In GBA 314 we get better acquainted with Wasi. She talks about not defining marginalised groups by their traumas, #CutFromTheSameCloth a collection of essays by hijabis, getting to the point where she is comfortable calling herself a photographer, how she became a person centred therapist, the systematic elements involved in mental health struggles, growing up with parallel experiences and cultures, experiences of Islamophobia and racism, pushing back against structural oppressions, the work that Against Borders For Children (Schools ABC) have done and so much more.

Wasi plugs:

Cut From the Same Cloth: https://unbound.com/books/cut-from-the-same-cloth
Against Borders For Children: Schools ABC: https://www.schoolsabc.net/
Wasi Daniju photos: http://wasidaniju.com/
Inclusive Mosque: https://www.facebook.com/inclusivemosqueinitiative/
http://www.inclusivemosqueinitiative.org/
Black Girl Festival 29th October: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/the-uks-first-black-girl-festival/

I plug:

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

We mention:

Moomins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomins
Royal Festival Hall: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall
Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/
https://twitter.com/writersofcolour
The Trashies: https://mediadiversified.org/tag/the-trashies/
Signal Boosting: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/signal_boosting
Follow Fridays: https://www.lifewire.com/a-guide-to-follow-friday-2655376
Wasi's recent thread: https://twitter.com/knox_o/status/914171672479092738
South London Refugee Association: https://www.slr-a.org.uk/
Women and Girls Network: http://www.wgn.org.uk/
Nadia Kamil: https://nadiakamil.co.uk/
Bang Said The Gun: http://www.bangsaidthegun.com/
Meadowlands Festival: https://twitter.com/meadowfest
Body Narratives: https://www.thebodynarratives.com
Indigo Williams: https://twitter.com/Indigowilliams
Leslie Asare: https://twitter.com/layaxo3
I Shape Beauty: https://ishapebeautyblog.wordpress.com
Moles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit)
Erasmus Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Programme
Aphasia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia
Prevent: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/04/prevent-hate-muslims-schools-terrorism-teachers-reject
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
9/11: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
7/7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings
War on Terror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terror
Microaggressions: https://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/racial-microagressions-you-hear-on-a-daily-basis
Sabeena Akhtar: https://twitter.com/pocobookreader
The Good Immigrant: https://unbound.com/books/the-good-immigrant
Nazeem Hussein: http://nazeemhussain.com/
Docs Not Cops: http://www.docsnotcops.co.uk/
Niemöller poem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

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A weekly podcast: Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. Part interview show, part oral history project and part autobiography through conversation.

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GBA was nominated for a 2012 Radio Production Award, aired for 3 seasons on Resonance 104.4 FM and was featured on BBC Radio 4's In Pod We Trust, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Helen and Olly's Required Listening and has been recommended by The Guardian, Time Out and the Financial Times