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NewaveJun 12, 2021

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We've Missed You!

Join the Newave podcast as they talk about what they have been up to…. Paels big trip to Kurdistan, Nuveen’s eventful summer, art that is driven by community and collaboration and so much more!

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Jun 12, 202147:01

Trailblazer ft. Sozan Fahmi

We had a great conversation with the one and only Sozan Fahmi! We talked about her recently winning an award from High Council of Women Affairs, her work at Khalsa Aid which is an international NGO with the aim to provide humanitarian aid in disaster areas and conflict zones. We talk about the importance of mentorships, volunteering, and women supporting and uplifting each other. We also talked about marriage , dating , stereotypes and certain traditions that we deal with that aren’t very helpful.

We hope to have Sozan back on the podcast soon to record a conversation in Kurdish!

Instagram: sozan_fahmi

twitter: fahmisozan

https://www.khalsaaid.org/donate

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Apr 25, 202101:04:15

Azadi Means Freedom ft. Azad Kurd

We had the pleasure of talking to Azad Kurd on the Newave Podcast this week. We discussed Turkish assimilation, nationalism and colorism. Azad was kind enough to share some personal anecdotes from his upbringing with us to help demonstrate how deep and long the thread of systematic racism/assimilation in Turkey is. We talk about the Kurdish language and so much more. Though we couldn’t get through it all… this was a good primer/brief summary for future conversations we plan to have with Azad on the Newave!
"Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war?"
-Ray Gwyn Smith
kurdistani.org
Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif
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Apr 13, 202101:01:07

We're Back!

Join the Newave in this weeks episode!

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Mar 31, 202155:58

Moving Mountains ft. Walid Siti

Nuveen Barwari and Huner Emin interview artist Walid Siti on the Newave Podcast. Walid Siti takes them through his journey from Duhok, to Baghdad, to Ljubljana, to London. They talk about everything from drawing, mountains, displacement, the Duhok art scene, and the artists childhood.

Bio:

Walid Siti was born in 1954, in the city of Duhok, in Iraqi-Kurdistan. After graduating in 1976 from the Institute of Fine arts in Baghdad, Siti left Iraq to continue his arts education in Ljubljana, Slovenia before seeking political asylum in 1984 in the United Kingdom where he lives and works. Formerly trained in printmaking, Siti works extensively in a variety of mediums including video, installation, 3D works, work on paper and painting. His works traverse a complex terrain of memory and loss, while at the same time offering an acute insight into a world, which for him has been a place of constant change. The narrative of Siti’s experience, of a life lived far from but still deeply emotionally connected to the place of one’s birth, is one he shares with many exiles; he takes inspiration from the cultural heritage of his native land that is crisscrossed with militarized borders and waves of migration. The artist’s work considers the tensions between collective identity, interdependence and the constraints placed on the individual by themes of heritage, tradition, homes, borders, mobility and migration.

Instagram: @walidsiti

Website: https://www.walidsiti.com

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Mar 20, 202101:27:51

STOP FUNDING DICTATORS ft. Meghan Bodette

Join us for this conversation with Meghan Bodette, an independent researcher focusing on North and East Syria. She is the founder of the Missing Afrin Women Project, which tracks kidnappings and disappearances of women in Turkish-occupied Afrin, Syria. She is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Follow Megan on Twitter: @_____mjb

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Feb 03, 202147:23

Nan u Mast #2 ft. Rondik

Join us with another episode in Kurdish with our guest Rondik!

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Jan 25, 202155:15

Cham•pi•ion ft. Remziya

Remziya’s commitment to being a positive catalyst in American politics started at the age of six when her family arrived in the United States as Kurdish refugees. A nationally recognized activist, Remziya has worked extensively to bring the voice of minority communities to the forefront of public discourse. A political expert on Kurdish and immigrant communities in the United States, she has developed a rapport with politicians, journalists, and a diverse range of citizens with varying political views.
It was our pleasure and an honor to have a conversation with Remziya Suleyman. We talked about refugee resettlement, activism, being a mother, forgiveness, and so much more.
Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif
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Jan 16, 202101:02:40

Mermaid Chronicle ft. Hivron

We have been a lot happier ever since we recorded this episode with Hivron. We talked about childhood/refugee/diaspora trauma, stigma surrounding mental health, western therapists, theta healing and so much more!

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Jan 06, 202101:28:16

Heval Means Friend ft. Rody

We had a very productive conversation with Rody about learning, preserving, teaching and speaking the Kurdish language, different dialects, diaspora, a very special project he has been working on and so much more! We hope you enjoy!

