him, Me, Muhammad Ali.” She stops by the show to talk to Ahmed about her work on sexuality, cultural appropriation, and the humor of human vulgarity. She reads from her latest Bitch Media piece on the politics of consensual domination in sex and also chats about the “thousands of emails from Beckys” she’s received for her work and teaching her son about consent. You can follow her @randajarrar on Twitter and find her work at www.randajarrar.com. Learn more about you...
2018-03-0223 min
See Something Say SomethingEpisode 45: Let’s Talk About Sex, HabibiRanda Jarrar is an essayist, professor, and writer of two books of fiction, “A Map Of Home” and “Him, Me, Muhammad Ali.” She stops by the show to talk to Ahmed about her work on sexuality, cultural appropriation, and the humor of human vulgarity. She reads from her latest Bitch Media piece on the politics of consensual domination in sex and also chats about the “thousands of emails from Beckys” she’s received for her work and teaching her son about consent. You can follow her @randaja
2018-03-0223 min
Journey Through Into A Uplifting Full Audiobook While Cooking.Nasty Women by Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Kate HardingPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/32645to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Nasty Women
Author: Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Kate Harding
Narrator: Bahni Turpin
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
Release date: 01-30-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 24 ratings
Genres: LGBTQ+ Studies
Publisher's Summary:
When 53 percent of white women voted for Donald Trump and 94 percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton, how can women unite in Trump's America? Nasty Women includes inspiring essays from a diverse group of talented women writers who seek to provide a broad look at how we got here and what we need to do to move forward...
2018-01-308h 45
So Many Damn Books68: Alissa Nutting & "Him, Me, Muhammad Ali"Alissa Nutting, author of Made for Love (and also Tampa) joins the guys in the Damn Library to talk surveillance state and let the guys bring up the dolphin sex, and the importance of first sentences. They also talk about Randa Jarrar's Him, Me, Muhammad Ali, a collection of short stories that includes both crows and reading your Mom's diary, amongst other subjects. Crassness is celebrated, and everyone has a dolphin delightful time. get cool stuff, contribute to our patreon: patreon.com/smdb book lists and drink recipes at somanydamnbooks.com 15 seconds of...
2017-06-2048 min
TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastEp. 27: Mike Scalise and Ariel Lewiton Pt. 2In part 2 of their conversation, James and Mike Scalise, author of the memoir THE BRAND NEW CATASTROPHE, discuss an old wound, social media, and how winning the Center for Fiction's Christopher Doheny Award let to the incredible sequence of events surrounding the sale of Mike's book. Then, Sarabande Director of Marketing and Publicity/ Mike's editor/ excellent writer Ariel Lewiton joins James to discuss her many roles and how she got to where she is. Mike Scalise: http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc Mike and James Discuss: THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING by De L...
2017-02-141h 01
The Racist Sandwich PodcastE18: Fries Before Guys (w/ Randa Jarrar)It's our last show of 2016! Soleil and Zahir (recording remotely for the first time) begin by distracting you from the news with their top five favorite things they ate this year. Then, Zahir interviews Arab-American writer Randa Jarrar, author of the new collection of short stories Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. Randa has a lot of insightful things to say about Palestinian food, growing up in Kuwait during the First Gulf War, body image and what it means to be a fat femme, and much more.
2016-12-2942 min
2016-12-0631 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft - Randa JarrarRanda Jarrar’s work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Utne Reader, Salon.com, Guernica, The Rumpus, The Oxford American, Ploughshares, Five Chapters, and others. Her first novel, A Map of Home was published in half a dozen languages & won a Hopwood Award, an Arab-American Book Award, and was named one of the best novels of 2008 by the Barnes and Noble Review. Her new book is called Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. She has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, Hedgebrook, and others, and in 2010 was named one of the most gifted writers of A...
2016-12-0535 min
Betwixt and BetweenEpisode 8: Cultural AppropriationBetwixt and Between talk with Mihika, a dear friend, scholar, practicing Hindu, and blogger behind OneHindu.net. This discussion asks what is cultural appropriation, why can it be problematic, and then turns to how to share another's culture in a (hopefully) non-problematic way. Together they explore power dynamics and privledge, aesthetics vs. deeper cultural meanings, and the role of guilt in approaching one's non-native culture.
Thank you again to New World Witchery, the iPod Witch, and any other podcaster or blogger who has been supporting us. What a great community this is!
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2014-07-211h 25
CivitellaRanda Jarrar (CRF 2012) reads from her forthcoming novelIn this week's Civitella podcast, Randa Jarrar (CRF 2012) reads the following excerpt from her forthcoming novel:
AT THE ABANDONED HOUSE near the woods, Gil told his mother stories. At first Aya felt queasy watching his lips curving around words, but then the words birthed sentences, the sentences becoming images, scenes, fables and dreams, and she cradled him in her arms as he spoke. She sat in the swept, pillowed corner she liked to recline in when she was still pregnant. She noticed an iris-shaped spot of dark wood on the floor by her feet, th...
2012-07-2503 min