SWANA speaks
Parisa HashempourSouth West Asian and North African diasporic thinkers, writers, movers and creators on what shapes their identity, influences, and ideas. SWANA speaks is a collation of conversations on life, work and identity, plus topical personal and guest essays.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 19 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 2 years ago |
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'Under 1% of roles go to SWANA actors' — plus, how cinema is a tool of resistance
Hello lovely readers,
We are back! Strap in for a newsletter all about film, the industry’s impact on SWANA actors and viewers, and its potential as a tool for political resistance.
I’m excited to piece together this newsletter for you...
"Trauma in a society becomes a culture"
Hi readers,
This week I bring you a conversation with the brilliant Rose Eskafi. I have been following Rose’s fab work for a long while so it was amazing to get to sit down and have this chat with her! Drawing on Rose’s expertise in psych...
'When giving birth, refugee mothers' wishes are not being honoured'
Hello lovely readers,
In what continues to be a deeply painful time, I hope the below conversation with the wonderful Sarah Shemery offers at least a little light.
We deal with difficult topics like refugee and asylum seeker maternal rig...
'We talk about Palestine as an abstract idea, not about Palestinian people'
Hello readers,
The below conversation with Palestinian illustrator and writer, Aya Ghanameh, was recorded on September 27th, 10 days before the present crisis unfolded in Israel and Palestine.
It is heartbreaking to re-read this convers...
'As Afghan women, we begin to fight within our family, then our workplace, then society'
Hello lovely readers,
This week it is my absolute honour to share the below conversation with human rights researcher, Fereshta Abbasi. Fereshta’s important work reminds us to find ways to uplift and support the women inside Afghanistan wh...
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Parisa is a British-Iranian journalist and anthropologist. She has written for the likes of BBC Future, Byline Times, Insider, Euronews, Refinery29, Glamour, Dazed, Women’s Health and Reader’s Digest, and has worked as a radio broadcaster.
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