Watara Podcasts

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Violence

A podcast about violence against women

In every corner, behind every closed door, there is a story to be told. The podcast “Violence” gives a voice to women who are battling for their dignity, their rights, and their lives in the Arab world. Listen to true stories about violence, struggle and hope, and let us work together to give reach to their voices. Because every voice deserves to be heard.
Ta3tish

A podcast about water conflicts

Ta3tish is a podcast about the conflict over water and its surrounding issues. A significant portion of the podcast explores how Israel used water as a weapon during the years of the Arab-Israeli conflict and exploited water sources even before the establishment of the state of Israel.
Our Shades

A podcast about the mental health of journalists

Thilalouna or Our Shades is a podcast by Bushra Abdel Samad about mental health and the impact of post-traumatic stress on journalists. Through her experience in covering crises and wars when she worked for years with Al Jazeera, Bushra shares her experience and the experience of many journalists through interviews with them.
Amal la Charles

A podcast about living with disability

For the first time a lovely young man who stutters presents a show! Amal la Charles is a podcast that deals in a satirical way with the bullying that people with disabilities are exposed to. In each episode, Charles, who stutters, and Amal, who was stricken with polio in her childhood, host a different Arab guest who has a disability and talks about their unique experience with bullying and other problems they struggled with.
Matara

A podcast about climate change and water resources

Matara is a podcast series on how climate change is affecting water in the middle east. In this series, we look into the impact of this climate change on water in Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and Yemen. We visited the most affected area in these countries and met people to see how water scarcity has changed their lives.
Jalsa

Conversations from the MENA region

Jalsa, produced by the Arab Reform Initiative, brings together diverse voices for conversations that matter on topics facing the MENA region. We cover issues ranging from environmental politics to alternative economies, women and youth as political actors, the realities of field research in crisis situations, and more.