Instagram:

@Rodybajo

@berivan_u_heval

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Dec 28, 202001:40:50

Reuse Awareness ft. Courtney

Courtney Adair Johnson is an artist and curator based in Nashville, TN. Her art practice works to create sustainable community through reuse awareness. She is interested in creating new ideas with art to generate awareness of our waste and consumption habits. Courtney has led reuse projects with Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Tennessee Craft, and Springboard for the Arts (Fergus Falls). She is presently Gallery Director of Tennessee State University Art Department and Co-Builder of
McGruder Social Practice Artist Residency (M-SPAR)
.
Website:
www.courtneyadairjohnson.com
Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif
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Dec 22, 202001:07:33

Nan u Mast Dgel Pael u Nuveen #1

Nan u Mast dgel Pael u Nuveen #1

We are happy to announce that we have a new segment on the Newave Podcast called “Nan u Mast”. Nan u Mast is an imaginary show that we have on a Duhok radio station for 15-20 minutes once a week to fit into your morning routine.

( Nan u Mast)

di gel Pêl u Nuvîn.

Em wek podcast a Newave di xuš halîn bi ragehandina gušeya me ya nuyî bi navê “Nan u Mast”.

Nan u Mast, bernamekê heftîtaneye ku em xeyal dikeyîn li ser radîyo eka devera Duhok ê bi hête pexiškirin li berên sipêda.

Em di bernamê Nan u Mast de dê li ser rotîna xiwe ya sipêdehîya axivîn u behsa serhatîyên xiwe u guhdara keyîn.

Me divêt demekê sivik u xiweš bi keyîne mêhvan li sipêdeya guhdara damê di čine ser rojanên xiwe.

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Dec 04, 202024:59

Transplanted ft. Huner Emin

Huner Emin is a stateless artist from southern Kurdistan. Emin uses art as a tool to express political and social issues in his society. Huner Emin studied western art with a concentration on formalism both in Iraq and the U.S. Join us for this episode as we talk about art school, honor violence, “ayb” culture, thinking in multiple languages, and the importance of having an art community. Nuveen and Huner also talk about their admiration for contemporary artists Hiwa K. and Sarbast Mustafa! Huner also tells us about that one time he did a performance in a mosque… and so much more!

Insta: huneremin

Website: www.huneremin.com

I am a stateless Kurdish artist from south Kurdistan/northern Iraq. My nation is divided among four

different countries. Therefore, I use art as a tool to express political and social problems in my society. I

studied western art, concentrating on formalism, both in Iraq and in the US. However, I am in constant

search for an identity, alternating between western and eastern culture. This parallel thinking was a

pursuit of authenticity that led to my art making process.

I work predominantly on political subject matters. My ideas develop through planning, reorganizing, and

experimenting in various medias. In my conceptual pieces, the audience is juxtaposed between

instillation materials and video art. However, my paintings are combinations of abstract forms and

Pahlavi writing characters, which I want to resurrect in order to unify the Kurdish language(s). It is an

attempt to bring storytelling to the artwork by incorporating calligraphy, as I believe that narrative gives

extra dimension to the art as well as being a symbol rediscovering my identity.

In Kurdish society, life is overwhelmed with politics. Everybody follows news channels on daily basis,

whether in their homes or at the coffee houses. It is hard for me to extract my art from my environment,

where I observed political issues. Involuntarily, I find that my art is forming itself.

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Nov 27, 202001:32:03

Decolonizing Journalism with Sham Jaff

We had a very productive, funny, and informative conversation with the author, journalist and editor of the weekly newsletter ‘what happened last week?’. We learned about news consumption, the importance of making the news more accessible and fun for everyone and so much more!

Twitter: @sham_jaff
Instagram: @whlwnews
@shamthingelse

Newsletter: https://www.whathappenedlastweek.com

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Oct 10, 202001:12:41

Love is Bond

Join the Newave this week as they try to figure out the true meaning of love. They also dig deep into the metaphor ‘time is money’, politics, and much more!

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Sep 30, 202054:46

EMPOWER ft. Rez Gardi

We are so pleased to have Kurdish-New Zealander international lawyer, human rights activist, and the founder of ‘Empower’, a youth-led organisation aiming to address the underrepresentation of refugees in higher education Rez Gardi on the Newave Podcast! We talked about everything from the process of prosecuting ISIS members for their targeted genocidal campaign against the Yezidis, refugee resettlement, the complex relationship between hostland and homeland, her upbringing, her favorite snacks and so much more!
Twitter: @RezGardi
Instagram:
@rez.gardi
@empoweryouthnz
Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif
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Sep 16, 202049:01

Si Ya Si / Po li ti cal ft. Dilan Sirwan

Join us on the Newave Podcast for this awesome conversation with Dilan Sirwan based out of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan. Dilan Sirwan Hussein is a student at the American University of Iraq, majoring in Political studies. He is the current Editor-in-chief of the AUIS voice, an independent student-based newspaper in Iraq. As a young activist in the region, he has been utilizing the amplifying impact of social media platforms to highlight the Kurdish struggle. twitter : @DeelanSirwan

@houseofkurds

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Aug 30, 202001:00:04

The Taste of Music

Join the Newave this week as they go into detail about their personal music tastes. They talk about the history behind their Intro song, Kurdish music, the importance of artist expression, interpretation of music to the person, Kpop discrimination, and much more!

