More to Her Story: The Podcast Sarah Little

Yasmine Mohammed is a Canadian human rights activist and author of Egyptian and Palestinian descent. Yasmine escaped from a forced, abusive marriage to Al-Qaeda operative Essam Marzouk and became an advocate for women's rights through her non-profit organization Free Hearts, Free Minds. She is the author of Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam.

Paul O’Brien is the Executive Director at Amnesty International USA.  Over his career, he has done human rights research and advocacy in more than 50 countries, including most recently, Mexico, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.  He lived for 10 years in Africa, working for local and international organizations, and for 5 years in Afghanistan, where he served as an advisor to the President. Before Amnesty, Paul co-led Oxfam’s advocacy efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic and led Oxfam America’s advocacy with the US government. He is the author of Power Switch: How We Can Reverse Extreme Inequality.

This month, Paul and I are in conversation about the current state of human rights. Enjoy our conversation.

You can follow Paul on X @dpaulobrien

Leslie T. Chang has written about women in the developing world for two decades. Her reporting method is to immerse herself in the daily lives of ordinary women to find stories that are often unknown to the outside world.

Leslie lived in China for a decade as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, focusing on stories that explored how socioeconomic change was transforming institutions and individuals.

In 2011, Leslie moved to Cairo, Egypt, where she explored the lives of the country's working women. Her new book, Egyptian Made: Women, Work, and the Promise of Liberation, follows three women who work in Egypt’s garment industry. Alongside these stories, Leslie shares her own experiences living in the country for five years.

It was an honor to have Leslie on the podcast this month. You can buy her new book here: https://www.amazon.com/Egyptian-Made-Women-Promise-Liberation-ebook/dp/B0BL77GSW6

Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein is a Jordanian former diplomat and the President and CEO of the International Peace Institute. He is the Perry World House Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2014-2018. Zeid is a member of The Elders, an independent group of world leaders and human rights advocates brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007. You can follow him on X @Raad_Zeid and you can follow the International Peace Institute @ipinst

Masuma Ahuja is a journalist who calls three countries home and reports on people, power, and politics worldwide. Her work focuses primarily on women’s and girls’ lives. She is currently the Head of Freeda UK; previously, she worked at CNN and the Washington Post. She also spent years freelancing, reporting on women’s and girls’ lives worldwide for places like the BBC, The Washington Post’s The Lily, and Vice. Her debut book, Girlhood, published in 2021, depicts the everyday lives of girls around the world.

You can follow Masuma on Instagram and X @masumaahuja

24-year-old Shereen Sabbah from Gaza shares audio diaries for More to Her Story.