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Behrouz Boochani and Abdul Samad Haidari speak about their journeys as refugees, the systems which demonize asylum seekers as criminals, Manus Prison Theory and structural oppression, and the role of art, literature and storytelling in resistance an healing. Guest Profiles:Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights defender, writer, film producer and research fellow at Canterbury University. He, along with Omid Tofighian, developed the Manus Prison Theory which is a framework to understand offshore detention facilities and how this system functions as a form of systemic violence and oppression against asylum seekers. Behrouz himself was detained at Manus Island for two years after its official closure in 2019 and his memoir, No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison, won the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction in January 2019.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/31/writing-from-manus-prison-a-scathing-critique-of-domination-and-oppressionAbdul Samad Haidari is journalist, poet and refugee advocate. From the Hazara community in Afghanistan, he was forced to flee Afghanistan on multiple occasions having spent his childhood as a refugee in Pakistan and Iran before returning. His journalism had a particular focus on women and children's rights, terrorist group actions, transparency and accountability in government, and the systematic persecution of minority groups in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.  He spent 9 years in a refugee camp in Indonesia before making in to New Zealand. The podcast title "I am but more than a refugee" is an homage to one of the poems in his recent book. "The Unsent Condolences" https://abdulsamadhaidari.wixsite.com/site/booksSupport the showSupport us and reach out!https://smoothbrainsociety.comhttps://www.patreon.com/SmoothBrainSocietyInstagram: @thesmoothbrainsocietyTikTok: @thesmoothbrainsocietyTwitter/X: @SmoothBrainSocFacebook: @thesmoothbrainsocietyMerch and all other links: Linktreeemail: thesmoothbrainsociety@gmail.com

Kurdish-Iranian musician Jamal Farokh Seresht formed Madakto Art Centre in 2009 after working with Australian and Iranian musicians and performing independently in both countries. After winning The Green Rooms' Best Musician Award in Australia in 2006, he became even more obsessed with music. Madakto Art Centre was established with the goal of imparting traditional instrument playing skills to adults, youths, and children, as these instruments are an essential component of Kurdish culture. A landmark accomplishment oby Mr Farokh Seresht over the years was bringing Maestro Shahram Nazeri, accompanied by Madakto's orchestra, to Australia for the first time in 2017. Owing to the previous concert's popularity, Maestro Nazeri will be performing in several concerts throughout Australia in August. - Cemal Farox Seriştî Kurdê rojhilat e, piştî ku wek muzîkjenekî serbixwe li Îran û Australya bi muzîkjenên Australî û Îranî re kar kir, di sala 2009 de Navenda Hunerê ya Madakto ava kir. Di sala 2006-an de Xelata The Green Rooms ya Herî Baş li Australya wergirt. Navenda hunerî bi mebesta fêrkirina lêxistina amûrên kevneşopî yên ku beşekî bingehînin ji çanda kurdî. Serkeftineke girîng ya birêz Farox Seriştî ew bû ku Maestro Şahram Nazeri ji bo yekem car di sala 2017-an de anî Australya. Ji ber serkeftina konsêra yekem Maestro Nazerî ê di Tebaxê/August were Australya û çend konsertan pêk bîne. Em derbarê konsêrtan û Navenda Madakto bi berêz Cemal Ferox Seriştî re diaxafin.

 Acknowledgement of Country //Grace caught up with Serwa Naghshbandi to discuss her studies in the history music resistance and the role coded singing plays in activism and resistance against oppression and as an act of survival. Serwa is a Kurdish-Iranian independent scholar and educator, and she has recently been exploring women's singing as a practice of care. Their conversation includes selected songs that Serwa uses to explore coded singing and its impact. Tuesday Breakfast interviewed Professor Heidi Norman is a leading Australian researcher in the field of Aboriginal political history previously. Her research sits in the field of history and draws on the cognate disciplines anthropology, political-economy, cultural studies and political theory. Heidi joined the Tuesday Breakfast show to tell them about new research undertaken by UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture researchers on behalf of Reconciliation Australia, exploring attitudes towards, barriers to, and enablers of truth-telling in Australia. One of the ways we combat imperialism, colonialism and capitalism at large is through intersectional solidarity between movements. Throughout history we have seen time and time again that unity works to fight for a better world. To speak more about this, Rob interviewed Basem, who is the founder of Queer Arabs Australia, an organisation dedicated to bringing LGBTQIA+ Arab/MENA communities together.  Zyara is a social support group for Queer Arabs run by Queer Arabs in Arabic.Warburton Environment President Nic Fox, who, supported by the groups Wildlife for the Central Highlands and Victorian Forest Alliance, is taking the Victorian State Government to court for violating its own environmental protection laws. Rob spoke with Nic about the extent of the violation, the damage to vital habitats, and what's next for the court case. To help support the case, please email your local MP as well as both the State and Federal Environment Ministers to demand stronger environmental laws to protect forests as well as their inhabitants across the continent. Songs//Leve Palestina by Kofia BandWin Almalayeen Where Are the Millions  by Julia Boutros - Win Almalayeen  

Acknowledgement of Country // Headlines // 7.10am Sonia speaks with A/ Prof Tilman Ruff, co-founder and Australian chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) about their submission on AUKUS, a trilateral partnership between the UK, the US, and Australia. 7.30am Grace caught up with Serwa Naghshbandi, a Kurdish-Iranian independent scholar and educator, about her studies in the history music resistance, the role coded singing plays in activism and resistance against oppression, and as an act of survival. The conversation is in two parts and includes selected songs Serwa uses to explore coded singing and its impact. 7.45am In part two of Grace's interview with Serwa Naghshbandi, we hear more examples of coded singing, including some modern examples. 8.00am Camp Sovereignty update. Donate to the Elders transport fund for Camp Sovereignty's 18th anniversary event that occurred last week.  8.10am Sonia speaks with Mercedes Zanker, a community organiser with Renegade Solidarity Audioforce and Hume for Palestine, about the community pickets outside HTA facility in Campbellfield to demand the cessation of work of weapons in the suburbs. The next community picket is happening Thu 21 Mar from 5am at HTA, 43B Lara Way, Campbellfield. Songs //Lucky / Omar ApolloBody Positivity / Kids on TVCavalry / Mashrou' Leila    

Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani was imprisoned on Manus Island for over six years, and during that time he became acutely aware that oppression takes root when people look away. He was determined to use his sharpest weapon – his words – to survive, and to expose Australia's inhumane treatment of asylum seekers. Now, in 2023, not only is Boochani free, he's also a multi-award-winning author, documentary maker, humanitarian and scholar. His words, and those of other writers and activists, have changed lives, his own included. And they've helped keep us accountable. A scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, Kylie Moore-Gilbert also spent years unjustly imprisoned in unimaginable conditions. Invited on a study tour of Iran in 2018, Moore-Gilbert was falsely accused of espionage and imprisoned for more than 800 days, including seven months in solitary confinement – before her ultimate release through an Australian-brokered prisoner exchange. Boochani and Moore-Gilbert come together for this special event, presented by PEN Melbourne and the Wheeler Centre to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. With host Karen Percy, these remarkable survivors share their powerful stories, and reflect on the role of writing to shine a light in the darkest places. This event was presented in partnership with PEN Melbourne.It was recorded on Tuesday 14 November 2023 at The Wheeler Centre. The official bookseller was the Sun Bookshop. Featured music is ‘Living in a Fantasy' by Pulsed.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a compassionate conversation, Cuban American artist Edel Rodriguez, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani, and Indonesian artist Agus Nur Amal (PM Toh) speak of their personal experience as refugees. Appearing in our short clip, Edel Rodriguez talks about hearing Donald Trump in 2015, as a candidate for president, echoing Castro's talking points, and how he felt the need to sound the alarm. Watch these urgent and hopeful stories of survival, transformation, and triumph at ubudwritersfestival.com/media, or click the link in our bio to listen to the session on the podcast platforms Spotify and Simplecast. Join us to shape Indonesia's literary future! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ubudwritersfest/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbudWritersFest Twitter: https://twitter.com/ubudwritersfest TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ubudwritersfest Visit our website: https://www.ubudwritersfestival.com Join our newsletter: https://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/subscribe/

