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.

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.

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.

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.

Producer and director Nefin Dinç speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her documentaries including Wine Dark Sea that narrates the profound changes brought about by global warming in the Mediterranean, and The Other Town, a documentary about the Other and how natives of a Greek and Turkish town insist on keeping myths built on enmity alive, about what inspires her and also why stepping back and reevaluating is necessary at this stage in her journey.

Chris Mavrou, advocacy & communications coordinator for Birth Forward and Andreas Christodoulou, Director of Operations of the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (CyFPA) speak to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about RespectWATCH; a project designed to develop an advocacy strategy and WatchDog mechanisms to ensure Respectful Maternity Care in Cyprus.

Ioli Orphanides Eteocleous & Giota Doukanari, both from Birth Forward, speak on kaleidHERscope about the ‘RESPECT – Toward a culture of Respectful Maternity Care (RMC)’ project. As the ‘RESPECT – Toward a culture of Respectful Maternity Care (RMC): Enhancing Provider-Client Shared Decision Making and Informed Choice’ project comes to an end, Ioli Orphanides Eteocleous Spokesperson of Birth Forward & Giota Doukanari, the Director of the Board of Birth Forward, speak to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the outcomes of the project, about future plans but especially about the message that the journey of parenthood should be one made up…

Irene Stephanou, South African born Cypriot performer and educator, speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about bringing together her political consciousness and the experience of growing up in the South African Greek speaking community with her own unique blend of storytelling and about her challenges with Multiple Sclerosis, which she has had since she was a teenager.

Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan, an Israeli international lawyer/ academician speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the intersection of international law and human rights in Israel/Palestine, about the Israeli military courts and incarceration, about the significance of International Law in today’s global context and about the Jewish Settlers and the definition of Apartheid and Zionism. Here are the links mentioned in the podcasthttps://www.btselem.org/https://www.alandforall.org/english/?d=ltrhttps://www.regthink.org/en/https://www.academia4equality.com/enBlog posts by Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan on Apartheid:https://opiniojuris.org/2022/04/12/the-apartheid-reports-a-paradigm-shift-on-israel-palestine-part-i/https://opiniojuris.org/2022/04/13/the-apartheid-reports-a-paradigm-shift-on-israel-palestine-part-ii/

From IRA combatant to storyteller, Anne Walker speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her journey and sharing her story for the first time, about helping others break free from a cycle of violence and hatred and about the transformative power of storytelling in its various forms.