My Arab Identity - بودكاست الهوية

My Arab Identity - بودكاست الهوية

'My Arab Identity' is an award-winning podcast that explores what it feels like to belong in two places, and nowhere, at the same time. Season two delves into the personal journeys of Arab-Australian migrants, who are dealing with the complexities of their sense of belonging and intercultural identities. - بودكاست الهوية الحائز على جوائز عدة يشارك معكم في موسمه الثاني قصصاً واقعية تعكس تحديات الانتماء التي يواجهها الشباب من أصول عربية في أستراليا، وكيف شكلت تجاربُهم ملامح هوياتهم الدينية والجنسية وقناعاتهم الشخصية.

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September 8, 2025 1 min
The Youth Matters podcast highlights significant milestones in the lives of second and third generation Arab youth growing up in Australia. These young individuals share their experiences of gaining independence, navigating their first relationships, shaping their identities on social media, and managing the pressures of independence and advocacy. - بودكاست صوت الشباب يوثّق محطات أساسية في حياة الجيلين الثاني والثالث من الشباب العر...
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In this episode of the 'My Arab Identity' podcast, Jeanine Hourani shares her family's story of asylum in Australia, which she says happened by chance, after living the first years of her life stateless. We learn about the challenges she faced as a refugee, which prompted her to conceal her identity in order to feel accepted. - في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست "الهوية" تشاركنا جنين حوراني، قصتها مع اللجوء الى أستراليا التي حصلت بمحض الصدفة...
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This episode of ‘My Arab Identity’ looks at the challenges faced by Kareem, a general practitioner in Sydney, who embarked on a journey of spirituality and identity which re-shaped his view of religion. - ضيفنا في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست "الهوية" طبيب للصحة العامة. سيشاركنا برحلته الخاصة في البحث عن هويته الدينية والروحانية والإنسانية. وسيفصح عن التحديات التي واجهته ليكوّن هذه الهوية ويصبح الشخص أو الإنسان الذي سنتعرف عليه اليوم.
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In this episode of the 'My Arab Identity' podcast, journalist Farid Farid details the reasons that led him to carry out what he calls an “opposite migration journey” from Australia to Egypt, at a time when most people sought to emigrate Down Under, and to other Western countries, from the Arab world. - في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست "الهوية"، يحكي الصحفي فريد فريد عن الأسباب التي دفعته الى القيام بهجرة معاكسة من أستراليا الى مصر، في الوق...
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In this episode of ‘My Arab Identity’ podcast, Palestinian-Australian provisional psychologist Tareq Ahmed shares his story with mental illness. He had a challenging childhood and tried to please family and society but ignored his own needs. His lack of mental health awareness and the social stigma attached to it led his family to think he was possessed and sought religious treatment to ‘cure it’. - في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست "الهوية...
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In this episode of ‘My Arab Identity’, Alissar Gazal talks about the reasons that led her, as an Arab girl living with her family in Australia, to wait for the first opportunity to leave their home. She explains why she challenged some Arab customs and traditions that she says restrict girls’ freedom and control their desires and ambitions from childhood. - في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست "الهوية" تتحدث أليسار غزال عن الأسباب التي دفعتها ...
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In the first episode of ‘My Arab Identity’ season two, journalist Elias Jahshan shares the challenges he faced as a child after losing his hearing, and as a teenager who hid his Arab identity. He also talks about how coming out as a gay man challenged culturally-imposed stigmas which threatened to derail the relationship with his family. - في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست "الهوية" يشاركنا الياس جهشان التحديات التي واجهها كطفل فقد سمعه، ومر...
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The My Arab Identity podcast is back for a second season, following on from the award-winning first season. The second instalment of this podcast highlights some of the challenges that second-generation Arab migrants face due to their mixed and intercultural identities in Australia and the things they did to overcome them. - بودكاست الهوية الحائز على جوائز عدة يشارك معكم في موسمه الثاني قصصاً واقعية تعكس تحديات الانتماء التي يواجهه...