When Behrouz Boochani first wrote about life on Manus Island for The Saturday Paper in 2016, he described it as an island of the damned. Writing through WhatsApp, he documented the horrors of everyday life as a subject of Australia's policies towards asylum seekers. Behrouz is now free, after being granted refugee status in New Zealand. Despite being told he would never step foot in Australia, last month he visited Parliament House to launch a campaign for a royal commission into Australia's system of immigration detention. It's a system he says has dehumanised refugees and led to violence, death and corruption scandals – rubber-stamped by both major parties and shrouded in secrecy. Today, Kurdish-Iranian born writer and human rights advocate Behrouz Boochani joins us in the studio. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Kurdish-Iranian writer and human rights advocate, Behrouz Boochani

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Rob Zucchi.NewsreportsDiscussion from the presenters responding to the following newstories from the past week.Australia calls for Gaza ceasefire in joint statement with NZ and CanadaNews from Green LeftRussian anti-war dissident Boris Kagarlitsky freed!COP28 failure means Australia shouldn't wait to phase out fossil fuelsInterviews and DiscussionsGraham Matthews, disability spokesperson for Socialist Alliance joins the program to discuss the final report of the National Disability Insurance Scheme review and why it presents a cost-cutting agenda that will negatively impact on the lives of the disabled. You can listen to the individual interview here.Damoun Jehani, Kurdish-Iranian based in Naarm/Melbourne and socialist joins the program to discuss how the ongoing events in Palestine is shaping politics in the middle-east. You can listen to the individual interview here.  

On Monday, five Americans who were imprisoned in Iran, stepped off a plane in Doha, Qatar. They were freed as part of a prisoner exchange deal between the U.S. and Iran.Despite the happy news, the Biden administration is facing a lot of criticism for this deal, which also gave Iran access to about $6 billion of its oil revenue - money that had been frozen under sanctions targeting the government in Tehran. The deal also comes just a little over a year after the death of a young Kurdish-Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini. Her death sparked the biggest anti-regime protests that Iran had seen in years. NPR's Arezou Rezvani tells us about the legacy of those protests a year later. We also hear reporting from NPR's Michele Kelemen about the U.S.-Iran prisoner swap. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

The authorities in eastern Libya are sealing off the flood-hit city of Derna to allow search teams better access, as rescue efforts are scaled up. The government in the west says the disaster demonstrates the need for national unity. The Oslo Accords: 30 years of lost Palestinian hopes. And the mother of the Kurdish Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, has on the first anniversary of her death in custody, thanked those who've kept her memory alive. (Photo: Rescuers search for dead bodies at a beach, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 16, 2023. REUTERS)

This Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the death in police custody of 22 year old Kurdish-Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini in Iran. Paola Rivetti, DCU School of Law joins us.

The Spanish football federation says it will take legal action over player Jenni Hermoso's comments about its president Luis Rubiales. Rubiales has refused to resign after kissing the player on the lips following Spain's Women's World Cup final win. Hermoso said on Friday she did not consent, but the federation has questioned her version of events. Also in the programme: a new report finds that rape continues to be used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia's Tigray region; and we meet Kurdish Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor - one of the world's great masters of the Persian violin. (Picture: A group of protesters demonstrated outside the Spanish football federation headquarters. Caption: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)

Two female journalists in Iran are on trial for covering the death of 22 year old Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in custody last year sparking protests across the country and months of unrest and shocked the world. Mahsa was arrested and charged with not covering her hair properly and then reportedly so severely beaten she fell into a coma. Niloofar Homedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were among the first to report on her death; a photo taken by Niloofar for the Shargh daily newspaper showing Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma drew international attention. While Mohammadi, traveled to report on Mahsa Amini's funeral. Faranak Amidi, BBC Near East Women Affairs Correspondent discusses. Now Sex and the City fans have been celebrating some exciting, and rather unexpected, news - Variety magazine reports that Kim Cattrall will be reprising her role as Samantha Jones in the spin-off And Just Like That. She was noticeably absent from the first season, and it's reported that she will only be appearing in one scene in the show's finale. There has been much speculation about how it came to happen as she has reportedly had a strained relationship with fellow cast-mate Sarah Jessica Parker, who also acts as an Executive Producer on the show. Journalist and Sex and the City fan, Olivia Petter joins Anita. One consequence of the overturning of Roe V Wade, which has made accessing an abortion more difficult in some US states, is that there's been a rise in the number of men seeking vasectomies. An estimated 20,000 extra men chose to undergo the surgery between July and December last year. Anita Rani talks to Dr. Stanton Honig the director of the Yale Medicine Male Reproductive Health & Sexual Medicine Program. A new study by the Universities of Glasgow and Cardiff has found that male characters in video games speak twice as much as female characters, and when female characters do speak, they're more likely to apologise, hesitate or be polite. We discuss the findings and the reasons behind the gendered dialogue with a lead author of the study, Dr Stephanie Rennick, and games writer and narrative designer Samantha Webb. African midwife Edna Adan Ismail is known as the ‘Woman of Firsts'. She's Somaliland's first trained midwife, first female Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former First Lady. And now she has added another first to her title. She is this year's winner of the Templeton Prize - making her the first black African woman to receive the honour. She has been awarded the £1.1 million prize for her contribution to women's health. In 2002 she sold everything she owned to build The Edna Adan Hospital and University which has played a crucial role in cutting maternal mortality rates in Somaliland. She still lives and works within the hospital. Edna Adan Ismail explains what life is like for women in Somaliland, and what will she spend the prize money on.  Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Episode #162: Pardis Mahdavi, Provost and Executive Vice-President as well as professor of anthropology at the University of Montana, joins the conversation to talk about the growing discontent and protests in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which shares several similarities with the situation in Myanmar. Professor Mahdavi describes an interesting dynamic that arose in the mid-20th century: the Iranian people's growing disgust with what they call “westoxification,” a term referring to the Pahlavi Shahs' infatuation with Western cultures, and their push for changes within Iranian society which often went against Iranian Islamic social and cultural mores. The motto was “Iran for Iranians.” Ayatollah Khomeini became the most popular and inspirational of the anti-Shah voices, giving a very Islamic face to the Iranian people's discontent. However, after the 1979 Revolution, the Islamic government grew more brutal and repressive, instituted the Morality Police, engaged in the catastrophic Iran-Iraq War, etc. History began to repeat itself, as popular discontent festered under the surface and then eventually burst out into the open, much like it had under the Pahlavi regime. The situations in Myanmar and Iran are similar in several ways. Some of the sparks that ignited widespread popular protests against the junta came in the form of the military gunning down teenagers in the street, and the latest iteration of anti-government protests in Iran exploded with the death of a Kurdish-Iranian teenager arrested by the Morality Police and subsequently beaten to death in police custody. As with the regime's brutal military crackdown on protests in Myanmar, Iran's Islamic government has responded with harsh, repressive measures. But just as the increased repression in Myanmar has only strengthened the Burmese people's resolve to resist, a similar dynamic is happening in Iran. In both Myanmar and Iran, the resistance has seen a growing unity among the respective country's diverse religious and ethnic populations. And in both cases, young people have been in the forefront of the protest movement. Finally, there is a real need to keep international attention on the situations in Myanmar and Iran, so that the democratic movements are not isolated and can be supported.Professor Mahdavi ends by asking the listening audience to “think about what kind of a situation must people be facing to be willing to die for their cause?… What we can do to support them and to bring about meaningful and lasting social change that is rooted in justice and human rights for all?”

