Podcast appearances and mentions of Samah Sabawi

Hello, friends - we're back with a really special episode! Soaliha Iqbal got to sit down with Samah Sabawi to discuss Samah's book Cactus Pear For My Beloved. It's a really moving conversation.Samah shares the story of her parents, and many like them, who were born while their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. Cactus Pear For My Beloved is a narrative memoir of her own family's story from before the Nakba in 1978 until now - and draws on Samah's PhD in post memory within the context of generational trauma and exile.As you can imagine, this book is more timely than ever - and absolutely a must-read.

Episode Title: Summer Reading Pile Podcast: Between The Lines Hosts: Leanne Tran and Chelle Griffin Episode Summary: In this episode of "Between The Lines," hosts Leanne Tran and Chelle Griffin dive into their summer reading lists, sharing the books they're excited to explore in the coming months. They discuss both fiction and non-fiction selections, highlighting the themes and stories that have captured their interest. The conversation reflects the anticipation and joy of discovering new books and the shared experience of reading alongside their listeners. Key Discussion Points: Introduction and Excitement for Summer Reading: Leanne and Chelle express their excitement for discussing their upcoming reads and the joy of having a "to be read" pile. Summer Book Club Selections: The hosts introduce the summer book club picks: "Bright Shining" by Julia Baird and "Cactus Pear for My Beloved" by Samah Sabawi, discussing the themes of grace and courage. Fiction Picks: Leanne shares her interest in "Juice" by Tim Winton and "The Other Bridget" by Rachel Johns, while Chelle highlights "Rapture" by Emily Maguire and "Wing" by Nikki Gemmell. Non-Fiction Picks: Leanne plans to read "You Don't Have to Have a Dream" by Tim Minchin, while Chelle chooses "The Art of Bleisure" by Emma Lovell and "Recipe Tin Eats: Tonight" by Nagi Mayashi. Discussion on Book Themes and Anticipation: The hosts reflect on the themes of their chosen books, such as environmental activism, personal growth, and the intertwining of pleasure and work. Book Club and Reading Community: Leanne and Chelle discuss the value of their book club community, the upcoming author interviews, and the joy of sharing reading experiences with others. Final Thoughts and Recommendations: The hosts encourage listeners to join their book club and consider gifting a membership for the holidays. They express their excitement for the upcoming reading season and the opportunity to connect with listeners through shared literary journeys. Closing Remarks: Leanne and Chelle thank their audience for tuning in, wish everyone happy holidays, and look forward to the discussions and discoveries that the summer reading pile will bring.

Nasser speaks with Samah Sabawi, an academic, author, poet, and playwright, about her new book Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza. They discuss her writing process, the role of oral testimony in her research, the special relationship she shared with her father throughout, and the power of storytelling in preserving histories. You can find Cactus Pear For My Beloved at samahsabawi.com.Join the Free Palestine rally every Sunday at the State Library Victoria, from 12 PM.For info on upcoming events and actions, follow APAN and Free Palestine Melbourne.Catch daily broadcast updates via Let's Talk Palestine. Image credit: Close up detail of Sabawi's book 'Cactus Pear For My Beloved'. Used with permission by Penguin Books Australia and Samah Sabawi. 

On this episode, we listen to part of a speech by Dr Samah Sabawi, award-winning playwright, author and poet from Gaza city Palestine who lives and works in Naarm, speaking at a Free Palestine Rally on the 11 August 2024. We then hear from Kaushi, a feminist and activist based in Thailand and one of the founders of the group Chiang Mai for Palestine. Kaushi talks about organising for Palestine in Thailand, her ongoing activism in this space and the impact the group is hoping to have. This conversation first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on 6 August 2024. 

