Workshops 2023

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Feminist storytelling

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Maya El Ammar is a feminist writer, activist, and communications professional who has led nationwide feminist media campaigns on issues related to family violence, child marriage, personal status laws, and the kafala system, among other topics. She currently contributes to various independent media outlets as a journalist and translator. She occasionally produces short videos covering a range of feminist issues, alongside her job as a media strategist for a non-profit organization. Maya has experience in training civil society organizations and young activists in the fields of gender and media. She has a BA in journalism and an MA in communication studies.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
How to define gender?

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Tomader Nour (she/they): is feminist, Queer and Youth advocate, a researcher in social sciences, co-founder of Noon Feminist Movement - Sudan and a political activist working on gender issues and feminist political economy.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
General Steps in the Podcast Production

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As an expert of podcast production, Sabreen Taha has worked on producing many podcasts throughout the years with leading podcasts networks in the region. She has also worked with many news and media outlets before producing news stories and live coverage.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
The Podcast-Market

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Rasha Aldeeb has seven years’ experience as a podcast consultant, ten years’ experience as an audio producer, and is AEIF-Winner 2022/23 (Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund). She produced and/or established a roundabout of 11 podcast-series, international, such as Political is personal for the Women's League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) or Mkany Mkank for the Robert Bosch Stiftung, and local productions such as she has a voice, Story About her or – her latest hosting production – qisassna – our stories. Moreover, she worked with different international organizations such as UNICEF, Care International and the Goethe Institute, was the podcast consultant for WANAS, a podcast application, and gives radio and podcasts trainings for the Wahedmena Coalition and Yasmin Kollektiv.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Audio editing (advanced)

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Nivin Serag el Din graduated from Mass Communication at Cairo University and the Higher Institute of Theater Arts, Department of Acting and Directing. She worked in the field of video production, audio content, and audio engineering and dubbing training.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Audio editing (beginners)

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Jana Qazzaz is a podcast producer and writer. She currently works with Sowt Podcasts’ editorial team and has produced numerous shows on topics ranging from tech to economic justice to food. With a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication and experience from different institutions. Jana’s skills encompass a plethora of areas, including audio and multimedia production, scriptwriting and editing, and human centered design.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Environmental challenges and civil society in Tunisia

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Mabrouka Khedir is a video journalist and a correspondent for DW, TV and TV5. She is a freelance investigative journalist for Alqatiba, Al Arabiya channel and various other international media outlets. She is as well an environmental journalist and co-founder of the environmental media project COSMOS Media, the first digital platform specialized in environmental and ecologic journalism in Tunisia.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Environmental challenges and the intersection of gender

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Ichrak Klai is a jurist specialised in environmental law and sustainable development. She was a member of the Tunisian delegation at COP26 in Glasgow and COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. She is also a columnist on Radio Misk's Éco friendly program, in charge of the Éco geste section.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
The role of women in renaturation in Mining areas in Morrocco

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Fatiha Abrar - future researcher with an unwavering motivation and a burning desire to innovate and develop novel solutions to address environmental challenges for the next generation.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Audio editing workshop

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Rym Amami is one of the co-founders of Freesh Production, where she spent seven years as the scriptwriter, director, and production manager of various audiovisual projects. In 2016, she then worked as a project manager at Lawyers Without Borders. Rym Amami was also a board member of the Chouf association, and a member of the organizing committee of the feminist art festival Chouftouhonna in Tunis. She is a comic book writer (Shift and Phaza 907 B) and has been producing podcasts at Inkyfada since 2021.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Audio editing workshop

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Oussema Gaidi (aka « YnflX») is a musician, composer, sound designer, and activist of the Tunisian Electronic Music scene since 2004.  In addition to various albums, singles, and live sets he channeled his productions towards sound works for cinema, musical pieces, and live performances for theater, performing arts, and interdisciplinary works. He joined the Inkyfada Podcast team in January 2020 as a sound designer and sound editor. He was responsible for editing, designing the ambiances, atmospheres, and jingles, mixing, and consulting about storytelling from a narrative, musical, and aesthetic point of view.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Audio editing workshop online

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Feras Arrabi is a dedicated Jordanian musician and sound editor based in Amman, Jordan. With a profound passion for creating captivating sounds and music productions, he humbly contributes to the craft of producing immersive audio experiences. Through each project he undertakes, he strives to maintain a harmonious balance of technical expertise and artistic sensibility, aiming to deliver high-quality outcomes that consistently engage and captivate listeners.

Aswatona Workshop Expertise
Feminist knowledge production and podcasting

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Stella Saliari is a feminist researcher and social justice consultant, who is committed to contributing to the vision and mission of organizations that strive towards achieving intersectional justice. 
For more than a decade she has been collaborating with stakeholders in the Higher Education as well as not-for-profit sector by offering trainings, giving presentations, and moderating events on topics such as Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in higher education, knowledge production and power, inclusive language, intersectionality, the importance and creation of safer and braver spaces, and feminist research principles. 
As a feminist researcher, she has been working with collectives and organizations focusing on impact and need assessments, organizational policy changes, inclusive workplaces by applying feminist research practice and principles.
Stella is also the founder and host of the intersectional feminist podcast Salt the Podcast. She is a board member of the Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN) and an elected steering group member of the Inclusion and Diversity Community Group at the European Association for International Education (EAIE), where she is committed to initiate changes in educational and organizational policies to achieve diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in international education.
Stella has an MSc in Middle East Politics from SOAS and an MA in Gender Studies from Utrecht University. She also holds a degree in German and English language and literature from the TU Braunschweig and spent one year as an ERASMUS student at York university, studying linguistics. Academia and international education have been a true source of inspiration and change to her, they have been her constant companion and source of liberation.