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. **Tai-Ex opening ** The Tai-Ex opened flat this morning from yesterday's close, at 15,914 on turnover of 2.1-billion N-T. The market closed slightly higher on Tuesday, despite Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing coming under heavy pressure and moving out of investor focus after reporting disappointing sales for the first quarter. **Global Parliamentary Group Slams Macron's Comments on Taiwan ** A group of cross-national parliamentarians have slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for what it's describing as his "ill-judged remarks" that sent a signal of "indifference (不重視)" over Taiwan. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China is expressing it's "dismay" over Macron's comment, which appeared in an interview with Politico and Les Echos. Speaking in the interview, Macron suggested Europe should avoid being "caught up in crises that are not ours" and said Europe cannot becom a "follower" of either the United States or China on the issue of Taiwan. According to the alliance, the comments are "severely out of step with the feeling across Europe's legislatures and beyond." **Two Tech Universities to Merger ** The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and the Hua Xia University of Technology have agreed to a merger proposal. When completed it will be the first merger (合併) between a public and private university in Taiwan. Under the merger plan, the private Hua Xia University will not enroll students for the 2023-2024 academic year and will close after the 2025-2026 academic year. Hua Xia says it will come up with severance and retirement packages for employees on termination of employment, while the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology will hire some of them for project teacher and staff positions. The plan still has to approved by the Ministry of Education. **Brazil President Begins China Tour ** Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is beginning a tour of China to strengthen his country's political and business ties with the world's second largest economy. His trip comes just weeks after visiting President Joe Biden in the US. Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong. **Iran President Reshuffles Cabinet ** State media says Iran President Ebrahaim Raisi has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing the minister of agriculture and the head of the planning and budget office. The country's dire (危急的) economic conditions, including inflation of nearly 50%, have contributed to widespread anger at the government. It was the fifth Cabinet reshuffle in less than two years since Raisi came to power. Meanwhile, Iran has seen waves of anti-government protests since the September death of a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who was detained by the morality police for allegedly violating Iran's strict Islamic dress code. The protests rapidly escalated into calls for the overthrow of Iran's ruling Shiite clerics, marking a major challenge to their four-decade rule. Iran has blamed the unrest on foreign powers without providing evidence. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____.

It's Monday, March 20th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. By Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com) Iranian authorities have killed 500 protestors since last September When the Muslim Iranian revolutionaries, led by Ayatollah Khomeini, seized power back in 1979, they immediately pushed to rid the country of any foreign Christian elements, ending all formal foreign missionary efforts, reports International Christian Concern. Since then, Iranian Muslims have followed Christ through a rapidly growing “house-church” movement. In fact, an independent survey in 2020 revealed that there are one million Christians in Iran today. Most of them are new converts from Islam. In September 2022, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, named Mahsa Amini, visited family members in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. The notorious morality police arrested her under charges of not properly wearing the hijab, the Muslim headscarf. While detained, the morality police brutally tortured Mahsa who fell into a coma and died three days later. This tragic incident sparked a nationwide protest movement with Iranians from all ethnic and religious backgrounds taking to the streets in dozens of Iranian cities. Surprisingly, these recent protests have continued for months. To their shame, Iranian authorities have killed 500 protestors.  Plus, they have held so-called “fast-track” trials which have led to the executions of protestors charged with “waging a war on God.” In solidarity with Mahsa Amini, the protestors have adopted the foundational slogan “Women, Life, Liberty.” Pray for our Iranian brothers and sisters in Christ. Int'l Criminal Court issued arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin The International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of  Russian President Vladimir Putin who bears individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children which amounts to war crimes, reports The Mirror. It also issued a warrant for the arrest of Maria Belova, the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation on similar allegations. Moscow has previously said it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and denied allegations of war crimes during the invasion. The large investigation also found crimes committed against Ukrainians on Russian territory, including deported Ukrainian children who were prevented from reuniting with their families, a “filtration” system aimed at singling out Ukrainians for detention, and torture and inhumane detention conditions. Euthanasia deaths rise by 10% in Belgium The Belgian Federal Control and Evaluation Commission on Euthanasia reported that 2,966 people died by euthanasia in 2022, reports Evangelical Focus. Government officials in Belgium said, “The number increased by 9.85% compared to 2021.” The majority of the euthanasia patients (69.9%) were over 70, with 42% older than 80. Even more tragically, the Commission said that 513 of the people killed in 2022 by euthanasia, or 17%, were “people whose [natural] deaths were not expected in the foreseeable future.” In John 10:10, Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” To learn more about the debate over euthanasia, check out the website PatientsRightsCouncil.org. Library director fired for opposing Kirk Cameron's read-aloud Last month, Kirk Cameron, "Duck Dynasty" star Missy Robertson, and women's sports advocate Riley Gaines joined forces for a children's story time event at Hendersonville Library, about 20 miles northeast of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, reports The Blaze. Cameron and Robertson have both written children's books published by Brave Books, a patriotic and God-centered publishing company, which sponsored the event. Appearing on the Blaze TV show "Unashamed with Phil & Jase Robertson,” Missy explained what happened. MISSY ROBERSON: “When they scheduled to have this function at the library, there was so much outpouring, great response from the community, that the guy that was running the library could not believe it. He was like, ‘Whoever y'all are, y'all must be great because this is the most response we've ever had from a public event like this. This is gonna be awesome. Whoever this Kurt Cameron guy is.” JACE ROBERSON: “He didn't know who y'all were.” Not surprisingly, once the liberal library director, Allan Morales, discovered who they were, he became horrified by their stand for Biblical values. MISSY ROBERSON:  “So, Brave [Publishing] corrected him. Well, he finds out who Kirk Cameron is. And that's when the pushback began from them.  He started a campaign in the community to shut it down without officially canceling it because then he knew that wouldn't be good for their library.” Kirk Cameron tweeted, “Despite the rain and the unkind pushback (from one disgruntled librarian), an OVERFLOW crowd of families, mayors, county commissioners, and celebs welcomed and joined us at the library in Hendersonville, TN, praying and teaching faith in God and moral values to our kids.” Though the event appeared to be a success, many in the community were not willing to overlook the treatment that Cameron, Robertson, and Gaines received that day. Last Wednesday, the Sumner County Library Board voted 4-3 to remove Morales as library director. 81-year-old survives 6 days in snowbank with croissants and candy And finally, an 81-year-old man survived on croissants, candy, and biscotti after a snowstorm left him stranded on a desolate California highway alone for nearly a week, reports the Good News Network. Jerry Jouret, a former NASA employee, set off in good weather in Gardnerville, but never made it to his destination in Big Pine, three hours away when the blizzard descended. After his car fell into a ditch, he smartly conserved his car battery and gas for several days—only starting the SUV's engine periodically to warm up. Five days after he set out, both attempts to find him were unsuccessful. Appearing on CNN, his grandson, Christian, described the impact of his prayer in the search effort. CHRISTIAN JOURET: “The search team was supposed to go out days prior, but the weather was so awful they couldn't get a helicopter in there. Days were going by where they couldn't get to him. And finally, you know, I prayed about it hard, prayed that the weather would change. “The next day was the most beautiful day we've had in weeks. They were able to get a helicopter out there and rescue him.” In Jeremiah 29:12, God declares, “Then, you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.” In God's providence, on March 2, a California Highway Patrol helicopter identified a cellular ping from his phone. Miraculously, the senior was discharged from the hospital later that evening, suffering only from dehydration. Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, March 20th in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Iran has recently executed a British-Iranian national, Alireza Akbari, a former deputy defence minister, on charges of spying for Britain. Akbari's execution comes as Iranian authorities have crushed anti-government protests and carried out four other executions. Western countries, including the US and the EU, have denounced Iran's death sentences and trials as flawed.  Nationwide anti-government demonstrations erupted in Iran in September after the death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who morality police had detained for violating the country's dress code.  In this episode:  Tara Sepehri Far (@sepehrifar), Iran and Kuwait Senior Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division at Human Rights Watch Episode credit: This episode was produced by our intern, Nada Shakir. The sound design was by George Al Wer and our recording engineer is Hamdi Aoun. Our engagement producer is Aya Elmileik, and assistant engagement producer, Munera Al Dosari. Our executive producer is Omar Al Saleh and head of audio is Ney Al Varez. The show is hosted by Sami Zeidan. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