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7:15 & 7:30  We replay Samah Sabawi's speech from when she spoke to educators at the Teachers for Palestine forum on 22nd January 2024 called ‘Why There's No ‘Neutrality' on Genocide' which was organised by Teachers and School Staff for Palestine Victoria. Samah Sabawi Palestinian award-winning author, playwright and poet, and in Part 1 Samah provides context to the erasure of Palestinian history, culture and stories from the school curriculum and how this act of disappearing Palestinian voices has an impact on the ongoing genocide. In Part 2, Samah talks about the importance of teaching Palestine in schools. This speech was first played on Women on the Line on 18th March 2024.  7:45 We listen back to Merri-Bek Councillor's Sue Bolton's speech at the Land Day Free Palestine rally on 31 March 2024. Sue speaks about Israel's ongoing war crimes, the complicity of the Australian government and the importance of local and state-wide actions to keep the pressure on and to demand an end to partnerships with weapons companies, to call for a permanent ceasefire and a Free Palestine. 8:05 Refugee advocate and community organiser with the Tamil Refugee Council Lavanya Thavaraja speaks about the proposed changes to the Migration Act and their potential impacts on refugees. It was announced last week that the government's new Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 would amend the Migration Act 1958 to require non-citizens who are on a removal pathway, and have exhausted their options to remain in Australia, to cooperate with measures to arrange their lawful removal from Australia.  8:15 Elena Suares is a resident of Atherton Gardens and a law student in the final semester of her law degree. Elena is passionate about human rights, mental health and disability, and joins the show to talk about the legislative council petition to save public housing. In September last year, the Andrews government announced a controversial plan to demolish all 44 of Victoria's public housing high-rise towers.  SongsBurn It to the Ground - Shreea Kaul [4.07]Way We Move - DJANABA [3.47]  Don't Say - Robinson [3.33]

On this week's episode we bring you an excerpt from the Teachers for Palestine Forum called ‘Why There's No ‘Neutrality' on Genocide' that took place in Naarm earlier this year on January 22nd 2024. We play a speech delivered by Samah Sabawi, who is a Palestinian award-winning author, playwright and poet. This forum was organised by Teachers and School Staff for Palestine.Later in the show, we play an excerpt from a discussion with three people working in the education space on the importance of teaching about Palestine. Natalie is a doctoral candidate in education, teacher, and one of the organising members of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine; Dana is a Palestinian secondary school maths teacher; and Claire is a secondary school humanities teacher. This interview first aired on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on 16 January 2024.

Palestinians & Zapatistas: Extremes that come together in the fight against inhumanityAn incredible event took place in Naarm/Melbourne on the 26th of June 2021, in which Blak and Palestinian poets, artists and activists came together for a special evening of poetry, performances and discussions. On this show Salaam rebroadcasts this event. We listen to Samah Sabawi's peoms.You can listen to Salam radio show every Sunday from 4 to 6pm.The next program was broadcasted on May 20 2021 by Spoken Word. A program dedicated to the eclectic world of poetry and performance. In the next show, we listen to Palestinian writers and editors, who share some of their new work, reflecting on the resistance and resilience of the Palestinian people through generations of colonial violence and oppression. You can listen to Spoken Word every Thursday from 9am to 9:30amSonia spoke with Associate Professor Nicole Kalms from Monash University about the perceptions of women and gender diverse people around safety in public spaces. If you want to find out more, or for some of the resources mentioned in the show, the links are:YourGround Vic: https://www.yourground.org/yourground-vicYourGround NSW: https://www.yourground.org/XYX Lab: https://www.monash.edu/mada/research/labs/xyx Safe Space Report and Toolkits:  https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/425310Songs:Cairokee - Telk QadeyaMy Blood is Palestinian

