This episode is the second part Arabic translation of Keire's conversation with Janira Taibo, which we published in English previously. To sign up for classes and for transcripts and translations, go to our website https://realarabic.weebly.com Please consider supporting this podcast through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458

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Janira from 26 Letters: Part 2

This episode is the first part Arabic translation of Keire's conversation with Janira Taibo, which we published in English previously.To sign up for classes and for transcripts and translations, go to our website https://realarabic.weebly.comPlease consider supporting this podcast through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458

Janira from 26 Letters: Part 1

In this episode, we introduce the idea of economic sanctions in light of the current impact of new sanctions in Syria and look at the advantages and disadvantages of this type of foreign policy tool.To sign up for classes and for transcripts and translations, go to our website https://realarabic.weebly.comPlease consider supporting this podcast through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458

Economic Sanctions

In this episode, we introduce the idea of honour culture and look at some of its consequences in the Middle East.  To sign up for classes and for transcripts and translations, go to our website https://realarabic.weebly.comPlease consider supporting this podcast through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458 

Honour Culture

26 Letters is an amazing initiative in Lebanon started by inspiring people - if you don't believe us just listen to the interview. We have loved Janira's story since we first heard it, and we are using it to launch a new feature: we will now be publishing our interviews in English, as well as translating them into Arabic. We don't often do interviews but when we do we thought it would be great to share them with you as content as well as as language learning tools. We hope you enjoy this episode, to find out more about 26 Letters and to find out how to get involved, go to 26lettersschool.orgThe Arabic translation and transcription of this interview will follow soon, but the process takes time!  To find out more about Real Arabic or to sign up for classes, go to realarabic.weebly.com

ENGLISH: Janira Taibo from 26 Letters

On October 17 2019, Lebanese people from all sects and all regions took to the streets to protest against decades of poor governance. But what has happened since then? This episode looks back on the last 14 months to see what has changed and what has not in Lebanon since the revolution. In this episode, we also mention two initiatives that we want to support. 26 Letters School is a small initiative with an amazing story. We will be interviewing them so you will hear it soon but check out their website to read more about them and to support a family: https://26lettersschool.org/donate Safa, a Lebanese artist living in Australia is one of Amer's students who has started an online initiative called We Dream for Lebanon.In Safa's words: 'Witnessing all that has happened in Lebanon and not being able to be there physically, I created an online survey for Lebanese citizens, expats, diaspora and anyone else who cares about Lebanon to share their input on how we might imagine our perfect Lebanon.' The survey is conducted through the website - http://wedreamforlebanon.org/ The answers are sent to her email and then shared on the website and on the Instagram page (@wedreamforlebanon) To support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458For podcast transcripts: https://realarabic.weebly.com/podcast-transcripts

What Has Happened Since the October 17 Revolution?

In this episode, we introduce you to the civil war in Yemen, its causes and its impacts.For transcriptions and translation go to https://realarabic.weebly.comTo support this podcast, please donate to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458

What's Happening in Yemen?

In this episode, we explore the Druze, a curious sect that have their home mainly in the mountains of the Levant, of which Amer is a part.For transcriptions and translation go to https://realarabic.weebly.comTo support this podcast, please donate to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458

Who Are the Druze?

This episode is about the explosion that destroyed a significant part of Beirut on August 4th. If you want to donate to support people struggling in Lebanon, we recommend supporting 26 Letters who do incredible work with Syrian refugees in Beirut, or the Lebanese Red Cross who function as Lebanon's ambulance service. For transcripts and translation go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

Beirut Explosion

In this episode we talk about how Europe is implicated in the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey. This is second part of a two-part series. Thank you to Kit Roberts for suggesting this topic.For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Part II

In this episode we talk about what's happening with Syrian refugees in Turkey. This is part of a two-part series. Next week we will talk about European policies towards Turkey that make Europe complicit in the situation. Thank you to Kit Roberts for suggesting this topic.For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Part I

In this episode we move a little bit away from the Middle East, and talk about European migration policies, one of Keire's favourite topics to discuss and criticise.For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com

European Migration Policy

This week, we share the third (and last for a little while) of our A Walk Through... series where we bring you through Gemmayze, one of Beirut's most Westernised neighbourhoods, and try to take a critical lens to the area. For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com 

A Walk Through Gemmayze

Real Arabic is public again! It turns out, making paid content took the joy out of making this podcast, so we're going back to making the podcast freely available. This is the second in our A Walk Through.. series which we made available to our contributors last week but we're now making available to everyone. It tells you about Saida, a city to the south of Beirut. Please consider donating if you enjoy our content, your support means a lot to us and helps us to keep going. Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22262458.For transcripts and translation go to: https://realarabic.weebly.com

A Walk Through Saida

We are changing how we run! To make the podcast sustainable, we are asking our listeners to subscribe for access to most of our content in the future. We will still make one podcast per month available for free, but the other three podcasts per month will only be available to those who support us through Patreon, and register on our website. We have three subscription packages available: $5/month for podcast only; $15/month for podcasts + one class with Amer; $50/month for podcasts + 4 classes with Amer. Please give us feedback on the new plan, and any ideas you have for the future of Real Arabic!

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Learn spoken Levantine (Syrian/Lebanese) Arabic with engaging and interesting episodes covering culture, history, politics, and the stories of people from the region. These clips are in slow, simplified spoken Arabic from the Levant, with English interjections to help you along. We also provide Arabic and English transcripts on our website:

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