Kurdish-Iranian refugee and award-winning writer Behrouz Boochani delivered the 2022 Wallace Wurth Lecture at UNSW Sydney on Tuesday 13 December, sharing why a human narrative is integral to fighting Australia's current refugee policies. Boochani, who is an adjunct associate professor at UNSW, spent over six years in offshore immigration detention in Manus Detention Centre, where he and his fellow asylum seekers endured conditions that violated international refugee law. His new book, Freedom, Only Freedom, is a collection of his prison writings, translated and edited by his long-time translators and collaborators Omid Tofighian and Moones Mansoubi. Mr Boochani's work is combined with essays from experts on migration, refugee rights, politics, and literature. Following an introduction by Sarah Dale (RACS), Omid Tofighian and Moones Mansoubi, Boochani is in conversation with human rights lawyer Madeline Gleeson sharing his stories of resilience and shed light on the shameful refugee policies that the Australian government continues to endorse. Freedom, Only Freedom can be purchased here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are thrilled to bring you this special episode with Kurdish-Iranian journalist, writer, filmmaker and refugee advocate Behrouz Boochani. The episode includes conversations Kate had with Behrouz in Aotearoa at Verb Wellington and in Naarm, Melbourne ahead of his sold out event at The Wheeler Centre. At Behrouz's request, Kate also spoke to his translators and collaborators Omid Tofighian & Moones Mansoubi about how they work together, the making of the new book Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani and the current situation in Iran.  We feel very lucky to have had this opportunity to speak to Boochani, Tofighian & Mansoubi about their work to bring the stories of Manus Prison to the global community.  Associate Professor Behrouz Boochani graduated from Tarbiat Moallem University and Tarbiat Modares University, both in Tehran; he holds a Masters degree in political science, political geography and geopolitics. Moones Mansoubi is a translator and Community Arts and Cultural Development worker based in Sydney. Her work is dedicated mainly to supporting and collaborating with migrants and people seeking asylum in Australia. Omid Tofighian is an award winning lecturer, researcher and community advocate. His publications include the translation of Boochani's award winning No Friend But the Mountains: Writings from Manus Prison. Boochani was a writer for the Kurdish language magazine Werya; is Associate Professor in Social Sciences at UNSW; non-resident Visiting Scholar at the Sydney Asia Pacific Migration Centre (SAPMiC), University of Sydney; Honorary Member of PEN International; and winner of an Amnesty International Australia 2017 Media Award, the Diaspora Symposium Social Justice Award, the Liberty Victoria 2018 Empty Chair Award, and the Anna Politkovskaya award for journalism. He publishes regularly with The Guardian, and his writing also features in The Saturday Paper, Huffington Post, New Matilda, The Financial Times and The Sydney Morning Herald. Boochani is also co-director (with Arash Kamali Sarvestani) of the 2017 feature-length film Chauka, Please Tell Us The Time; and collaborator on Nazanin Sahamizadeh's play Manus. Boochani's book, No Friend But The Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison won the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature in addition to the Nonfiction category. He has also won the Special Award at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the Australian Book Industry Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year, and the National Biography Prize. It has been published in 18 languages in 23 countries and is currently being adapted for both stage and screen. Behrouz has been appointed adjunct associate professor in the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of NSW and visiting professor at Birkbeck Law School at the University of London. He was a political prisoner incarcerated by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea for almost seven years. In November 2019 Behrouz escaped to New Zealand. He now resides in Wellington, New Zealand. Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod). Don't forget you can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!

Well well well fancy seeing you here…If you've come to get yet another dose of Sarah Silverman, you've come to the right place! Tune in this week to hear Sarah talk about Iran, a racist uncle, and cockpits! STAY INFORMED AND ACTIVE WITH IRAN: Some of the protestors who have been officially sentenced and are in immediate danger: Toomaj Salehi (@toomajofficial) | Anti-regime rapper currently under severe torture in prison #ToomajSalehi Saman Yasin (@samanyasinorg) | Anti-regime Kurdish-Iranian rapper currently under severe torture in prison #SamanYasin Dr. Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou #SaveDrHamid @iraniandiasporacollective has the full list published on their page Here are some Iranian and Iranian-American English-language activists and journalists' social media accounts for people to stay informed: @1500tasvir @golfarahani @middleeastmatters @nazaninboniadi @elicalebon Find out more here: Abdorrahman Boroumand Center: https://www.iranrights.org/center/what Thank you to our sponsors! Manscaped Get 20% off and free shipping at https://manscaped.com/silverman Happy Jingle Balls! Uncommon Goods To get 15% off your next gift, go to https://uncommongoods.com/silverman Masterclass This holiday, give the perfect gift of an annual MasterClass membership and get one free! Go to https://masterclass.com/SARAH today Simplisafe Claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off your order with Interactive Monitoring at https://simplisafe.com/silverman. There's no safe like Simplisafe! Article To claim $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more visit https://article.com/sarah and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout! Want to ask Sarah a question? Leave a voicemail @ https://www.kastmedia.com/MessageSarah Keep up with Sarah on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/sarahkatesi... and on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/SarahKSilvermanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Protests have rocked Iran for nine weeks, despite a violent crackdown by the country's security services. The demonstrations erupted in mid-September after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, was detained by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly. She was reportedly beaten, fell into a coma, and died days later. The public responded to her death with grief and outrage, and over the last several weeks the protests have evolved into a much broader movement against the country's leaders. As Iran's regime grapples with these internal threats to its power, it is sending weapons to Russia to use in Ukraine and continuing to wield its influence around the Middle East. Earlier this year, Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, argued in Foreign Affairs that Iran's foreign exploits were coming at great cost at home. “Ultimately,” he wrote, “the Islamic Republic's grand strategy will be defeated not by the United States or Israel but by the people of Iran, who have paid the highest price for it.” We discuss whether Iran's regime will survive this wave of protests, whether reform is possible, and the nature of Iran's relationship with Russia and China. You can find transcripts and more episodes of “The Foreign Affairs Interview” at https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/foreign-affairs-interview.