This week on the program we bring you part of an online teach-in from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network called “How to talk about Gaza right now.”The teach-in took place on Friday December 1st following the end of the brief cease fire in Gaza and features Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, Dr Lana Tatour and writer Samah Sabawi with Associate Professor Jumana Bayeh facilitating the conversation.You can watch the full recording of the online teach-in here.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will retain "security responsibility" for Gaza, once the fighting stops. But when will that be? The war with Hamas is now in its second month. Thousands of Gazans have died, many buried beneath rubble, as a result of Israeli airstrikes. The living struggle to find food, shelter and water.For Palestinian-Australians like Samah Sabawi, a poet and a writer living in is Melbourne, it's a nightmare. Sabawi has 75 family members in Gaza, where she was born.Today, she joins Samantha to discuss what her family is experiencing in the battle-strewn territory. And what Palestinians in Gaza think of Hamas.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will retain "security responsibility" for Gaza, once the fighting stops. But when will that be? The war with Hamas is now in its second month. Thousands of Gazans have died, many buried beneath rubble, as a result of Israeli airstrikes. The living struggle to find food, shelter and water.For Palestinian-Australians like Samah Sabawi, a poet and a writer living in is Melbourne, it's a nightmare. Sabawi has 75 family members in Gaza, where she was born.Today, she joins Samantha to discuss what her family is experiencing in the battle-strewn territory. And what Palestinians in Gaza think of Hamas.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday 1st November 2023 AOC//   Headlines// 7.10am Kal Angam Kal: Stories from West Papua illuminates the little-known history of exiled West Papuan Elders residing in Naarm through the unique lens of the community's youth. The exhibition features new film works, in which six young community members conduct interviews with their chosen Elders, and is the first film exhibition to tell the stories of the West Papuan community by the community in Naarm. Fijian Australian-born artist Yasbelle Kerkow collaborated with West Papuan artist Cyndi Makabory on the project. Xen Nhà from 3CR's Women on the Line spoke to Yasbelle about the project and its evolution. This is an edited segment from the interview first broadcast on Women On The Line on 30th October. Women on the Line is produced in the studios of 3CR and airs every Monday morning at 8.30am. You can listen the full interview with Yasbelle here.For more information and exhibition tickets visit Footscray Comunity Arts. Follow Kal Angam-Kal(link is external) on Instagram.  Kal Angam Kal: Stories from West Papua debuts tonight 1st November at Footscray Community Arts. Exhibition Dates: 1 November 2023—28 January 2024 / Launch Event: 4 November 2023, 3—5 pm (Auslan interpreted)/ Panel and Screening: 16 November 2023, 6—8pm7.30am 3CR Earth Matters presenter Sean O'Shannessy talks with Felicity Wade from the Labor Environment Action Network about outcomes for our native forests at the previous ALP National Conference in Brisbane (Meanjin). This interview first aired on Earth Matters on 24th September 2023. Earth Matters is a nationally broadcast programme produced in the studios of 3CR. It airs every Sunday morning at 11am. 7.50am Australian is second only to the United States when it comes to textile consumption, and is the world's number one culprit when it comes to greenhouse emissions from fashion. Claudia speaks to University of Southern Queensland researcher Dr Rachael Wallis about the “lifestyles approach” to sustainable fashion and the importance of aligning our values with our consumer choices in order to reach net zero. Click here to read Dr Wallis' article on this subject published in The Conversation. To access the Berlin-based Hot or Cool fashion report Unfit, Unfair, Unfashionable - Resizing Fashion for a Fair Consumption Space, click here.8.10am Patrick speaks to Palestinian Australian-Canadian playwright, poet, scholar, and human rights advocate Samah Sabawi about the ongoing conflict impacting the people of Gaza.  Music Australia does not exist – Dreaming NowTree hugger - Antsy Pants Fight for me - Barker     

This week on the program we bring you the voices of speakers from two Free Palestine rallies held in Narrm, Melbourne.We hear speeches from the rally at the State Library on Sunday 15th October, including rally MCs Noura and Hajar, Palestinian playwright, poet and author Samah Sabawi and Mai Saif, member of Free Palestine Melbourne and the Palestinian Community Association of Victoria.We also hear from Jordy Silverstein, member of Loud Jew Collective, who spoke at the earlier Free Palestine snap action on October 10th.Free Palestine MelbourneAustralia Palestine Advocacy NetworkAPAN tool to contact your local representatives

Join Nasser Mashni and guest Samah Sabawi to discuss the latest in Palestine and Gaza.  

