Fariba Nawa's guest appearances

Fariba Nawa

The Seattle Public Library - Programs & Events

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column

The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library Events

Foreign Correspondence

Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab

Kamala Harris

Bryan Curtis

Eric Hanson

Adam Carolla

Colson Whitehead

Thomas Frank

Nina Matsumoto

Nicholson Baker

David Eagleman

Karen Armstrong

Michael Pollan

Sandra Aamodt

Lawrence Lessig

David Gordon

Steven Kotler

OwlTail

As a journalist, who you are matters. Freelance journalist Fariba Nawa (@faribanawa) tells how she learned this the hard way. But her identity, that early in her career may have hindered her, has turned into a strength. She has gone from refugee to a reporter who covers refugees. She is an Afghan American proud of her heritage who also struggles with its deep patriarchy. Now setting her sights on podcasting, she discusses launching On Spec podcast that seeks to lift up less-heard global stories. Countries featured: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, USA, Turkey Publications featured: AFP, New Yorker, The Argus, Refinery29, PRI’s The World, Pacific News Service Fariba discusses fleeing Afghanistan at age 9 (4:48), navigating her family with a deep writing tradition but rooted in a patriarchal Afghan community (15:42), a shaky experience trying to break into foreign reporting that takes her to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (31:18), going to grad school at NYU just as 9/11 happens and thrusts her back into reporting on Afghanistan (40:12), getting kicked out of Pakistan (47:12), writing her book Opium Nation (53:22), her freelance work on feminism in Turkey and starting OnSpec podcast (1:10:52) and ends on the lightning round (1:19:02).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: On Spec podcast - https://apple.co/3e4xA3q Fariba’s book Opium Nation - https://amzn.to/3ovp5mS Her TEDx talk - https://bit.ly/3oAHUFl Her piece on the rise of divorce in Turkey - https://bit.ly/37WB5YG Her Refinery29 on Afghan feminism - https://r29.co/383vGzp Her story on a teenager raped by her smuggler - https://bit.ly/3jDSt71 Heavyweight podcast episode “Scott” - https://apple.co/2Jg5Y06 Jon Lee Anderson on Twitter - https://bit.ly/2TvA1mp Kim Barker’s book Taliban Shuffle - https://amzn.to/35N1OnS   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

As a journalist, who you are matters. Freelance journalist Fariba Nawa (<a href="https://twitter.com/faribanawa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@faribanawa</a>) tells how she learned this the hard way. But her identity, that early in her career may have hindered her, has turned into a strength. She has gone from refugee to a reporter who covers refugees. She is an Afghan American proud of her heritage who also struggles with its deep patriarchy. Now setting her sights on podcasting, she discusses launching On Spec podcast that seeks to lift up less-heard global stories. Countries featured: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, USA, Turkey Publications featured: AFP, New Yorker, The Argus, Refinery29, PRI’s The World, Pacific News Service Fariba discusses fleeing Afghanistan at age 9 (4:48), navigating her family with a deep writing tradition but rooted in a patriarchal Afghan community (15:42), a shaky experience trying to break into foreign reporting that takes her to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (31:18), going to grad school at NYU just as 9/11 happens and thrusts her back into reporting on Afghanistan (40:12), getting kicked out of Pakistan (47:12), writing her book Opium Nation (53:22), her freelance work on feminism in Turkey and starting OnSpec podcast (1:10:52) and ends on the lightning round (1:19:02). Here are links to some of the things we talked about: On Spec podcast - <a href="https://apple.co/3e4xA3q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3e4xA3q</a> Fariba’s book Opium Nation - <a href="https://amzn.to/3ovp5mS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3ovp5mS</a> Her TEDx talk - <a href="https://bit.ly/3oAHUFl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3oAHUFl</a> Her piece on the rise of divorce in Turkey - <a href="https://bit.ly/37WB5YG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/37WB5YG</a> Her Refinery29 on Afghan feminism - <a href="https://r29.co/383vGzp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://r29.co/383vGzp</a> Her story on a teenager raped by her smuggler - <a href="https://bit.ly/3jDSt71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3jDSt71</a> Heavyweight podcast episode “Scott” - <a href="https://apple.co/2Jg5Y06" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/2Jg5Y06</a> Jon Lee Anderson on Twitter - <a href="https://bit.ly/2TvA1mp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2TvA1mp</a> Kim Barker’s book Taliban Shuffle - <a href="https://amzn.to/35N1OnS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/35N1OnS</a> Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/foreignpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@foreignpod</a> or on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/foreignpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/foreignpod</a> Music: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats/Fake_Love_makaihbeatsnet/LoveChances_makaihbeatsnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LoveChances (makaihbeats.net)</a> by <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Makaih Beats</a> From: <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freemusicarchive.org</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY NC</a>