Free to Think talks with Roya Hakakian, a writer and founding member of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, and Sasha Gladkikh, a student activist and director of philanthropy at the Iranian Student Group at UCLA about the recent protests in Iran.  On September 16th, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman died in the custody of Iran's notorious state morality police. Since then, sustained mass protests have erupted across Iran, including at more than 50 universities, led by women and girls demanding freedom from state-directed violence. Hakakian and Gladkikh discuss the importance of Mahsa Amini, the protests, and the fight for women's dignity and rights.

A Kurdish Iranian writer now living in New Zealand says the government needs to do more regarding the actions of Iran's government. Two New Zealanders are understood to have been detained for months after entering Iran in July. They left Iran yesterday. Behrouz Boochani, who was granted refugee status in New Zealand in July 2020, says New Zealand should speak out loudly against the Iranian regime. He spoke to Corin Dann.

What's happening in Iran right now is unprecedented. But the Iranian people's struggle for gender equality began generations before the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known by her Kurdish name, Jina Amini. The successes of this struggle, as well as its setbacks and horrors, are well-documented, but often misunderstood. Scholar Arzoo Osanloo argues that women have been at the center of Iran's century-long fight for freedom and self-determination. It's a historical thread that goes all the way back to Iran's Constitutional Revolution in the early 20th century: A complicated story of reform, revolution, and a fundamental questioning of whether Iranian people — and people around the Islamic world — will accept a government of clerics as the sole arbiters of Islam and the state.

For over a month, protests and strikes have rocked the country of Iran in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year-old Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested while visiting Tehran by the Guidance Patrol for violating Iran's mandatory hijab law. Despite fierce crackdowns from the Iranian state, these protests, led by women, students, and workers, have made clear the demands for women's rights and autonomy, shouting chants of “Women, life, freedom” and “Death to the Dictator”. Tonight, we hear from Dr. Naghmeh Sohrabi, a professor and scholar of Iranian history and politics, about these protests and their connection to the Iranian people's long history fighting for justice and freedom. We're also joined live tonight by Oriana and Tara from Movement Chaplain Collective in New York City. We'll talk to them about the importance of providing spiritual and emotional care to movements through actions, advocacy, direct care to organizers, and as mutual aid.

After protests erupted in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Kurdish Iranian woman who died in police custody after being arrested for not wearing a proper hijab, the Iranian government responded with police crackdowns and internet blockages.  California is home to one of the largest populations of Iranians outside of Iran. And for many, including here in the Bay Area, protesting and sharing on social media is a critical tool for keeping momentum of this moment alive. Guest: Ida Mojadad, education reporter for the San Francisco Standard Links: Four Ways to Take Action in Solidarity With the People of Iran This episode was produced by Alan Montecillo and Maria Esquinca, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts.

A wave of protests continues in Iran today, sparked by the death of a young Kurdish Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini - who was detained by Iran's morality police, accused of violating the country's rules on head scarves and modest dress for women. Where do you think these protests will lead?

Last month, a 22 year old Kurdish Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, was arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's so-called morality police for not wearing her hijab correctly. Three days later, on September 16th, she died in their custody. Her death ignited a movement, as Iranians took to the streets across the country to demand change, women cutting off their hair in public and lighting their hijabs on fire. The protesters, many of whom are teenagers, have been chanting: “women, life, and freedom” and “death to the dictator.”  Perhaps no one has been a louder and more forceful voice for change in Iran than Masih Alinejad, a journalist and activist who has spent her entire adult life fighting for human rights in Iran and exposing the regime's brutality. For this, she has paid a heavy price. The regime has accused her of being a spy for western governments. They've targeted her family – they arrested her brother, interrogated her mother, and forced her sister to denounce her on state television. And most recently, they tried to kill her on American soil. She has been living in a safe house ever since. None of this has deterred her. As she wrote last month, “I am not fearful of dying, because I know what I am living for.” Today, guest host Mary Katharine Ham talks to Masih about all of this – the young woman's death that sparked the protests, what the U.S. should do to support the protests, whether or not this could really be the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic, and why the Iranian regime wants Masih dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian interviews two people to discuss the protests happening in Iran.Ava Homa is an award-winning novelist and journalist. Her debut novel "Daughters of Smoke and Fire", the story of a Kurdish-Iranian woman, won the 2020 Nautilus Book Award. Her bylines have appeared at the Globe and Mail, Literary Hub, BBC and Toronto Star. We talk about both her novel about Leila, who like Mahsa Amini (the woman whose death at the hands of the morality police created an uproar) is Kurdish-Iranian and we discuss gender and ethnicity and their role in what we see on the streets of Iran today.Goldie Ghamari is an experienced international trade lawyer and commercial litigator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Common Law. Goldie was recently elected to her second term as MPP for Carleton.

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In a video shared many times on social media, an Iranian woman climbs on top of a car in the conservative city of Mashhad. She takes off her headscarf and starts chanting “death to the dictator”. Young protesters nearby join in before the crowd build a fire and women start burning their headscarves and slicing off their hair. Such a direct challenge to the powerful religious authorities that run Iran would usually be unthinkable. But sustained protests have been taking place across the country, sweeping through hundreds of towns and cities there, as well as abroad. This week on Beyond the Headlines, host Mina Aldroubi looks at how the death of a young Kurdish-Iranian woman from Iran's north became the rallying cry for years of frustrations and anger at the country's leaders.

The killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman who was apprehended by "morality police" for allegedly violating the country's hijab laws, has sparked mass uproar and protest in over 20 cities in Iran. We speak to Musawah about the significance of this, and their call for the public to stand in solidarity with the voices of people in Iran. Image source: Alexandros Michailidi, Shutterstock

The death of the 22-year old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, for a supposed violation of the country's strict dress code, has sparked protests across Iran and around the world. As Iranian citizens protest in call for justice and women's rights reform, many have gotten arrested, injured and even killed. We'll talk with Iranians here in the U.S. about the reactions to Amini's death and the status of women's rights in Iran. Guests: Persis Karim, Iranian-American poet and essayist; director for the Center of Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University Shaghayegh Cyrous, artist Hoda Katebi, writer, community organizer and creative educator

A special edition of Roqe focused on how those in the diaspora can support the brave young women and men fighting for human rights and justice in Iran. Once again, we assemble prominent voices from across the diaspora, this time to discuss solidarity with Iran and actions that can be taken locally and internationally. Lawyer and activist Kaveh Shahrooz joins Jian in the Roqe Studio, Kurdish-Iranian lawyer and commentator Awin Tavakoli is in Zurich, Afghan rapper and activist Sonita Alizadeh joins from New York, broadcaster Kambiz Hosseini grants a rare interview to speak his mind, artist and singer Gelareh Sheibani is in Los Angeles, musician and composer Reza Rohani, also in LA, pioneering politician, Dr. Reza Moridi, comes to the Roqe Studio in Toronto, and heroic pilot Captain Christopher Behnam chimes in from Sacramento. Plus, the on air Roqe team discuss the efficacy of demonstrations around the world, and a brand new musical piece by Dang Show is played in solidarity with the people of Iran.

