(This photo is a screenshot of our hangout with each other and our cats during the recording of this episode.)
We had an incredible guest named Nadia Khayrallah on; she is Lebanese-American and based in NYC. Nadia is a freelance dancer, choreographer, and writer; she also sometimes works on filmmaking. We had a great conversation with her about representation of queer MENA folks in media (spoiler alert: there needs to be more of it)! We are excited to have gotten connected with her. You can check out her work and connect with her here:
http://nadiak.tk/
https://nadiainherownworld.wordpress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nadiainherownworld/
She also shared info on some great artists/orgs/pieces in the media that you can check out:
http://arabcomedy.com (Arab Comedy Fest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPp570-ijXg (Duck Butter trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2GnTeXRQn0 (Comedian Eman El-Husseini)
https://vimeo.com/267388440 (Vogue Beirut)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR1t_zkBqGk (Mehdi Bahmad – Rouge a Levres)
https://www.rollaselbak.com (Rolla Selbak – Filmmaker, podcaster, storyteller)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV8RxGly1n0&list=PLxd0bZ1RXEzuPCekFpssGpsyUdNSNFLNX&index=5 (Rebranding Arabs – Democracy Handbook with Bassem Youssef)