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Hatim El-Hibri is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at George Mason University. His research and teaching interests focus on global and transnational media and the visual culture of the Middle East, and the historical entanglement of media technology and institutions with the production and contestation of urban space. He is currently working on a book tentatively titled 'Visions of Be...

Amal Amireh is Associate Professor of English at George Mason University. She received a BA in English literature from Birzeit University in the West Bank and an MA and a PhD in English and American literature from Boston University. Before joining George Mason University, Amireh taught at An-Najah National University and Birzeit University (both in West Bank/Palestine).She is author of The Factor...

Marwan M. Kraidy is Professor of Communication, the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics and Culture, and the Founding Director of the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, where he is also affiliated with the Middle East Center. A scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media,...

Rayya El Zein is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. Her research concerns processes of live cultural production, popular culture and media, and audiences in urban Arab contexts and diasporas. In her work, she examines the political economy of consumption and leisure as an i...

Muna Dajani is a Policy member of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, and a Palestinian environmental researcher.

Dr. Nahid Siamdoust is the author of “Soundtrack of the Revolution:The Politics of Music in Iran”. Interviewed by Malihe Razazan (English) Status host Malihe spoke with Dr. Siamdoust about her work and some of the most important songs that continue to define modern Iran.

In this lecture, Mouin Rabbani examines the present crisis of the Palestinian national movement in terms of its various domestic dimensions as well as external challenges. Rabbani offers a discussion of the prospects for Palestinian national reconciliation, the potential for renewed conflict with Israel, and analysis of President Trump's declared objective of pursuing "the ultimate deal.” The cris...

Dr. Hussam Jefee-Bahloul is a Syrian poet and psychiatrist currently working in the United States. He has published two poetry collections, "The Opener of Canned Hope" (Damascus, 2008) and "Birds that Smoke Marijuana" (Milan, 2017). Interviewed by Osama Esber May 1, 2017 | Arabic In this episode of "In Their Own Voices", Status host Osama Esber speaks with Dr. Hussam Jefee-Bahloul about his work a...

أبو غابي مغني فلسطيني, ولد في سوريا سنة 1983 ,ويعيش اليوم في فرنسا درس الصحافة في سوريا ولكن الظروف في سوريا أجبرته على المغادرة سنة 2013 متجها إلى لبنان, ليبدأ هناك طريق مغاير لما اختاره في سوريا إذ بدأ يخطو في بيروت أولى خطواته باتجاه حلمه بأن يصبح مغنيا محترفا, فمن أغنية لولاك التي سجلها مع مجموعة من الموسيقيين المحترفين وتم توزيعها من قبل مغني الراب الفلسطني (أسلوب), إلى أن سجل مجموعة من الاغا...

Dr. Hussam Jefee-Bahloul is a Syrian psychiatrist and poet currently working in the United States. Interviewed by Osama Esber September 23, 2017 | Arabic Status host Osama Esber speaks with Dr. Hussam Jefee-Bahloul about the psychological effects of the Syrian war on women and children.

عملت كممثلة في العديد من الأعمال المسرحية والسينمائية والتلفزيونية, روميو وجولييت اخراج الفرنسي دافيد بوبيه, العادلون مهدي ذهبي, وعملت في العروض المسرحية "فصل من الجحيم" و"الحلاج" و"أدونيس" إخراج أمل عمران، كما عملت بعدة عروض مسرحية خارج سوريا باللغات العربية والفرنسية والانجليزية مع مخرجين عدة أمثال "دافيد بوبيه" "مارسيل بوزونيه" "مهدي الذهبي" و"سليمان البسام". عملت في السينما أمام كاميرا المخرج...

وسام تلحوق مواليد سنة 1983 ممثل ومخرج مسرحي سوري وخريج المعهد العالي للفنون المسرحية سنة 2010 عمل كمساعد مدرس في نفس المعهد لمدة سنة لمادتي التمثيل و المختبر المسرحي, وعمل في سوريا كمدرب ضمن مشروع المسرح التفاعلي لمدة سنة, شارك كممثل بعدة عروض مسرحية بعدة دول منها سوريا وتونس, بلجيكا والمانيا واليونان, وعمل وسام كمخرج لعدة أعمال عرضين مسرحيين هما جزيرة البجع واحد واثنان في القاهرة عن نصي النظام ال...

