We had a great conversation with the one and only Sozan Fahmi! We talked about her recently winning an award from High Council of Women Affairs, her work at Khalsa Aid which is an international NGO with the aim to provide humanitarian aid in disaster areas and conflict zones. We talk about the importance of mentorships, volunteering, and women supporting and uplifting each other. We also talked about marriage , dating , stereotypes and certain traditions that we deal with that aren’t very helpfu...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Nuveen Barwari and Huner Emin interview artist Walid Siti on the Newave Podcast. Walid Siti takes them through his journey from Duhok, to Baghdad, to Ljubljana, to London. They talk about everything from drawing, mountains, displacement, the Duhok art scene, and the artists childhood. Bio: Walid Siti was born in 1954, in the city of Duhok, in Iraqi-Kurdistan. After graduating in 1976 from the Institute of Fine arts in Baghdad, Siti left Iraq to continue his arts education in Ljubljana, Slovenia ...
Mar 20, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Join us for this conversation with Meghan Bodette, an independent researcher focusing on North and East Syria. She is the founder of the Missing Afrin Women Project, which tracks kidnappings and disappearances of women in Turkish-occupied Afrin, Syria. She is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Follow Megan on Twitter: @_____mjb Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari ...
Feb 03, 2021•47 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Join us with another episode in Kurdish with our guest Rondik! Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari @paellos96 @newavepodcast
Jan 25, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Remziya’s commitment to being a positive catalyst in American politics started at the age of six when her family arrived in the United States as Kurdish refugees. A nationally recognized activist, Remziya has worked extensively to bring the voice of minority communities to the forefront of public discourse. A political expert on Kurdish and immigrant communities in the United States, she has developed a rapport with politicians, journalists, and a diverse range of citizens with varying political...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 14
We have been a lot happier ever since we recorded this episode with Hivron. We talked about childhood/refugee/diaspora trauma, stigma surrounding mental health, western therapists, theta healing and so much more! Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari @paellos96 @newavepodcast
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 14
We had a very productive conversation with Rody about learning, preserving, teaching and speaking the Kurdish language, different dialects, diaspora, a very special project he has been working on and so much more! We hope you enjoy! Instagram: @Rodybajo @berivan_u_heval Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari @paellos96 @newavepodcast...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Courtney Adair Johnson is an artist and curator based in Nashville, TN. Her art practice works to create sustainable community through reuse awareness. She is interested in creating new ideas with art to generate awareness of our waste and consumption habits. Courtney has led reuse projects with Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Tennessee Craft, and Springboard for the Arts (Fergus Falls). She is presently Gallery Director of Tennessee State University Art Department and Co-Builder of McGruder S...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Nan u Mast dgel Pael u Nuveen #1 We are happy to announce that we have a new segment on the Newave Podcast called “Nan u Mast”. Nan u Mast is an imaginary show that we have on a Duhok radio station for 15-20 minutes once a week to fit into your morning routine. ( Nan u Mast) di gel Pêl u Nuvîn. Em wek podcast a Newave di xuš halîn bi ragehandina gušeya me ya nuyî bi navê “Nan u Mast”. Nan u Mast, bernamekê heftîtaneye ku em xeyal dikeyîn li ser radîyo eka devera Duhok ê bi hête pexiškirin li ber...
Dec 04, 2020•25 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Huner Emin is a stateless artist from southern Kurdistan. Emin uses art as a tool to express political and social issues in his society. Huner Emin studied western art with a concentration on formalism both in Iraq and the U.S. Join us for this episode as we talk about art school, honor violence, “ayb” culture, thinking in multiple languages, and the importance of having an art community. Nuveen and Huner also talk about their admiration for contemporary artists Hiwa K. and Sarbast Mustafa! Hune...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 8
We had a very productive, funny, and informative conversation with the author, journalist and editor of the weekly newsletter ‘what happened last week?’. We learned about news consumption, the importance of making the news more accessible and fun for everyone and so much more! Twitter: @sham_jaff Instagram: @whlwnews @shamthingelse Newsletter: https://www.whathappenedlastweek.com Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari T...
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 6
We are so pleased to have Kurdish-New Zealander international lawyer, human rights activist, and the founder of ‘Empower’, a youth-led organisation aiming to address the underrepresentation of refugees in higher education Rez Gardi on the Newave Podcast! We talked about everything from the process of prosecuting ISIS members for their targeted genocidal campaign against the Yezidis, refugee resettlement, the complex relationship between hostland and homeland, her upbringing, her favorite snacks ...