Writer, political activist and cultural commentator Ahdaf Soueif is the Eminence Grise of the Arab literary world. Over a 40-year career, she has published short stories, essays and a novel, The Map of Love, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2007, Soueif founded the Palestine Festival of Literature. Samah Sabawi, a Palestinian playwright and poet, joins Soueif to discuss her oeuvre and the context of her writing. Event details: Thu 09 Mar, 9:30am on the North Stage

Chair: Tom Wright Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian-American writer, political activist and author. In her latest award-winning novel, Against the Loveless World, she chronicles the Palestinian struggle, the experience of statelessness and the spirit of resistance. Samah Sabawi is an award-winning playwright and activist whose work is a similarly powerful reckoning with a personal and political history of violent occupation, displacement and identity in the diaspora. Event details: Tue 07 Mar, 1:15pm on the North Stage

Writer, Samah Sabawi and Director, Bagryana Popov, both award winning theatre makers join Regina to talk about their production THEM.  This story about a young family facing the decision whether to flea their war-torn city.   Them is playing at the Riverside theatre before going to Casula Powerhouse.  

From Salaam radio show"An incredible event took place in Naarm/Melbourne on the 26th of June 2021, Blak and Palestinian poets, artists and activists came together for a special evening of poetry, performances and discussions. On this show Salaam rebroadcasts this event.Blak Palestinian Poetry night was organized by Sara Saleh, Jeanine Hourani from Road to Refuge and featured a line up of insipiring and estremly talented poets and writers including  Micheala Sahhar, Samah Sabawi, Luniyuk, Lujayn Hournai and Tony Birch."https://www.mixcloud.com/Salaamradioshow/salaam-presents-blak-palestinian-poetry-night-26-june-2021/

Neil Armfield cut his teeth at Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company before co-founding Belvoir, but his earliest forays into theatre-making were a way to escape some challenges at home. He shares his story with Mark Howett as one of our Legends of Australian Theatre. Also, we visit a war-torn city and a family confronting the cost of survival in Samah Sabawi's play Them and we meet two comedians who have found the funny side of tragedy, bringing personal stories of grief and illness into their stand-up.

Neil Armfield cut his teeth at Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company before co-founding Belvoir, but his earliest forays into theatre-making were a way to escape some challenges at home. He shares his story with Mark Howett as one of our Legends of Australian Theatre.Also, we visit a war-torn city and a family confronting the cost of survival in Samah Sabawi's play Them and we meet two comedians who have found the funny side of tragedy, bringing personal stories of grief and illness into their stand-up.

Neil Armfield cut his teeth at Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company before co-founding Belvoir, but his earliest forays into theatre-making were a way to escape some challenges at home. He shares his story with Mark Howett as one of our Legends of Australian Theatre. Also, we visit a war-torn city and a family confronting the cost of survival in Samah Sabawi's play Them and we meet two comedians who have found the funny side of tragedy, bringing personal stories of grief and illness into their stand-up.

Get your tickets to THEM here  https://www.thembysamahsabawi.com  

Artistic Director Al Cossar launches the program for the 69th Melbourne International Film Festival; bookworm Veronica Sullivan reviews the debut novel Small Joys of Real Life by Allee Richards; the team discuss superstitions and why you shouldn't put new shoes on the table; award-winning playwright Samah Sabawi gives the lowdown on her upcoming play Them at Arts Centre Melbourne; Dr. Jen talks us through the weird science of human screams and what they communicate, which sees the team ponder their favorite fire alarms. With presenters Sarah Smith, Daniel Burt and Bobby Macumber. Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/breakfasters/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breakfasters3RRRFM/Twitter: https://twitter.com/breakfastersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakfasters/?hl=en

