سردت قصصها بإبداع، عاشت الحرمان والظلم وأبت إلا أن تصرخ بما في نفسها من ألم و تصوغه شعرًا نبطيًا..
طفولتها القاسية صنعت منها شاعرة عظيمة، بقيت متخفية وراء اسم مستعار حتى تعلق الناس بشعرها الذي نثرته في الصحف القطرية..
شاركت بالأمسيات الشعرية والنشاطات الثقافية حتى نالت الاحتفاء من قبل مؤسسات عديدة، وكرمتها دولتها قطر بجمع أشعارها في ديوان واحد بعد موت ... Show More
Aug 2020
Lal Ded, mystical Kashmiri poet
There is a great deal of mystery surrounding the poems attributed to the female Kashmiri poet, mystic and sage known as Lal Ded or Lalla. There are no records of her life but what is beyond doubt is the vitality, wisdom and endurance of her work. Her poems, usually just four line ... Show More
39m 29s
Oct 2020
Farzaneh Hemmasi, "Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California's Iranian Pop Music" (Duke UP, 2020)
Farzaneh Hemmasi is the author of Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California's Iranian Pop Music (Duke UP, 2020). The title obviously refers the song "California Dreamin'," but in this case the "Dreaming" refers to the active imagining, or reimagining, ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 2024
Arabic Music in the Age of Digital Distribution | Ghaliaa
<p>On this episode of Quartertones, up-and-coming musician Ghaliaa discusses her love for music, career to date, and finding inspiration in non-fiction. She talks about her childhood, how she came to be so multi-instrumental, and who her Arabic music inspirations are. Ghaliaa als ... Show More
51m 2s
Sep 2022
Nahid Shahalimi Gathers the Voices of Afghan Women
It was just a year ago that the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. On that date, Nahid Shahalimi, an Afghan female writer living in Germany, realized that she needed to hurry to record the stories of prominent Afghan women who soon would try to escape their country, or st ... Show More
36m 13s