Nationwide protests sparked by the brutal killing of a 22 year old Iranian Kurdish woman by Iran's so-called morals police are continuing, marking one of the biggest challenges to the country's clerical regime in recent years.Protestors are demanding an end to 43 years of dictatorial rule. Much of the regime's wrath is being trained on people living in the country's long repressed Kurdish region and on Kurdish opposition groups across the border in Iraqi Kurdistan. Asso Hassan Zadeh who served for long years in the Iranian Kurdish opposition says for the first time non-Kurdish Iranian opponents of the regime are taking greater interest in their Kurdish counterparts and seeking to join forces with them.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This weeks episode isn't like the usual episodes but its something that is close to Anna & Mandis hearts. Last week Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Kurdish Iranian girl was taken my morality police and beaten to death because her hijab wasn't on properly. At the moment the people in Iran are risking their lives to protest freedom in Iran. Please help share her name and story. Please help free Iran. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A fifth member of an Iranian volunteer paramilitary group died Sunday after clashing with what state media called “rioters and thugs,” as the country's President Ebrahim Raisi warned that protesters would be dealt with “decisively” after days of nationwide unrest. The person died from injuries sustained on Thursday in Urmia city in northwest Iran, Iranian state news agency IRNA said. Other members of Basij, a paramilitary organization connected to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have been killed in Qazvin, Tabriz, Mashhad and Qouchan. The protests have been sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman detained by morality police on September 13 accused of violating the country's conservative dress code. Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators returned to the streets of Tehran and dozens of other provincial towns as darkness fell on Sunday, despite claims by state-run news agencies that pro-government rallies have put an end to the protests. The protesters organized themselves despite a crackdown by security forces, arrests of protesters and internet disruption. Protesters chanted anti-government and anti-Supreme Leader slogans, as well as “death to dictator,” while venting their anger against the Basij militias. Since Friday, demonstrations have taken place in at least 40 cities nationwide, including the capital Tehran, with protesters demanding an end to violence and discrimination against women as well as an end to compulsory wearing of the hijab. At least 35 people have died in Iran in recent protests over the death of Amini, state media outlet the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) said late on Friday. Amnesty International previously said that 30 people had died. CNN cannot independently verify the death toll — a precise figure is impossible for anyone outside the Iranian government to confirm — and different estimates have been given by opposition groups, international rights organizations and local journalists. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/world-voices/support

In this episode, we explore the epic poems, The Aeneid, The Shanameh and The Odyssey, and their relevance today. Delve into the narrative of these epics as we investigate why and how these stories are compelling in their contemporary renditions, as well as how oral storytelling traditions have shaped how we interpret them. Featuring interviews with Dash Arts artistic director Josephine Burton; Kurdish Iranian musician Marouf Majidi; director and former Dash Arts co-artistic director Tim Supple; writer and lecturer Tajinder Hayer; writer and performer Tristan Bernays; and storyteller Clare Murphy. Music CreditsIntro music: Fakiiritanssi by Marouf MajidiMusic from Dido's Bar See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A backdown from the Australian government that will see hundreds of refugees allowed to resettle here. New Zealand will take 150 a year for three years under a deal that's been nine years in the making. Since 2013 Australia has imprisoned asylum seekers arriving by boat in controversial off shore detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. Kurdish-Iranian journalist, writer and film producer Behrouz Boochani was once on Manus Island, but now lives in Wellington. He spoke to Corin Dann.

NATO leaders agree to send equipment to Ukraine to help protect it against a chemical weapons attack; Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani welcomes the refugee deal between New Zealand and Australia; and in football, the Socceroos suffer a gruelling defeat to Japan in their bid to leapfrog into the World Cup qualifiers.

Australia's leading Indigenous intercultural dance company Marrugeku is presenting a musical play from 27 – 29 January 2022. The musical dance draws on themes from the (multi-award-winning) autobiographical novel No Friend but the Mountains, Writing from Manus Prison (2018) identified by the book's collaborator Kurdish-Iranian journalist and filmmaker Behrouz Boochani. Themes in the musical play include Kurdish music and dance. The play also reflects on life inside Australian immigration and detention centres. We speak to Mr Boochani about his involvement in the play and why was he approached by the director of the musical play.

Welcome to the first in a mini-series of podcast episodes dedicated to the creation of our upcoming show Dido's Bar, planned for autumn 2022.Dido's Bar is an immersive site-specific gig theatre production set in a cabaret bar on the borders of Europe that reimagines Virgil's Aeneid, exploring this timeless tale of migration through the lens of Europe today.In this podcast episode, discover the myth of Aeneas, his dramatic flight from Troy, his doomed love affair with Dido and his founding of Rome, and how the myth has retained so much resonance and significance in the context of the questions facing society today. Delve into the inspirations behind the production itself, its origin story and its theatrical vision.Featuring interviews with Josephine Burton, Dido's Bar creator and director; Shadi Bartsch, Guggenheim Laureate and award-winning translator of Penguin Random House's edition of The Aeneid; Liv Albert, creator, host and producer of popular Greek and Roman mythology podcast Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!; and Kurdish Iranian musician Marouf Majidi, Dido's Bar composer whose migration story partly inspired the production. Music creditsMusic from Dido's BarLyrics by Hattie NaylorMusic was created and recorded in the rehearsal room with Marouf Majidi, Samira Brahmia, Tuukka Leppänen, Riku Kantola and Josephine Burton at Meidän Festivaali with Globe Art Point for Dash Arts.Songs featured: Love Spell; Sour CherriesIntro music: Fakiiritanssi by Marouf MajidiLink notesThe Aeneid, translated by Shadi Bartsch: https://shadibartsch.com/books/the-aeneid/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After fleeing from Iran in 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani became a political prisoner, detained indefinitely in legal limbo in the Australian-run Manus Regional Processing Centre, Papua New Guinea. On a smuggled mobile phone, he chronicled six years of survival and witness, tapped out in Farsi in a series of single messages, and subsequently translated into English by Omid Tofighian. The result, Boochani's against-all-odds 'No Friend But The Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison', has been much feted, winning Australia's richest literary prize – the Victorian Prize for Literature – as well as a host of other awards. The Age called it an “...intense, lyrical and psychologically perceptive prose-poetry masterpiece”. Now resident in New Zealand, Boochani speaks with Julie Hill. Supported by Platinum Patrons Carol & Gerard Curry. AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL WAITUHI O TĀMAKI 2021