Sabiha Allouche is a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and a Senior/Teaching Fellow in Gender in the Middle East, and Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East at SOAS University of London. Interviewed by Katty Alhayek October 17, 2017 | English Status host Katty Alhayek speaks with Sabiha Allouche about her article "(Dis)-Intersecting Intersectionality in the Time of Queer Syrian Refugee-ness in Leba...

Helena Jonsdottir and Jinane Saad are the Mental Health Activity Manager and Field Communications Manager for Médecins Sans Frontières in Lebanon, respectively. Interviewed by Mohamad-Ali Nayel September 29th, 2017 | English Status host Mohamad-Ali Nayel speaks with Helena Jonsdottir and Jinane Saad about the initiatives, challenges and successes of MSF's mental health assistance to Syrian refugee...

Yerevan Hassan is the Learning Center Manager at Basmeh & Zeitooneh, a Lebanese NGO for relief and development. Basmeh and Zeitooneh has established a Learning Center in Shatila refugee camp for Syrian students between the ages of five and fifteen. It was designed specifically for those students whose education was disrupted by the conflict, and who are not able to enroll in Lebanese public school...

Diya Azzony is a Saudi Arabian jazz and rock fusion guitarist and founder of record label Libra Productions. Abdullah Filfilan is a saxophonist and collaborator of Azzony's in the band Hejazz. Interviewed by Paola Messina April 5th, 2017| English In this episode of Status's "The Indie and Alt-Music Scene in the Arab World", Diya Azzony and Abdullah Filfilan share their thoughts on the current stat...

Fadwa Mahmoud is one of the founders of "Families For Freedom", a Syrian organization led by women, which campaigns for the release of those detained and missing on all sides of the conflict. Fadwa's husband is Syrian opposition figure Abdul-Aziz al-Khayir, who was kidnapped in Damascus in 2012. Interviewed by Katty Alhayek October 22nd, 2017 | Arabic Status host Katty Alhayek speaks with Mahmoud...

دردشة مع نساء مشروع الألِف عن مبادرة الخط الساخن للجنسانية. يهدف الخط الساخن إلى تقديم الدعم للنساء وذوي الجندر غير النمطي اللواتي/الذين لديهن/م أسئلة وتساؤلات حول الجنسانية، النوع الاجتماعي، والصحة الجنسية والانجابية. تتكلم متطوعات/ي الخط الساخن من منظور نسوي، وتقدم المعلومات الصحيحة والخالية من الأحكام المسبقة. كما أننا نعكس نظرة إيجابية للجسد والجنسانية، ونضع هذه المسائل في سياق سياسي أوسع من ا...

Nikolaos (Koos) Van Dam is a Dutch scholar and author on the Middle East, and a leading specialist on Syria. He also was Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, Germany and Indonesia, and Netherlands Special Envoy to the Syrian Opposition. Interviewed by Mouin Rabbani August 29th, 2017 | English In this episode of "Politics and Policy", Mouin Rabbani speaks with Nikolaos Van Dam about the evolution of th...

Interviewed by Noura Erakat 13 January 2017 In this interview, Homa Hoodfar discusses her ordeal and the precarious status of academic freedom and knowledge production more broadly.

Interviewed by Noura Erakat 13 January 2017 In this interview, Homa Hoodfar discusses her ordeal and the precarious status of academic freedom and knowledge production more broadly.

Interviewed by Noura Erakat 13 January 2017 In this interview, Homa Hoodfar discusses her ordeal and the precarious status of academic freedom and knowledge production more broadly.

Interviewed by Noura Erakat 13 January 2017 In this interview, Homa Hoodfar discusses her ordeal and the precarious status of academic freedom and knowledge production more broadly.

Dr. Miriyam Aouragh is an anthropologist and author of an upcoming book about the February 20th protests in Morocco Interviewed by Khalil Bendib June 22 and June 27, 2017 | English Khalil Bendib speaks with Dr. Miriyam Aouragh about the ongoing anti government protests in Morocco.

Professor Adel Iskandar is the co-editor of Jadaliyya Hosted by Malihe Razazan July 6, 2017 | English Malihe Razazan speaks with Adel Iskandar about the future of Al Jazeera following the fight between Saudi Arabia and its allies and Qatar.