Headlines Astrazeneca now available to under 40sPrivate Schools reap millions through JobKeeper schemeAnniversary of Stonewall RiotsEvie speaks to Sean a renter in Thornbury to provide an update about the campaign to keep Louise home. Louise Goode, a 65 year old Thornbury neighbour, has been forcibly evicted from her home and forced into homelessness since February this year by Common Equity Housing Ltd (CEHL), who call themselves "a social housing co-op".In Ya Face presenter James McKenzie speaks with veteran queer activist Alison Thorne about Radical Women's inclusive celebration of the anniversary of Stonewall: 'Feminism, Transgender Liberation and the Stonewall Rebellion'.Phuong speaks with Ruby from the Refugee Action Coalition about the High Court's decision to uphold the government's appeal against AJL20, which had released a Syrian refugee whose detention was found unlawful. The 4-3 decision has found that indefinite administrative detention is lawful.We play some poetry by Samah Sabawi from the Blak Palestinian Poetry night was organized by Sara Saleh, Jeanine Hourani from Road to Refuge and featured a line up of insipiring and estremly talented poets and writers.Phuong speaks with Lauren Colosimo from Channel 31 about the recent vote in the House of Representatives last Wednesday, which saw their license extended until 2024 and also the importance of community television.SongsMo'ju - Put it on holdEmma Donovan - My GoodnessLes Nubians - Makeda

Acknowledgement of Country// News Headlines// We hear excerpts of speeches from the rally to support harm reduction in the Inner West, held in Nicholson Mall, Footscray on Saturday May 22nd. The same week saw opponents of a safe injecting facility, including the ALP Mayor of Maribyrnong Michael Clarke and right wing politicians, mobilise on Wednesday night, which was also counter-protested. The rally in support of harm reduction was co-chaired by Phoebe McDonald (speaking first) and Liz Walsh from the Victorian Socialists. Earlier this week, Rosie caught up with Fernanda Rodriguez, a member of the Colombian community living in Melbourne. Fernanda is an engineer and a member of Solidarity for Colombia, a group that has been raising funds to support First Line, a Colombian activist organisation. Fernanda joined Rosie to discuss the ongoing protests and strikes in Colombia. Women on the Line presenter Scheherazade Bloul interviewed Jeanine Hourani this week about the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement, Israeli arms manufacturing, complicity and solidarity. Jeanine Hourani is a Palestinian activist, campaigner, and storyteller. She is currently the director of Road to Refuge, an organisation that aims to change the narrative around refugees and people seeking asylum by transferring the power of narrative back to those most directly impacted. Catch the full episode of Women on the Line this coming Monday May 31st from 8:30-9AM on 3CR, or listen back at 3cr.org.au/womenontheline. Professor Libby Porter at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, and a member of Save Public Housing Collective, joins us to provide a public housing-focused analysis of the Victorian budget 2021-22. Read the full Save Public Housing Collective budget analysis by Professor Porter and Dr David Kelly here. We hear a speech by Samah Sabawi, Palestinian playwright, author and poet, at the Narrm/Melbourne Nakba Rally held on Saturday May 22nd at 1PM outside the State Library of Victoria, which continued to amplify calls to end the Gaza siege, save Sheikh Jarrah and call for the end of Israeli colonisation beyond just a ceasefire. Find out more about local actions and events in support of Palestine at Free Palestine Melbourne, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, and BDS Australia. Songs//Sardine Baby - Maurial Spearim

We hear first from Samah Sabawi speaking at the Free Palestine rally (follow Free Palestine Melbourne).Next, Iris speaks to Nick about the disruption to the police marching in Midsumma pride parade (see Pride in protest Naarm).Then, Em chats to Laniyuk, who shares poetry on pride, exploring the systemic problems with the corporate, colonial, cop friendly politics of pride. Also see by Laniyuk, 'Writing new roads of possibility and combating an Aboriginal-less future'Donate to 3CR, and mention us for June radiothon!MusicElectric Fields - 2000 and WhateverRacerage - BurnSimon Castricum - Triumph