Acknowledgement of Country News Headline We hear Behrouz Boochani speaking as part of the program 'Infrastructural Inequalities: Resistant Media and Abolitionist Futures' broadcast online on 14th May. The panel focused on carceral infrastructures and the struggle to abolish them. Infrastructural Inequalities is a journal and public program that investigates how infrastructural systems distribute resources, capacities, and harms in differentiated and unjust ways. Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish Iranian writer, journalist, scholar, cultural advocate, filmmaker and former refugee. Julia Dehm joins us to discuss an open letter, from a group of Legal experts, calling on Australian government to support a trade law waiver to address global COVID-19 vaccine production. Julia Dehm is a Senior Lecturer at the La Trobe Law School. Her research addresses international and domestic climate change and environmental law and questions of human rights, economic inequality and social justice.  Mudit Vyas joins us to speak about the experiences of International Students in Melbourne, during COVID-19. Mudit is a graduate researcher at Monash University, majoring in the study of Cultural Industries. Mudit has been challenging some of the changes last year at Universities around online delivery of courses and the continued mass intake of international students.  Dr Lesley Russell, Associate Professor at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, joins us to speak about the recently announced changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule, and their impacts on consumers, doctors and insurers, with a public health and health equity framing. SongsSquidgenini - Into My HeartTseba ft. Electric Fields - Must Be LoveZiggy Ramo ft. Paul Kelly - Little Things

In Episode 5 of Series 6, Todd is talking to Mahi Ramakrishnan. Mahi is a refugee rights activist and runs a non-profit organisation, Beyond Borders Malaysia, which works to promote and protect the rights of refugees and stateless persons in Malaysia. 00.00 – 02.55 Todd begins by inviting Mahi to talk about refugee issues in South-East Asia. She explains that there are approximately 500,000 refugees in Malaysia and that: around half are from Myanmar the Rohingya make up the largest refugee group none of the refugee groups have any legal status in Malaysia, no rights to work, education or health care and are reliant on UNHCR for support Malaysia has not ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention 02.55 – 05.25 Todd asks Mahi to say more about the situation facing Rohingya. She says she visited Myanmar in 2017 and describes her shock at the lack of racial unity in the country. She explains that: prior to the 1960s the Rohingya were well integrated but the situation changed with the installation of the  military government in the 1960s there followed mass migrations of Rohingya from Myanmar to Malaysia in the 1970s (Note: The Rohingya were declared stateless by the ruling Military Junta in 1982) Mahi says that there are currently 3 to 4 generations of Rohingya, in Malaysia and points to 3 specific issues for them: They have forgotten their culture Lack of access to education means that they occupy the lowest social classification in Malaysia Their community is characterised by a deep-seated patriarchy 05.25 – 09.50 Todd asks Mahi to expand on the issue of patriarchy and refers to her documentary film, Bou (Bride) which is about the trafficking of young girls into Malaysia to be child brides. Mahi points out that while the buying of child brides is not exclusive to the Rohingya it is a central part of their patriarchal culture. She reports on the purchase of Rohingya child brides by men, via traffickers and suggests that parents are complicit partly because marriage offers a semblance of security to the girls given their lack of legal status (in Myanmar). The girls are in a precarious position, abandoned when they become pregnant and/or subjected to domestic violence and abuse. Patriarchy is evidenced in the following ways: young Rohingya girls are preferred by the men over Malaysian girls because they will be more obedient girls are not allowed to attend school parents control children husbands control wives However, she notes that women are beginning to organise and stand up for themselves and their rights, despite negative reactions from men. 09.50 – 17.15 Todd moves on to ask about the impact that Covid-19 has had on the refugee community in Malaysia. Mahi refers to the continuous influx of migrants and refugees, which has led to a xenophobic reaction within Malaysia. Initially directed at the Rohingya, but now it is more widespread, directed towards all refugees and migrant workers. She refers to existing socio-economic tensions along ethnic lines within the country and the focus of that discontent on the refugee community and points to the lack of a comprehensive health care plan to protect all groups against the virus, especially the refugee/migrant community. She says that lockdowns and movement controls have made life very difficult for refugees and undocumented workers to travel for work. When asked about infection rates, Mahi reports that the majority of COVID infections are within the immigrant communities largely as a result of high density living conditions and the impossibility of social distancing at home and at work. She also notes high levels of infections in detention centres.  Todd and Mahi agree that this feeds into a narrative that migrants are “bad” and need to be sent home. However, Mahi argues that the problem lies with labour agents and corruption,which leads to the exploitation migrant workers, who lose their documentation and forcing them to live and work in high density unregulated environments. 17.15 – 20.57 Todd's next question concerns the work of UNHCR, The World Health Organisation and the International Labour Organisations and whether Mahi sees any evidence of them working together for the benefit of refugees. She assumes that they have ongoing conversations but points to the need for them to work more closely with grass roots organisations and community leaders. She goes on to outline the work of Beyond Borders Malaysia.  The principal aim is to give refugees a voice using art and performance as a vehicle and she references Refugee Festival July 2021,  which is used as an advocacy tool. It is involved in discussions with lawmakers re; basic rights to health care, education and work. It undertakes projects like the Livelihood Initiative which involves women cooking food for sale and sharing in the profits. 20.57 – 26.45 Todd asks how the Festival has been impacted by the pandemic. Mahi notes a number of difficulties: the lack of freedom/requirement for permits to hold events at any time the backlash against migrants frightened off some from participating Mahi explains that in 2020 the Festival went online, and while that presented opportunities to reach a wider audience and involve more people from elsewhere including the Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani, many refugees were afraid to take part. To mark this fact, Mahi had a fixed camera on an empty chair during a panel discussion. Mahi has passed the directorship of this year's festival to a refugee artist and hopes restrictions will be lifted and enable it to take place in a physical space. 26.45 - end Finally, Todd asks Mahi about signs of hope for the future. In her view, the current Malaysian government is very difficult to work with. However, she says she will try to use existing legislation to allow refugees to work. She will continue to try to persuade the existing government even though the conversations are difficult. Further links Human rights: reason to be joyful - Rights Track episode with Professor William Paul Simmons about marginalised groups Refugees: why hard times need hard facts – Rights Track episode with Gonzalo Vargas LLosa, UNHCR

Composer Luke Styles, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani and translator and collaborator Omid Tofighian join Richard ahead of ‘No Friend but the Mountains: A Symphonic Song Cycle’ premiering at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Inspired by Boochani’s book of the same name written secretly in Farsi whilst on Manus Island, this adaptation explores his brutal detention experience through the language of music. Susan Provan, CEO of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival speaks about the challenges of returning to the stage after the cancellation of last year’s festival just weeks before its launch. The 2021 program will feature local acts front and centre, as well as an array of online and on demand streaming events from much loved international names. Meg McNena, writer of ‘A Name for Herself’, talks about her new play following the women at the forefront of Ireland’s Easter Rising of 1916. Based on the true story of Irish activist Countess Constance Markievicz, the play is directed by Dublin-born Lynda Fleming, and premieres at the Renaissance Theatre, East Kew.Finally, Eugenia Flynn, Director of Collingwood Yards unveils the new arts precinct and community hub located in the heart of Melbourne’s inner north. Spanning over 6500sqm and with over 50 separate tenancies, the space will open in stages from April this year.