Fariba Nawa - Turkey - On Spec podcast

Teri Yuan

This week we're revisiting our Feminism in the Age of COVID-19 online event series that took place this past June and July. On June 12th we were joined by journalist and author Fariba Nawa and by En(Gender)ed Collective founder Teri Yuan.Together we discussed accountability for violence against women in different contexts and how this work has shifted during COVID-19. This conversation touches on how the issues surrounding domestic violence differ in the United States versus Turkey and the Middle East, and how to foster greater accountability moving forward.Some Questions I Ask:How do different cultures handle the issue of sexual and gender-based violence? (10:15)How do faith leaders factor in the fight against domestic violence? (14:08)How does the concept of accountability shift in different settings? (27:33)Audience Questions:Why is it important to approach this issue through a feminist lens? (40:06)How does the fact that for many women, the home is not a safe place, affect this discussion? (46:21)What is some advice for feminist allies who want to help? (52:40)In This Episode, You Will Learn:About Fariba Nawa and her work (6:18)About Teri Yuan and her work (8:03)How family and support systems help women to escape from violence (10:43)How domestic violence is more than just physical violence (20:42)How sexual violence is an expression of patriarchy's values (27:06)How increases in overall violence lead to increases in sexual and gender-based violence (28:02)Teri's three levels of accountability (32:23)How sexism is the last socially-acceptable form of oppression (36:47)Resources:Fariba's WebsiteOnSpec PodcastEn(Gender)ed CollectiveEn(Gender)ed Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're revisiting our Feminism in the Age of COVID-19 online event series that took place this past June and July. On June 12th we were joined by journalist and author Fariba Nawa and by En(Gender)ed Collective founder Teri Yuan.Together we discussed accountability for violence against women in different contexts and how this work has shifted during COVID-19. This conversation touches on how the issues surrounding domestic violence differ in the United States versus Turkey and the Middle East, and how to foster greater accountability moving forward.Some Questions I Ask:<ul><li>How do different cultures handle the issue of sexual and gender-based violence? (10:15)</li><li>How do faith leaders factor in the fight against domestic violence? (14:08)</li><li>How does the concept of accountability shift in different settings? (27:33)</li></ul> Audience Questions:<ul><li>Why is it important to approach this issue through a feminist lens? (40:06)</li><li>How does the fact that for many women, the home is not a safe place, affect this discussion? (46:21)</li><li>What is some advice for feminist allies who want to help? (52:40)</li></ul> In This Episode, You Will Learn:<ul><li>About Fariba Nawa and her work (6:18)</li><li>About Teri Yuan and her work (8:03)</li><li>How family and support systems help women to escape from violence (10:43)</li><li>How domestic violence is more than just physical violence (20:42)</li><li>How sexual violence is an expression of patriarchy's values (27:06)</li><li>How increases in overall violence lead to increases in sexual and gender-based violence (28:02)</li><li>Teri's three levels of accountability (32:23)</li><li>How sexism is the last socially-acceptable form of oppression (36:47)</li></ul> Resources:<a href="http://www.faribanawa.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Fariba's Website</a><a href="https://medium.com/@onspecpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">OnSpec Podcast</a><a href="https://engenderedcollective.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">En(Gender)ed Collective</a><a href="https://engendered.us/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">En(Gender)ed Podcast</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Fariba Nawa & Teri Yuan

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