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region.Interview with Samah Sabawi, Palestinian playwright, author, academic and activist – about the UAE’s peace agreement and acknowledgement of Israel, and the impact this will have on the Palestinian struggle.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Sami Shah, Samah Sabawi, Mammad Aidani and Roza Germian at the Wheeler Centre Writers and journalists are often among the first citizens targeted and punished by autocratic leaders. With creeping authoritarianism and instability in many regions around the world, it's an increasingly dangerous time for writers of all kinds. On the eve of PEN International's Day of the Imprisoned Writer, we held a special panel event as part of our Writers in Exile series to discuss old and emerging threats to literary freedoms today. Host Sami Shah welcomed back the three writers who have shared their personal stories of exile – journalist Roza Germian, playwright Samah Sabawi and playwright and poet Mammad Aidani – for the last conversation in the series. They discuss their own experiences and their knowledge of press and literary restriction in their respective home countries – as well as the role Australia can and should play on the international stage with regards to protecting and protesting the freedom of writers here and overseas. Presented in partnership with PEN Melbourne.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the show with MaxAcknowledgement of countryNews Headlines with Cait KellyOverdose Lifesavers: Australia’s first dedicated website presenting personal stories of opioid overdose and the use of take-home naloxone to save lives. The new website overdoselifesavers.com explores the different ways people who consume drugs manage overdose, including through the use of take home naloxone. We hear some of these real life stories documented on the website.Dr Adrian Farrugia - Research Fellow at the (Australian Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University), then joins us to talk about the gaps in public discussion of overdose, the need to counter stigmatising misconceptions, and how to create a more effective community response. May Kotsakis - co-chairperson of PASA (Philippines Australia Solidarity Association). PASA is a cause oriented organisation of Filipinos and non-Filipinos. We often hear about the so called 'war on drugs' in the Philippines. May joins us to talk about the real impacts on peoples lives, how the rhetoric is used to justify state violence and the impacts on activists and human rights advocates in standing up to state oppression.The Black-Palestinian Solidarity Conference Melbourne 2019 - a convergence of ideas, art and transnational solidarity contesting settler nationalisms which took place at Melbourne Uni from the 6th-8th November. Featuring 2 of the speakers from the conference : Professor John Maynard,The Other Fellow: Aboriginal and Palestinian Political Resistance and. Samah Sabawi - Palestinian playwright, author and poet.  SONGSAlice Skye - I Feel Better But I Don't Feel GoodThe Merindas - Before DaylightBaker Boy and JessB - MeditjinKrown - Catch a VibeREMI, Sensible J REMI ft. Lori,  Brain   

00:02:43 Christchurch, and Tom's discussion with Samah Sabawi this week00:04:10 Blot, Dutton, Scummo totally not whipping up hatred against muslims00:17:43 LNP response to Christchurch00:18:42 Scummo's embarrassing day at the mic00:24:49 What Dumb Shit Has LNP Senator Linda Reynold Said Now00:40:23 What is stuck in Tim's CrawSomewhere in there we did discuss the NSW state election tomorrow, sort of, but look is anyone listening to this podcast in any danger of voting for the NSW ALP, let alone the Libs? You know the Libs have flogged off $70bn of public assets, and are busy wrecking the hospital system. Clearly they need to go. Maybe throw your vote to a party that cares about public services, then preference the ALP, and put the hideous Libs and even crazier far-right parties last. Good luck negotiating that ridiculous giant ballot paper! We'll be thinking of you.

Samah Sabawi is a playwright, poet and activist who is passionate about fighting for the rights of the Palestinian people. Just days after the horrific massacre in Christchurch, Samah explains to me why she was "disappointed but not shocked" by the horrific attack and how nearly two decades of poisonous Islamophobia has led us to this point.  Samah also lays out what life is like for Palestinians in their own land, what the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions movement is calling for and why it's important you #BoycottEurovision2019.  Become a Patron of the show and help cover the basic costs of making this thing happen (please) My stand-show ENOUGH is on at the Brisbane Comedy Festival this week  Then ENOUGH heads to the Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come! My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only @gazaheart Donate to the families of the Christchurch victims See Samah's play Them at La Mama Courthouse ARTICLE: We told you the threat is white supremacy by Randa Abdel-Fattah ARTICLE: 2,891 Murdoch Media Stories Trashing Islam In A Single Year, Study Reveals by Michael Brull AustraliansForPalestine.com Cause of the Week: The BDS petition to #BoycottEurovision2019