Wading through ideas of home, distance, ancestry and interconnectedness, Shore is the first episode in a three part series Salt Water, exploring salty waters in all its forms. In Shore we chat with Emily McDaniels, a storyteller, curator and educator from the Kalari Clan of the Wiradjuri Nation, about connecting to Country and navigating 60,000 years of storytelling along Warrane, the Sydney Harbour shoreline. Hoda Afshar speakers to us from London about her video work Remain, filmed in 2018 on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea in collaboration with Kurdish-Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani. And we talk about coastlines awash with histories with Australian-Balinese artist and researcher Leyla Stevens as we listen to audio excerpts from her video work 'Their Sea Is Always Hungry'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The two adults and two children who died when a migrant boat sank in the English Channel were members of the same Kurdish-Iranian family. Their 15-month-old boy is missing.

Kurdish Iranian author Ava Homa spoke to Ahval editor David Lepeska about her well-received debut novel, Daughters of Smoke and Fire, Kurdish life as an act of subversion, the great possibility of Rojava and the admiration Kurds in Iran and beyond have for Kurds in Turkey, and their achievements.

As Victoria's Coronavirus curve remains in mid-hundreds Melbournians have been ordered to cover up their faces with a new mask mandate being enforced. Across the Tasman, New Zealand MPs would be better covering up downstairs given the week of sex scandals. Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms discuss this latest news on Trad Tasman Talk. National MP Andrew Falloon texted pornographic images (not of himself) to at least five different women, prompting his swift resignation from parliament. Ian Lees-Galloway, Labour Minister for Workplace Relations, Immigration, and ACC, has been outed for adultery with a staffer, which lasted a year and even involved flying her to Paris. Some say he took his job a bit too literally. The third departure was Raymond Huo, a Labour MP with CCP connections, who is retiring with little fanfare. Announced on Sunday, Greater Melbourne and Mitchell Shire’s face covering mandate has come into effect as the city enters the third week of the second city-wide lockdown. You face a $200 fine for not wearing a mask without a valid reason, but why now when these veils were previously discouraged? Victoria’s daily new coronavirus cases are somewhat stable in the 200-400 range for the past two weeks, the curve is not going up or down. Premier Dan Andrews has blamed reckless Victorians for creating the second wave, but in reality, it has been his government’s failure at managing hotel quarantine, his health department’s poor infection contact tracing program, and his failure to keep health and aged care facilities free of the coronavirus that has caused its return. Health professionals let Melbourne down. The media are still campaigning for governments to mandate even more restrictions, including for Melbourne to be subjected to a stage 4 lockdown, which has not even been defined. Meanwhile in Sydney, more BLM protests are planned… Infamous country shopper and illegal immigrant Behrouz Boochani has been allowed to stay in NZ as Ian Lees-Galloway’s final act as immigration minister. The Kurdish-Iranian activist has extensive ties to communist organisations and used his first day as a “refugee” to argue for “hate speech” laws. Perhaps this is just a stopover for him to use as a backdoor to get into Australia. The show closed with some comments on the deplatforming of checkpoint challengers and corona skeptics, along with an update on Coon Cheese cancel culture.  The Unshackled Links: Website: https://www.theunshackled.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TUnshackled Twitter: https://twitter.com/Un_shackled Gab: https://gab.com/theunshackled Minds: https://www.minds.com/The_Unshackled/ Telegram: https://t.me/theunshackled MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/theunshackled Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_unshackled Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/theunshackled/ Free eBook: http://theunshackledbattlefield.net/ Unshackled Productions: WilmsFront: http://www.timwilms.com The Report from Tiger Mountain: http://reportfromtigermountain.com/ The Uncuckables: http://theuncuckables.com/ Support Our Work:  Membership: http://www.theunshackled.net/membership Donate: https://www.theunshackled.net/donate/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/TheUnshackled Store: https://www.theunshackled.net/store/ See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

What everyone should know about a Kurdish-Iranian refugee's time in Manus prison. Using smuggled mobile phones Kurdish-Iranian refugee Boochani wrote No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison via text messages and with the assistance of translator Omid Tofighian. This book of resistance is a must read for everyone. It is a work of great creativity, beauty and struggle. ⇨ YOU WILL LEARN: * Learn how Behrouz Boochani survived a harrowing journey to Australia * Hear first-hand what life was like inside Manus prison * Discover what makes the Kurdish-Iranian refugee's writing so captivating * And be motivated to start your own life-story project by harnessing some of Boochani's extreme determination to create and document ⇨ FULL ARTICLE Click to read: https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/behrouz-boochani/ ⇨ VIDEO PODCAST Click to watch: https://youtu.be/Wa_bi_rOm1s ⇨ FREE GIFT Four steps to plan your autobiography chapters - FREE structure success video training, click to sign up: https://wp.me/P8NwjM-3o ⇨ YOUR SAY Are you planning to read or have read Behrouz Boochani's No Friend But the Mountains? I'd love to hear what you thought of the book. Leave me a comment here https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/contact/ ♡ Thanks for listening - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE if you are new and SHARE THE SHOW if you found it helpful! Happy writing! ⇨ ABOUT ME Hi and welcome! My name is Nicola and I help you learn how to write and self-publish life stories for family and friends so that unique memories live on. I've told thousands of people's stories as a daily print journalist since 2002 and would love to hear yours! ⇨ WEBSITE https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com ⇨ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/foreveryoungautobiographies ⇨ YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nfZWWTeRpBWMcxluLDa-w

Sydney PEN president Mark Isaacs interviews former PEN Prisoner of Conscience and Kurdish-Iranian writer, Behrouz Boochani, and Dr Omid Tofighian, translator of his book "No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison". This was Behrouz’s first public speaking event since he escaped from Papua New Guinea. Just one week earlier, Behrouz made a secretive journey to New Zealand with the assistance of close friends, Amnesty International and UNHCR. Behrouz was one of hundreds of asylum seekers and refugees who were exiled to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea for more than six years by the Australian government as part of Australia’s punitive border control policies. This event was recorded by Wollongong Writers Festival in November 2019.

The National Party wants the government to be more upfront about the status of Kurdish Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani. The journalist and author arrived in New Zealand last year to attend a literary festival in Christchurch after spending more than six years in an Australian detention centre on Manus Island. His visitor visa expired in December 2019 and he is believed to still be in the country. Stuart Smith is the National Party spokesperson for immigration.

Kurdish Iranian journalist, poet, filmmaker and writer Behrouz Boochani will be speaking in Dunedin alongside Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts.

Published on: December 05, 2019 at 1:00 AM Interview with Ronia was recorded in June 2018 in Kurdistan. Ronia Arial is a young Kurdish/Iranian writer, poet and freedom fighter. She was born and grown up in Sanandaj, Kurdistan (Iran). This interview is in Farsi. *Music and songs by: Bermal *Interview and Edit: Shahrzad Arshadi https://lifestoriesquilt.com

Interview with Ronia was recorded in June 2018 in Kurdistan.  Ronia Arial is a young Kurdish/Iranian writer, poet and freedom fighter. She was born and grown up in Sanandaj, Kurdistan (Iran). Ronia is member of PJAK (Kurdistan Free Life Party) and KJAR (Kurdish women society)  This interview is in Farsi. *Music and songs by: Bermal *Interview...

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In today's episode we hear from PEN Prisoner of Conscience and Kurdish-Iranian writer, Behrouz Boochani, about his new book "No Friend But the Mountains". Behrouz is one of more than 1500 asylum seekers and refugees who have been detained on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea for over five years by the Australian government as part of Australia's punitive border control policies. Sydney PEN connected with Behrouz by phone as he remains detained on Manus Island.