English below

نحن فرقة نسوية مصرية، ننتج أغاني مبنية على التجارب الحياتية التي تعيشها النساء في الواقع المصري 

لماذا البومة؟

ثقافيًا، تحمل البومة دلالات سلبية حيث يشار إليها دائمًا على أنها تجلب سوء الحظ. يُقال للنساء العابسات "ابتسمي لا تكوني مثل البومة". لكن في الواقع، البومة مخلوقًا رائعًا يتمتع بخصائص غير عادية: يمكنها إدارة رأسها والرؤية من جميع الاتجاهات، ولديها حواس قوية في الرؤية والسمع ويمكنها سماع الأصوات الضعيفة. وعادة ما تكون فريسة البومة أثقل منها. 

هكذا نأمل أن نكون: أن نسمع الأصوات الخافتة ونعبر عنها، أن نرى حتى في الأوقات المظلمة، وأن نفترس نظامًا أبويًا راسخًا أكبر منا بكثير. 

We are an Egyptian feminist band. We produce songs based on women's life experiences in the Egyptian society. 

Why ElBouma (The Owl)?
Culturally, ElBouma entails bad connotations as it’s always referred to as a creature who brings misfortune. Women who are frowning are being told “Smile, don’t be like ElBouma”. But in fact, ElBouma is an amazing creature with extraordinary characteristics: It has a 360 degree vision, It  has a very strong  hearing sense  that allows it to hear the lowest  of voices  Additionally, El bouma is able to prey on animals  that are  heavier than it. 

That’s how we aim to be: to listen to and express the vulnerable voices, to see even in the darkest times, and to prey on an established patriarchal system that is much bigger than us.

Treyf is an anarchist Jewish podcast recorded in occupied Tio'tia:ke (Montreal), Kanien’kehá:ka territory. The show features discussions about radical leftist politics and history, highlighting perspectives often excluded from mainstream Jewish spaces.

The Irrelevant Arabs is a topical podcast that puts Arabs in the moderator's seat when talking about the Middle East. Topics ranging from recent political events to social taboos and modern day culture in the region are covered and openly debated. 

Hosted by two Syrians, a refugee and an immigrant, we are two friends who find ourselves facing the challenges of adapting to a new culture.  We are trying to articulate our opinions on current events back home only to find our voices muffled by the mainstream media and its versions of our stories. We battle daily to fight off stereotypes forced upon us, as if our opinion was irrelevant- hence our chosen name, "The Irrelevant Arabs." We have grown tired of being hosted by others talking about our culture and lives. Most discussions surrounding the Arab world and Middle Eastern affairs in the US are initiated by people not from the region. In light of this, a two-way dialogue is needed. The Irrelevant Arabs is one of the many efforts to challenge current narratives by putting Arabs in the moderator's seat.

Diverging from the typical podcast/talk show, we are hoping to create a more interactive medium by allowing our audience to vote both on topics that they'd like to hear discussed and on invited guests. We want to create a dialogue that can help bridge the ill-founded gaps between Western and Arab thought. At the same time, we are fighting to clarify the lack of authenticity in the current era. From fake news to false, filtered, and blocked content, we hope to bring to our audience the realities of living through a revolution and to amplify the voices of the exiled.

An independent daily global news hour, anchored by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González, broadcast weekdays on 1,400+ radio and TV stations. Livestream the show weekdays from 8AM to 9AM ET at http://www.democracynow.org.

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