7:01 am introduction to program, acknowledgement of country7:03 am discussion of headline news stories - Dutton and au-pair, new PMs first lie "we are on your side", Chelsea manning threatened with being denied a visa to enter Australia 7:16 am recording of Decolonising stories a free event that was held on August 26th at the Arts Centre  featuring Samah Sabawi who is an award-winning playwright, author and poet. Her critically acclaimed play Tales of a City by the Sea was selected for the 2016 Victorian Certificate of Education Drama Playlist, won two Drama Victoria awards for best new Australian publication and best performance for VCE and was nominated for Best Independent Production at the Green Room Awards. 7:33 am news from Green Left Weekly corporate tax cuts defeated for now  7:37 am some more headline news such as the hypocrisy of Theresa May , the dark legacy of John McCain  and student anger over university speaker who thinks rape crisis is fake 7:50 am a discussion about Daniel Andrews new Railway Loop proposal and it's limitations.  8:00 am activist calendar8:10 am second recording from Decolonising stories featuring Candy Bowers who is a speaker, writer, actor, theatre maker and filmmaker. The Artistic Director of Black Honey Company, Candy has pioneered a fierce sub-genre of contemporary performance which earned her the 2018 Geoffrey Milne- Green Room Association Award for outstanding contribution to Independent Theatre.    8:24 am news article from Green Left Weekly a protest organised by Transport Rider workers  8:27 am closing of program

This week hear the plight of refugees through poetry and music. From K'naan, Anoushka Shankar, Pavana Reddy, Omar Saghir, to Samah Sabawi, and Benjamin Zephaniah. Grassroots poetry section features a poem by Isabella Gillespie that became their motto

US President Donald Trump's announcement to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is effectively an endorsement of Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem. The announcement sparked protests in Gaza and the West Bank and some commentators are describing the situation as a third intifada. But to understand the current provocation, what's happening in Palestine and what the future is for the Palestinian struggle, Accent of Women speaks with Palestinian activist, Samah Sabawi.

- This episode features an interview with Samah Sabawi, a Palestinian Australian Canadian writer and human rights advocate. - She discusses the ongoing oppression Palestinian people face, even when the bombs are not dropping and most of the media is ignoring the issue. - Samah Sabawi also leaves us with her powerful poem Red Shirt, Blue Jeans about Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler who recently drowned, sparking changing discussions about asylum seekers. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/09/14/110/

Samah Sabawi is a Palestinian Australian Canadian writer and human rights advocate. She discusses the ongoing oppression Palestinian people face, including between widely publicised bombing raids. She also reads her poem 'Red Shirt, Blue Jeans'. Check out her website http://talesofacitybythesea.com/ which also has links to her social media pages. She recommends people look into the following resources: http://www.bdsmovement.net/ https://electronicintifada.net/ http://www.palestinechronicle.com/ You can find out more about the upcoming Boycott Divestment & Sanctions Conference Samah will be speaking at here: http://vpm.org.my/events/events-calendar/eventdetail/24/18/boycott-divestment-sanction-conference This interview was played on the 7th of September 2015 episode of RTR92.1FM Indymedia. You can listen to this episode at this link (just select 7th September episode on the little calendar on the left): rtrfm.com.au/shows/indymedia/

The Bohemian Beat - Ep223 - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Riddhi explores words and its relationship to truth. Hear poetry from Samah Sabawi, Joy Harjo, and Albert Wiggan. Featuring an interview with Kerrianne Cox.

Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire this week. As part of the deal brokered by Egypt Israel has agreed to end all military operations in the Gaza strip area while Hamas will stop its rocket attacks against Israel. But Pro Palestinian groups aren’t satisfied and feel the agreement is a temporary solution to Israeli aggression. Political analyst and human rights advocate, Samah Sabawi, spoke at a Melbourne protest rally last night in support of the Palestinian cause. 2ser’s Joel Moss spoke to Sabawi about the ceasefire and the need for a certain level of compromise from both sides in order to stop the violence between Israel and Palestine.