KaleidHERscope – Episode 56: Sarah Arnd-Linder of Political is Personal (PiP): in-depth interviews conducted with Palestinian and Israeli Jewish women (28/8/2025)

Sarah Arnd-Linder, founder of Political is Personal (PiP), speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about PiP which is a collection of in-depth interviews conducted with Palestinian and Israeli Jewish women, who share how the conflict has affected their lives and contribute to the ongoing debate on women's narratives of security and insecurity in conflict zones. She also speaks about the book that is in the making that will include Sarah’s own thoughts and experiences after having lived in the region for 17 years. And a big thank you to both Costa Constanti and Kemal Baykalli for the all-round support…

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 55: Khatima Emami: Challenges she & her family have faced as refugees in the USA since leaving Kabul (19/8/2025)

Originally from Afghanistan, Khatima Emami, a client services coordinator at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Utah, tells her story to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about life in Afghanistan before and after the fall of Kabul in 2021, about challenges faced by refugees in the USA including her and her family and about the woman who continues to inspire her to be the best she can be, wherever she may be. Big big thank you to both Costa Constanti and Kemal Baykalli for the all-round support always.

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 54: Hamutal Gouri, a cultural critic, consultant & transformative storyteller: why stories matter (11/8/2025)

Hamutal Gouri, a cultural critic, consultant, and transformative storyteller, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about why stories matter and how we need to listen, and about political parenting. Big big thank you to both Costa Constanti and Kemal Baykalli for the all-round support always.

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 53: Renowned women’s rights activist Mary Akrami on protecting the most vulnerable Afghan women (22/7/2025)

Renowned women’s rights activist and head of Afghan Women's Network International Mary Akrami speaks with despair, vulnerability and realism to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about Afghanistan, about losing everything within 24 hours on the day Kabul fell on August 15, 2021, about being flown out of Kabul with nothing except the clothes on her back and starting over in the US and about protecting the most vulnerable Afghan women.

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 52: Marzia Babakarkhail, a former Afghan judge, & her journey defending the rights of women/children (4/7/2025)

Qazi (Judge)Marzia Babakarkhail, a former Afghan family court judge and lifelong advocate for women’s rights, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her journey defending the rights of women and children, about surviving two Taliban assassination attempts and about being a voice for Afghan women, especially female judges and prosecutors who face persecution under the Taliban.

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 50: Dialogue, inclusion & peace processes expert Thania Pappenholz on creating new narratives to counteract the normalcy of a not normal situation (14/6/2025)

Thania Pappenholz, dialogue, inclusion and peace processes expert and founder of Inclusive Peace, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the state or better, ‘unstate’ of peace processes, the role of women and most of all about how to reactivate a process in Cyprus that does not necessarily build on past processes and entails inter-generational conversations for visions for the future and creating new narratives to counteract the normalcy of a not normal situation.

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 49: Artist, director, curator and producer Ellpetha Tsivicos speaks about making theatre accessible to everyone (3/6/2025)

Ellpetha Tsivicos, a Cypriot-American artist, director, curator and producer speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her creative arts healing program ‘I Wish I Knew How’ through which she mentors a community of formerly incarcerated people, about using public spaces and making theatre accessible to everyone and about her book A Life Into Lands, and her strong connection to her homeland, Cyprus.

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 48: Award-winning Palestinian theatre maker, Iman Aoun speaks about her inspiring professional career (22/5/2025)

Award-winning Palestinian theatre maker, Iman Aoun speaks on kaleidHERscope about her inspiring professional career that focuses on grassroots, indigenous, youth, and women empowerment, gender disparity and resistance to the occupation, including The Gaza Monologues, ASHTAR International Youth Theatre Festival, The Syrian Monologues and Letters to Gaza in 2024, a solidarity response to the genocide in Gaza.

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 47: Both oppressed and completely free: S.African poet Phillippa Yaa de Villiers talks about her identity journey (6/5/2025)

South African poet and performance artist Dr. Phillippa Yaa de Villiers discusses her identity journey with Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope, reflecting on her experience as a mixed-race African and adoptee raised by a white family in apartheid South Africa; a journey that placed her in the paradoxical position of being both oppressed and completely free.

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