Earth Stories

Earth Stories

Earth Stories produced and hosted by Azraa is a collection of thought-provoking conversations with people in every country in the world. This podcast focuses on going beyond borders to understand what really connects us with one another while covering topics about society, politics, identity, travel and much more. Follow for more on: Instagram @myearthstories | Twitter @a_muthy | Email earthstories.pod@gmail.com

Episodes

  1. 09/24/2022

    U for Ukraine, P for Palestine | with Rita Adel

    Welcome to Earth Stories produced and hosted by Azraa. In the second episode of this series - In The Peculiar Fate of Oppressed People, you'll meet Rita Adel, a Ukrainian - Palestinian Humanitarian Analyst. Born in Ukraine, raised in Jordan, Rita shares memories of her childhood in Ukraine and talks about what the war in Ukraine really means for Ukrainians. Navigating between her identities which are often conflicting with each other in the media, as a Palestinian living in diaspora, she also shares her thoughts about her “lost homeland” - Palestine. Russia's military invasion in Ukraine on February 24th 2022 prompted a discourse between uncivilised vs relatively civilised - heroes vs unsung heroes - whose suffering is more worthy? So, of course, we also talk about the double standards and the on-going pinning of Ukrainians against Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan, etc ... Follow for more on Azraa | Instagram @myearthstories | Twitter @a_muthy Rita Adel Mohammed |  Twitter @RitaAdelMohamm1 Email | earthstories.pod@gmail.com Don't forget to rate and subscribe! Recommended Reading Fifty shades of white: Eastern Europeans' 'peripheral whiteness' in the context of domestic services provided by migrant women by Anna Safuta On the Frontier of Whiteness? Expropriation, War, and Social Reproduction in Ukraine by Olena Lyubchenko What the war in Ukraine taught us, Palestinians by Mohammed Rafik Mhawesh Why Ukraine is a Syrian cause by Yassin al Haj Saleh Ukraine in Syria, Syria in Ukraine by Yassin Swehat I’m a Ukrainian Socialist. Here’s Why I Resist the Russian Invasion by Taras Bilous Aid industry and the politics of knowledge production: Epistemic agency and its role in decolonising research practices in development, by Rita Adel Mohammed What the Palestinian Uprising tells us about Occupation and Authoritarianism in the Middle East by by Laith Fakhri Alajlouni and Rita Adel ‘Heroes’ and ‘worthy’ refugees - the hypocrisy of Western media over Ukraine by Azraa Muthy

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Earth Stories produced and hosted by Azraa is a collection of thought-provoking conversations with people in every country in the world. This podcast focuses on going beyond borders to understand what really connects us with one another while covering topics about society, politics, identity, travel and much more. Follow for more on: Instagram @myearthstories | Twitter @a_muthy | Email earthstories.pod@gmail.com