The apocalypse is best prevented in κοινότητα – kinotita – community. In these weeks of stillness, it is easy to get lost in our anxiety and future fears. Many of us are frustrated and scared, which can feel incredibly alienating and paralysing. K I N O T I T A is our communal combat against…
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The idea for this new series started as weekly zoom sessions which we recorded from the very beginning on and are now happy to present to you as weekly/monthly podcast episodes. We are starting off with our hosts Katouche and Addie introducing themselves and the other hosts while also explaining the entire concept of…
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(hurtful words my friend was told by her friend and the later response to him after digesting it) Trigger Warning: Rape A few months ago, a friend of mine went out partying. It was a dress-up party so she put glitter on her cheeks, wore eye shadow and lipstick, and dressed up according to the…
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In January 2019, Valia, Vee and I sat down in a Palestinian restaurant in Central London and decided to start a podcast. We were going to call it Kandakat doing it for themselves – Exploring activism in everyday practice. Vee had been experimenting with sound; Valia and I had been looking for ways to capture…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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On Sundays and Thursdays at 12 PM (UTC +2:00), Amar invites us to share her yoga and workout practice “Take Space”. When I took space, I didn’t only take it on my mat. I intended to never keep what happens on the dance floor on the dance floor. I had to reconnect with my mould,…
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On Saturdays at 8 PM (UTC +2:00), we trace art & expression in black histories. Katouche, Hani, Addie & Aida create space for us to come together and explore some key themes from moments in black histories. These sessions are a safe space for casual yet meaningful conversation. As part of the K I…
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On Thursdays at 8 PM (UTC +2:00), Reem holds a workshop for self-awareness. Hello, my name is Reem Hashem and I am a Drama Therapist. I work with people of all ages. With the recent turn of events with COVID 19, most of us are stuck at home with our families and some on…
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On Tuesdays at 8 PM (UTC +2:00), Ahmad teaches a workshop on astrology. hi there 🙂 my name is Ahmad and i’m an astrologer/mover. i started studying astrology at the age of 19. the second i discovered my teacher Debra Silverman (check out her youtube videos, they’re hilarious) i was completely hooked. i felt…
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URBAN KIZ On Wednesdays at 8 PM (UTC +2:00), Assumpta teaches Urban Kiz, a style of Angola’s Kizomba. Assumpta is a trained opera singer and dancer who also produces music. She teaches Salsa, Bachata, Brazilian Zouk and Kizomba/Urban Kiz internationally. As a multifaceted artist, she has been expressing herself through various forms of music since the…
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“No I know you, I can feel you, you’re a good girl.” In most cases, you smile when being told that you’re a good person. Maybe because you’re kind and you radiate positive energy. This definition implies that anyone can be good. However in my world, good carries a different meaning. It comes with a…
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Who are you, Zoe? Hi! Gosh how do I answer that ? I am just a being navigating her way through reality, writing things here and there, trying to create and just be. At the time of writing this (while ‘I Am the Black Gold of the Sun’ by Rotary Connection and Minnie Riperton…
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You will feel it he said The ache he said You will grow and know he said What it is to want and be wanted he grabbed Haunted by hands too big and feet kicking against the waterDon’t say my name Don’t be nice Hold me and go fast fuck yeah that feels good even…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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What makes a feminist in 2020? We asked feminists all over the world to share their views on what we think are some of the crucial questions that we should be debating right now. The feminist movement is broad, diverse and sometimes divided. Is that a good or a bad thing? Please, share your opinion with us…
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Scrollt runter für die deutsche Version! “I see myself as a perfect mix between masculine and feminine as I am always playing with both genders, not only in pictures but in every aspect of my life.” With this statement, you started our interview for ‘Cover Art Has No Gender’. Now, two years later, you have…
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12. September 2019 Sehr geehrter Außenminister Herr Heiko Maas, Sehr geehrte Staatsministerin Frau Michelle Müntefering, Sehr geehrte Präsidentin der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission Frau Prof. Dr. Maria Böhmer, kulturweit, der internationale Freiwilligendienst der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission in Kooperation mit dem Auswärtigen Amt, feiert am 12. September 2019 sein zehnjähriges Bestehen. Gerne würden wir mit Ihnen das Jubiläum…
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When in London my sister smells afros on the train, she turns her head towards in the shop, her nose finds the isle with at the club, her drunk senses recognise the familiar smell of unfamiliar bodies, good unfamiliar. Intimidating, intoxicating calling her into a familial embrace and celebrating her body shape. …
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Trigger Warning: Suicide, slavery, war, sexual violence, gender-based violence, European colonialism For over 500 years, Europe has been entombing the evidence of its terrorism in graveyards on the other side of the Atlantic/Pacific/Mediterranean. Most Europeans have never spared a thought to, let alone commemorated, the peoples whose destruction they have caused. Historically, the general populous…
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Trigger Warning: N-word Everything is political. Even looking for a flat. I recently joined multiple housing groups in Cairo and posted that I was looking to rent a room in a nice flat with nice people and no pets. On my Facebook page, you can find a picture of me in a bra, a picture of me…
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(2019) Sitting on the steps of the sidewalks, I was waiting for the bus to take me to the capital’s airport.I said to my friend: “I hope I still belong in Egypt.” I had not visited Egypt in three years and had moved away seven years ago. I had become accustomed to losing and…
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modesty verses this sex ting’s esoteric, belonging to a few. not for girls like me who sprouted perched in pews. when The Bible says you cannot, you repress & grit your teeth. else demons go come and get you, drag you underneath. roasting like groundnut, legs crossed like a saint; sighing at my…
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What comes to mind when you think of vaginal health? Have you ever heard of vaginismus? Does this term ring a bell, or does it sound like “a condition that’s basically… [the word for vagina] mixed with the word for Christmas”? (as Ella Langley tells us half-jokingly in her newest play Have I Told…
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Hadeel My redefining of effortless fashion comes after years of mimicking outfits and being frustrated by a closet that was not comfortable, flattering or fun. What’s been renowned as effortless was in fact just an ill fitting pile of clothes that looked so much better online — and usually a lot less see through. Effortless…
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“I aim to look effortless” – European slim university student wearing a simple white shirt underneath a simple designer jacket, combined with casual jeans and simple expensive trainers and, of course, a messy bun. Dangling from her arm is a simple designer bag with her MacBook safely hidden in a simple but stylish laptop case.…
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“When I think of what literature can do, and I think of the ways that literature has changed minds and opened imaginations, I want to say that we African writers must centre the African gaze. We must centre the Nigerian gaze, the Cameroonian gaze, the Ethiopian gaze, the Kenyan gaze. We need to be writing…
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TRIGGER WARNING If you haven’t been following the Sudan Uprising, here is a timeline of the most crucial events since then (partly taken from this BBC article): 19 December 2018: Protests erupt after fuel and bread price rises announced 22 February 2019: President Bashir dissolves the government 24 February: Protests continue as security forces respond…
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