Women of the Middle East

About our guest:   Rawaa Augé is the Presenter and producer of “women voices” or “bekasretta” at Al Jazeera Arabic Channel.    Rawaa joined Al Jazeera as a news presenter in 2014, covering a series of reports from the Central African republic, Bosnia, and Lebanon. She covers numerous events for Al Jazeera, including coverage of the United Nations General Assembly meetings. Rawaa has also conducted...

Intisar Al-Amyal is a leading figure in the Iraqi women’s rights organisation “Iraqi Women’s League,” where she works to combat discrimination, increase equality between the sexes, and safeguard the right of education for all Iraqi children and youths. She also educates women and young people on the importance of participating in political life. She is also the winner of Swedish Per Anger Prize of...

About our guest: Sama'a Al-Hamdani is an independent analyst focusing on Yemeni political dynamics, focusing on the role of regional actors in Yemen's war and the obstacles in the path of transitional justice post-conflict. Previously, she was a non-resident fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI), a visiting fellow at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University, and...

Our new episode is a conversation with Dr Hadeel Qazzaz , Oxfam International Regional Gender Coordinator. On Arab Women Beyond Stereotypes. About Our Guest: Dr. Hadeel Qazzaz, Program Director-Pro-Poor Integrity in Integrity Action. She was born in Gaza Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, a specialist in gender and development. She received her Ed. D. from Leeds University. Qazzaz has contribut...

This episode includes; Examples from “Arab Women” book, an interview with Dr Evelyn Alsultany, and special performance by Aisha.