Sep 16, 2020•49 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Join us on the Newave Podcast for this awesome conversation with Dilan Sirwan based out of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan. Dilan Sirwan Hussein is a student at the American University of Iraq, majoring in Political studies. He is the current Editor-in-chief of the AUIS voice, an independent student-based newspaper in Iraq. As a young activist in the region, he has been utilizing the amplifying impact of social media platforms to highlight the Kurdish struggle. twitter : @DeelanSirwan @houseofkurds Musi...
Aug 30, 2020•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 3
Welcome to Season 3!! Thank you guys for sharing this journey with us and we look forward to a lot of new exciting content in the future! In this episode of the Newave Podcast.. Pael is feeling very homesick and is missing Duhok very much. Join the Newave as they discuss their feelings and about how much they miss home. Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari @paellos96 @newavepodcast...
Aug 09, 2020•42 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Join us for a wonderful conversation with Pel Doski, Kurdish American poet based in Nashville, TN. Her work is defined by layered imagery of water, flowers, and celestial bodies—all symbolic to her personal growth and observations of societal growth. She has been published in an anthology of Kurdish writers titled The Kurdish Progeny” and in various Magazine around the world. We talk about her poetry, switching majors in college, pressures from family, doing the things you wanna do and so much m...
Jul 26, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 16
DISCLAIMER: this episode was pre recorded 2 months ago Join us for a wonderful conversation with our favorite author Jîl Şwanî. He is currently based out of Denmark. We talk in depth about his writing process/ practice, some of the stories he has written in the past and projects he hopes to make in the future. We also talk about our undying love for Kurdistan, the double standards/expectations Kurds in diaspora face, we talk about different Kurdish dialects, the dismissive culture of not physica...
Jul 12, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Wern dgel Newave dve bername da pkurdi baxavin! Em taxavin lser babeta Cejna Eide lKurdistane u lAmerica, u ferq u judahiya we chewaye, em lser lugheti taxavin (u Kurdiya me), behse Duhoke u Duhokistane tkeyn, u behse philosophye (felsefe) ji tkeyn! Join the Newave this episode as we speak in Kurdish! We talk about the differences between celebrating the Eid holiday in both America and Kurdistan, we also talk about language and the difficulties in being bilingual, and whether or not if Philosoph...
May 23, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Join the Newave as we have a wonderful conversation with our favorite librarian, Kahin Mohammad, about his excellent tweets, baking, what it’s like working at the Library of Congress, the importance of calling racist people out, representation in spaces that are dominantly white, art, relationships with parents as you get older, the Nashville Kurdish community, and so much more! Follow him on twitter @Kahin Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @se...
May 21, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Join the Newave as we have a cozy conversation with writer/filmmaker Beri Shalmashi! They talk about the importance of representation in the arts, making serious issues accessible for a western audience, depicting diaspora in her films, the struggles that Kurdish artists face when they choose a career path in the arts, her experience teaching film in Southern Kurdistan, Kurdish women in leadership roles, generational gaps, the need for more Kurdish actresses! We discussed her previous works and ...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Join Nuveen Barwari and Pael Abdullah on the Newave Podcast as they talk to their guest Marlos E’van about the kind of art and artists that emerge during oppressive political times. They discuss the history and ideologies about the Black Panther Party that most schools in the Bible Belt fail to teach students. They explore the correlations and complexities between the Black Panther Party and the Kurdish resistance movement and how both have been victim to misrepresentation and false labels. We w...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Ride the Newave for a conversation with Drost Kokoye as they talk about activism, US justice system, growing up in a Kurdish community in America vs Kurdistan, healthcare, and using your voice to be LOUD, and so much more! https://believersbailout.org/ https://holythrift.com/ Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @serhatyet_paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari @paellos96 @newavepodcast...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Join us for an empowering conversation with Dilman Yasin. We talk about her involvement as the community outreach coordinator for the Kurdish Professionals, the importance of the 2020 Census, being a mom, teaching kids about their Kurdish roots/language, and sooo much more! Instagram: @kurdishprofessionals Twitter: @dily2010 Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @serhatyet_paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari @paellos96 @ne...
Apr 23, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Join Nuveen Barwari and Pael Abdullah on the Newave Podcast as they talk to their special guest Sayran Barzani about how her Kurdish roots influence her jewelry line SAYRAN, the gold stores in Kurdistan, Kurds going into the arts, how to be involved politically through your work, using your art/social media platform to create a community and spread awareness of so many issues, the complexities of growing up in diaspora and sooo much more! You can follow Sayran on instagram @sayranb @sayran and o...
Apr 17, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 3
