Kurdish Women Podcast

22/04/2021

Our latest episode with Ava Homa
Ava Homa, the author of Daughters of Smoke and Fire is now out.

Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Usz6GD62TD4DIuZgqbFbT?si=NvJV5dsESJKMxGDfcmkRZw&nd=1

Host/Naren Briar

17/04/2021

Get ready for a great conversation with author Ava Homa Ava Homa about her debut novel "Daughters of Smoke and Fire"

Host/Naren Briar
Naren Briar

14/03/2021

is out! Interview with the author of "The Daughters of Kobani" Gayle Tzemach Lemmon https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vqVaU5cxPo7on0DBZi6ey?si=r-jEYcekTzOJh9qmUjVOtw&nd=1

10/03/2021

Get ready for a great conversation with New York Times bestseller author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon about her new book 'The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice'.

03/03/2021

You can now listen to the new episode on this link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pJMSRlO5MIIkWTwadSm3m?si=Dw6xuT-AQvqsHlPR-KtgTg&nd=1

What is the politics of having a Kurdish name?
How do Kurds name their kids?
Why is it important to have Kurdish names?

Our next episode will have some answers to those questions and more with Dilman Yasin, Wan Rashid, & Beizar Abdi!

22/10/2020

Our latest Kurdish Women Podcast episode is OUT! Tune in for a great conversation with Yara Ismael and Wan Rashid about Kurdish women and youth organizing and Efendi Foundation in the US!

Link for the episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2W1plJYNd3j8jSyP9JVjwS

12/10/2020

17/09/2020

Our new episode with Ronay Bakan on "The Erasure of Kurdish Women’s Identity in Femicides in Turkey” is out! http://kurdishwomenpodcast.com/2020/09/15/the-invisibility-of-kurdish-womens-identity-in-femicides-in-turkey/ ........
Ronay Bakan is a PhD student in Political Science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

04/09/2020

In this new Kurdish Women Podcast Episode, our guests Rudan Balay and Huje Balay talk about the recent social media campaign initiated by women in Turkey against the femicides.

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Click on the link to listen to the full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1l1B23im9fIbwGIyL7Bjq6?fbclid=IwAR05SmODogNd0E0M5f8-V7OEtSRj69EYkdfJYwe3I_goxVxucTdITgD0_RM

03/08/2020

Six years ago today, ISIS attacked Shingal by killing and abducting thousands of Yezidis. In the memory of those victims of the Yezidi genocide, we would like to share a short story of survivors with you.