Podcast
Life Stories Quilt
Hosted by Life Stories Quilt: Shahrzad Arshadi · EN
“Life Stories Quilt” is a multilingual podcast project with a focus on social justice, political and human rights activists life stories. A series of interviews with individuals from all walks of life whose passion and life focus is to bring positive changes into our world locally and internationally. Our goal is to create a colourful and multilayered “Sound Quilt” in order to reclaim our stories and our communities. Our wish is to reach different communities in our city, country and beyond in order to help build common knowledge and memories. This ongoing podcast project has been created to be a platform for dozens of old and new interviews that we start gathering in past decades in Montreal – Canada, Middle-East (Kurdistan), Europe and America. February 20th, 2019 we launched the website (lifestoriesquilt.com) and wishing every other week and regularly to add a new episode or new piece to our colourful Quilt!
*Podcast episodes will be in Four different languages; English, French, Farsi, and Kurdish
*Podcast episodes will be in Four different languages; English, French, Farsi, and Kurdish
18episodes
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Life Stories Quilt: Episode 5-Audio Quilt, Celebrating International Women’s Day 2019
Mar 8, 201900:24:25Tap to summarizeFor a World With Equality Against Forced Displacement, Religious Fundamentalism and Neo-Fascism To honour and celebrate 2019 International Women’s Day, Life Stories Quilt podcast created a small Audio Quilt for March 8, asking different people about the importance of International Women’s Day in their opinion! Most of the recording happened at the Women of Diverse Origins Conference on March 2nd, 2019 in Montreal. Song that accompanied this Quilt is called; “The March of the Women”, by Ethel Mary Smyth. She was an English composer and a member of the Suffragettes movement. Part of the lyric: “Shout, shout, up with your song!Cry with the wind, for the dawn is breaking;March, march, swing you along,Wind blows our banner, and hope is waking.Song with its story, dreams with their glory”
Transcribe →Life Stories Quilt: Episode 4-Part 2-IWD Conference: Zahia El-Masri & Marie Boti
Mar 7, 201900:20:50Tap to summarizeTalks are recorded on March 2nd, 2019 in Montreal. On March 2nd 2019 to celebrate International Women’s Day, The March 8 Committee of Women of Diverse Origins organized; Panel; Speakers, Culture, resistance and Bannock! This podcast episode includes three sections; First you will hear ZAHIA EL-MASRI speech. Zahia was born as a Palestine refugee in Lebanon. Her work and activism is mainly around areas of social justice, intercultural communications and peace building through recognition. Second, Marie Boti’s short talk about Venezuela’s current situation and Canadian Government involvement. Marie is one of the founding members of The 8 March Committee of Women of Diverse Origins. Third part is organizers closing remarks. To know more about Women of Divers Origins you can check their Website; and also their Facebook. Music and Song; Jawaz-el-safar/ Passport by Marcel Khalife
Transcribe →Life Stories Quilt: Episode 4-Part 1-International Women’s Day Conference: Marlene Hale
Mar 7, 201900:25:14Tap to summarizeMarlene Hale’s talk is recorded on March 2nd, 2019 in Montreal. On March 2nd 2019 to celebrate International Women’s Day, The March 8 Committee of Women of Diverse Origins organized; Panel; Speakers, Culture, resistance and Bannock! On this podcast Episode you will hear Marlene Hale’s speech from Wet’suwet’en Nation. To know more about Women of Divers Origins you can check their Website; and also their Facebook.
Transcribe →Life Stories Quilt: Episode 3 – Part 2: Eileen Young
Feb 24, 201900:32:15Tap to summarizeInterview is recorded on November 12th, 2017 in Montreal. Eileen Young, is a Montreal based painter, educator and social justice activist. Montreal in the 1960s (Culture, FLQ, Quebec, French language) → 00:10 – 5:13Germany in 1964 (West Berlin, Rape, Class Discrimination) → 8:00 -12:40Student Activism (University of Berkeley) → 13:23 – 15:00Protesting the War in Vietnam → 15:04 – 16:04Philippines (Immigrant Workers Center (IWC), Centre d’appui aux Philippines/Centre for Philippine Concerns (CAP/CPC), KMU, Human Rights Observation Mission) → 16:21 – 23:53Arts and Crafts → 24:04 – 31:40 Music created by; Kayon Taheri
Transcribe →Life Stories Quilt: Episode 3 – Part 1: Eileen Young
Feb 20, 201900:44:26Tap to summarizeInterview is recorded on November 12th, 2017 in Montreal. Eileen Young, is a Montreal based painter, educator and social justice activist. Childhood (living in army camps, difficult adjustment to living in Oakville) → 00:05 – 3:34 University (McGill University in early 1960s, scholarship, student life, graduation, gender norms) → 3:35 – 9:30 Family life (marriage, work: challenges & opportunities, husband, children, grand children) → 9:45 – 26:36 Activism (anti-war protests: Vietnam war, Iraq war, anti-capitalism activism, the Computer Centre occupation at Sir George in 1969, CLAC, Solidarity Across Borders, Immigrant Workers Center (IWC), traveling to Palestine, Women of Diverse Origins, FTAA protest) → 26:40 – 44:20 Music created by; Kayon Taheri
Transcribe →Life Stories Quilt: Episode 2: Medya – Farsi translation
Feb 20, 201900:45:01Tap to summarizeInterview with Medya is recorded in Kurdistan – June 2018. Medya is a Kurdish female fighter, poet and writer. ترجمه فارسى گفتگو با هوال مديا را مي توانيد با صداى هوال جوانا گوش كنيد Songs and Vocal: Bermal
Transcribe →Life Stories Quilt: Episode 2: Medya
Feb 19, 201900:54:07Tap to summarizeInterview with Medya is recorded in Kurdistan – June 2018. Medya is a Kurdish female fighter, poet and writer. Songs and Vocal: Bermal
Transcribe →Life Stories Quilt: Episode 1- Shadi Amin
Jul 22, 201700:47:53Tap to summarizeInterview With Shadi Amin is recorded in Trier – Germany on June 2018. Shadi Amin is an Iranian writer and activist. She was forced to leave Iran in the early 1980s because of her political activities. She is currently living in exile in Germany. In this episode, she talks about her recent contribution to the various projects carried out by Justice for Iran and 6Rang. Justice for Iran → 00:25 – 7:07 Research Reports at Justice for Iran in Farsi (Unfinished Tales, Crime and Impunity, Gender X, Thirty-Five Years of Forced Hijab) → 7:09 – 19:26 Research Reports at Justice for Iran in English (Crimes and Impunity, Diagnosing Identities, Wounding-Bodies, Thirty-Five Years of Forced Hijab) → 19:27 – 25:19 6Rang and Gender X → 25:25 – 37:37 My life story and Gender X → 37: 40 – 43: 28 The future projects at Justice for Iran → 43:30 – 47:36 شادی امین، نویسنده و کنشگر برابری جنسیتی است. شادی یکی از مدیران سازمان عدالت برای ایران و هماهنگ کننده شبکه لزبینها و ترنسجندرهای ایرانی یا ششرنگ است Music created by; Kayon Taheri
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