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Sep 2024
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Introducing Sage Takes Thyme by Womena… ...

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Welcome to Sage Take Thyme by Womena founders Elissa Freiha and Amira Salah-Ahmed.
This new podcast dives into our perspectives on relevant, topical issues that affect women in and from the Arab world. It will serve as a space for genuine exploration of the authentic experience of two women in search of belonging and balance, using storytelling to reclaim and redefine the distorted narratives that surround them.
 
Find out who we are, why we do what we do, what it means to be a feminist media company battling the algorithm, our thoughts on the U.S. elections and so much more!
 
First Episode drops SEPTEMBER 10TH but for our Apple Podcasts subscribers, the EARLY RELEASE of the first episode is available NOW.
  
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