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Sara El Sayed dreamed of becoming part of the aerobics team at school when she was 12 years old. But the challenges she faced were greater than just getting accepted into auditions. She wanted to be just a simple, normal, and acceptable part of the broader school community, especially among her classmates. - سارة السيد كانت تحلم بأن تصبح جزءا من فريق الايروبكس أو التمارين الرياضية الراقصة في المدرسة عندما كانت تبلغ من العمر 12 سنة....
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Mohammad Awad hated his name not because of its meaning or its descent, but because of the obstacles it forced him to face. He felt isolated and developed mental health issues to a point where he contemplated suicide. Now, he suffers from ”police-anxiety” which he developed after many traumatic experiences with law enforcement officers. - محمد عوض كره اسمه ليس لمعناه ولا لنسبه، ولكن بسبب العقبات التي أجبره على مواجهتها. شعر بالعزلة...
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Rama* rebelled against what her community considered indispensable social constants. She struggled growing up between two worlds and wanted her life free of any restrictions, especially those imposed by her parents, culture, and traditions. - تمردت راما* على ما يعتبره مجتمعها ثوابت دينية واجتماعية. تواجه صراعاً دائماً بين حمل هويتين ثقافيتين مختلفتين والعيش في عالمين لا يمتان لبعضهما بصلة. تحترم راما معتقدات أهلها وتوقعاتهم لها كفت...
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Miran Hosny is proud of her Egyptian heritage. But you won't know she has Egyptian heritage if you hear her Arabic dialect, simply because she cannot associate herself with belonging to Egypt only. She was born and lived all her life in Australia, in a neighbourhood full of migrants who come from different countries and cultures that influenced her composition and understanding of her Arab identity. Although she speaks Arabic, she ...
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Abdulrahman Hammoud went to an Islamic school where he found solidarity to fast during Ramadan, celebrate Eid, and saw his friends’ mothers wearing hijabs. He did not feel different and never questioned himself for holding the Arab Muslim identity. But this world, which is ideal for some migrants, disappeared when he first set foot in university, a world where he found himself a stranger and a target for people who didn't welcome d...
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Ruby Hamad refused to reveal her Arabic identity and her ability to speak the language outside of her home. It broke her father's heart. She explains how some second-generation Arab-Australians are “avoiding racism” and attempting to fit in, from a young age. - روبي حمد كانت ترفض الكشف عن هويتها العربية ومقدرتها على تحدث اللغة خارج المنزل، وهذا كما وصفته كسر قلب والدها ثلاث مرات وربما أكثر. واليوم تحكي لنا عن تجربة مشتركة بينها وبي...
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Ryan Al-Natour is a young man who lived most of his life in western Sydney, within a very multicultural space. He never thought how his cultural identity and appearance would impact on his settlement and acceptance one day in Rockhampton, North Queensland. He often had to stand up and defend the good people in his community; “They are not all terrorists and trouble makers". Ryan is seen as Muslim-Lebanese, despite being Christian –...
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Amani Haydar is a young woman of Lebanese descent. She had a restricted social life as a child and was deprived of her mother in horrible circumstances. Her experience with her parents' migration to Australia revolved around a thin line between the expectations that migrants imposed on their children, and their cruelty in forcing their children to meet those expectations. Today, Amani stands against domestic violence after her fath...
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Sara Saleh speaks about a dilemma that may face some migrants – where to be buried after death. How can an Arab-Australian woman with a migrant background, mixed between Egyptian and Lebanese-Palestinian, decide in which country her body would be buried? How can she choose? - سارة صالح تشاركنا بتجربتها الشخصية حول معضلة تواجه الكثير من المهاجرين والمواطنين المنحدرين من أصول عربية – وهي مكان الدفن. كيف يمكن لامرأة عربية – استرالية، ...
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This podcast explores what it feels like to belong in two places, and nowhere at the same time. Hear from Arab-Australian migrants on how they’re dealing with the complexities of a mixed identity. - سلسلة حلقات تسلط الضوء على التحديات التي يواجهها المهاجرون العرب وابناؤهم بسبب هويتهم المختلطة في أستراليا مثل القناعات الدينية، التمييز العنصري، العنف المنزلي وغيرها من النقاشات الحساسة من خلال قصص واقعية من قلب الجالية.
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