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Aug 17, 202043:10

DUHOKISTAN

Welcome to Season 3!! Thank you guys for sharing this journey with us and we look forward to a lot of new exciting content in the future! In this episode of the Newave Podcast.. Pael is feeling very homesick and is missing Duhok very much. Join the Newave as they discuss their feelings and about how much they miss home.

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Aug 09, 202042:04

WILL THE REAL PEL/PAEL PLZ STAND UP

Join us for a wonderful conversation with Pel Doski, Kurdish American poet based in Nashville, TN. Her work is defined by layered imagery of water, flowers, and celestial bodies—all symbolic to her personal growth and observations of societal growth. She has been published in an anthology of Kurdish writers titled The Kurdish Progeny” and in various Magazine around the world. We talk about her poetry, switching majors in college, pressures from family, doing the things you wanna do and so much more! Her work can be found on her instagram @wavedoski and her blog HelbestUHizir.wordpress.com @helbestuhizir

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Jul 26, 202001:15:47

LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP WITH KURDISTAN ft Jîl Şwanî

DISCLAIMER: this episode was pre recorded 2 months ago

Join us for a wonderful conversation with our favorite author Jîl Şwanî. He is currently based out of Denmark. We talk in depth about his writing process/ practice, some of the stories he has written in the past and projects he hopes to make in the future. We also talk about our undying love for Kurdistan, the double standards/expectations Kurds in diaspora face, we talk about different Kurdish dialects, the dismissive culture of not physically being present, and so much more!

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Twitter: @thejilswani

Jul 12, 202001:04:27

Let's Talk About Turkey Killing Kurds a rant

Join the Newave as they discuss the situation between Turkey and their active genocide against Kurdish people, and them bombing Southern Kurdistan. Follow @@narinistan on Twitter for more information and current events. (our microphones were off so sorry about the audio quality)

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Jun 25, 202024:16

Genjet Duhoke dgel Shivan Mziri

Wern dgel Newave u mehvane wana Shivan Mziri sehbeta bken lser babeten qutabxane u kulye LDohuke, ferq u judahiya Kchka u Kurka naf chivaki da xas lnaf shuli da, behse Mes2ula tken u weste grtne, ferq u judahi naf feqira u zengina da, u gelek tshtet di!

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Jun 19, 202057:36

art school in the west ft. Serife Kart

Join us for a conversation with the magnificent Serife Kart; contemporary artist/activist/student/human in Denmark. We talk about whiteness in art academia, art and activism, white people wanting to be oppressed really badly especially in the arts, art school and all of the “othering”, exclusion, miscommunication, isolation that POC deal with in art school. Follow Serife on instagram @sansserife
Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Jun 08, 202001:13:45

Call to Action ft. Marlos E'van and Drost Kokoye

Join the Newave podcast for a conversation with Marlos E’van and Drost Kokoye as we process this moment in time about the horrific murder of George Floyd by police officers in MN and the lack of humanity in the United States. We open up the conversation with an excerpt of an interview by Toni Morrison. We list a number of different ways you can donate and be active. We share advice on staying safe while protesting. We also talk about the facist dictator of Turkey, Erdogan’s tweet and so much more.
Follow: @surjnashville @mnfreedomfund
minnesotafreedomfund.org

May 30, 202053:51

CEJNA WE PIROZ BIT!!!

Wern dgel Newave dve bername da pkurdi baxavin! Em taxavin lser babeta Cejna Eide lKurdistane u lAmerica, u ferq u judahiya we chewaye, em lser lugheti taxavin (u Kurdiya me), behse Duhoke u Duhokistane tkeyn, u behse philosophye (felsefe) ji tkeyn! Join the Newave this episode as we speak in Kurdish! We talk about the differences between celebrating the Eid holiday in both America and Kurdistan, we also talk about language and the difficulties in being bilingual, and whether or not if Philosophy is dead. Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast @paellos @serhatyet_paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari @paellos96 @newavepodcast

May 23, 202028:06

NOT YOUR HABIBI ft. Kahin Mohammad

Join the Newave as we have a wonderful conversation with our favorite librarian, Kahin Mohammad, about his excellent tweets, baking, what it’s like working at the Library of Congress, the importance of calling racist people out, representation in spaces that are dominantly white, art, relationships with parents as you get older, the Nashville Kurdish community, and so much more! Follow him on twitter @Kahin

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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May 21, 202001:08:04

PLEASE BE WEIRD ft. Beri Shalmashi

Join the Newave as we have a cozy conversation with writer/filmmaker Beri Shalmashi! They talk about the importance of representation in the arts, making serious issues accessible for a western audience, depicting diaspora in her films, the struggles that Kurdish artists face when they choose a career path in the arts, her experience teaching film in Southern Kurdistan, Kurdish women in leadership roles, generational gaps, the need for more Kurdish actresses! We discussed her previous works and upcoming project Big Village in depth and most importantly she encourages all creatives to be more weird! This episode is very dear to us because it felt like we were talking to our big sister. The advice she gave us was so important!

