This week we have an unfiltered, unedited personal episode with Nadia, Alia, and Ellie in the spirit of last year’s InsecuriTEA series. We discuss our thoughts on the label “activist,” the need for psychological realism in leftist organizing, and our feelings of political, personal, professional, and podcast burnout. We also discuss our respective job instabilities and new directions (Alia’s starting a coding bootcamp!), Nadia’s recent trip to Lebanon, post(?)-pandemic dating struggles, and finding the balance between spending time with aging family members and living our messiest lives.
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We had a wonderful conversation with Amuna, an activist and entrepreneur in the UAE. Amuna is a Queer Black Arab woman who founded the Black Arabs Collective, a space for sharing stories and amplifying voices of Black Arabs. We discussed how racism in the SWANA region is pervasive and underacknowledged. We also talked about Amuna’s experience as a queer woman in Dubai who grew up in a religious family. You’ll catch a bit of the call to prayer from the mosque next door to Amuna as we have a beautiful, gay conversation on this episode. (We also chatted about Tinder, quarantine fashion, and more!) Follow Amuna @_amuna, and also check out the @blackarabscollective IG page!
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