Follow Beri on twitter: @BeriShalmashi

Previous works:

https://vimeo.com/220873234

https://vimeo.com/179447894

Upcoming:

https://bigvillagestory.com

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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May 15, 202001:17:21

(Nohat Shenanigans pt. 1)

Join the Newave as they take a trip down memory lane to the day they first met and their first impressions of each other. They also go into detail about their Nohat days back in Dohuk, Kurdistan, and all the trouble they faced trying to fit in and adapt to their new environment, making friends with other Diaspora Kurds, fighting with teachers, protesting their principal out of school, and many more!
Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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May 13, 202001:09:42

WE THE PEOPLE ft. Marlos Evan

Join Nuveen Barwari and Pael Abdullah on the Newave Podcast as they talk to their guest Marlos E’van about the kind of art and artists that emerge during oppressive political times. They discuss the history and ideologies about the Black Panther Party that most schools in the Bible Belt fail to teach students. They explore the correlations and complexities between the Black Panther Party and the Kurdish resistance movement and how both have been victim to misrepresentation and false labels. We will critically look at the art that has come out of both parties and discuss why and how the art and artists are so crucial to movements such as these! There will be a blog post to include all of the images we talk about in the episode at fufucreations.com along with other links and resources to further your knowledge!

Blog: https://fufucreations.com/blog

May 06, 202001:16:22

BE LOUD!!! ft. Drost Kokoye

Ride the Newave for a conversation with Drost Kokoye as they talk about activism, US justice system, growing up in a Kurdish community in America vs Kurdistan, healthcare, and using your voice to be LOUD, and so much more!

https://believersbailout.org/

https://holythrift.com/

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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May 05, 202001:23:53

Connecting the Dots ft. Amina

Join the Newave for this episode as they make a new friend over the internet! Amina shares her experience growing up biracial in America and her desire to connect to her Kurdish roots. They talk about different ways to connect and build communities.

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

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Apr 06, 202001:03:10

Evil Eye ft. Marlos

Join the great conversation with fellow artist Marlos E'van and the Newave as they talk about the Evil Eye, Jinns, Paranormal Activities, Twitter, Ghost followers, and much more!

Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif

Feb 19, 202001:21:19

PILOT

Welcome to our Podcast! Follow our social medias!

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Jan 25, 202041:35

Newave

By Newave

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We've Missed You!

NewaveJun 12, 2021

We've Missed You!

Trailblazer ft. Sozan Fahmi

Azadi Means Freedom ft. Azad Kurd

We're Back!

Moving Mountains ft. Walid Siti

STOP FUNDING DICTATORS ft. Meghan Bodette

Nan u Mast #2 ft. Rondik

Cham•pi•ion ft. Remziya

Mermaid Chronicle ft. Hivron

Heval Means Friend ft. Rody

Reuse Awareness ft. Courtney

Nan u Mast Dgel Pael u Nuveen #1

Transplanted ft. Huner Emin

Decolonizing Journalism with Sham Jaff

Love is Bond

EMPOWER ft. Rez Gardi

Si Ya Si / Po li ti cal ft. Dilan Sirwan

The Taste of Music

DUHOKISTAN

WILL THE REAL PEL/PAEL PLZ STAND UP

LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP WITH KURDISTAN ft Jîl Şwanî

Let's Talk About Turkey Killing Kurds *a rant*

Genjet Duhoke dgel Shivan Mziri

art school in the west ft. Serife Kart

Call to Action ft. Marlos E'van and Drost Kokoye

CEJNA WE PIROZ BIT!!!

NOT YOUR HABIBI ft. Kahin Mohammad

PLEASE BE WEIRD ft. Beri Shalmashi

(Nohat Shenanigans pt. 1)

WE THE PEOPLE ft. Marlos Evan

BE LOUD!!! ft. Drost Kokoye

Kurdish Superwoman ft. Dilman Yasin

THERE’S NO ON AND OFF SWITCH FOR BEING KURDISH ft. Sayran

Could You Just Listen to Kurdish Women for One Second? ft. Narin

Connecting the Dots ft. Amina

Evil Eye ft. Marlos

PILOT

Let's Talk About Turkey Killing Kurds a rant