Episodes: 10
Frequency: Every two weeks
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: < 100
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: USA
Publicly listed emails
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Nissrin Zaptia - Host and publisher exploring contemporary culture and creative practice across the Global South.
Abdo Shanan - Photography As Expression And Resistance, Algeria And Sudan, Belonging, Colonial Trauma, And National Memory.
Annissa Durar - Film Photography, Libyan Identity, Diaspora, Travel, And The Search For Cultural Belonging.
Rana Beiruti - Jordanian Design, Curation, Resource Scarcity, Craft, Local Materials, And Contemporary Arab Design.
Spandana Gopal - Indian Design Beyond Stereotypes, Craft And Manufacturing, Artisan Collaborations, And Utilitarian Design.
Noor Abuarafeh - Archives, Power, Palestinian Art History, Memory, Absence, And Who Controls Historical Narratives.
Shahed Ezaydi on The Othered Woman and how white feminism harms Muslim women
October 13, 2026
Last month a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14 came into effect in Austria. It has been officially justified as a measure to ‘promote gender equality, protect child welfare, ensure self determination, and prevent social segregation and patriarchal pressure’. Amnesty International argues that the ban ‘constitutes blatant discrimination against Muslim girls”, is ‘an expression of anti-Muslim racism’, and will “add to the current racist climate towards Muslims”. The headsca...
Nada Hesham on Cairo, Arabic Visual Culture and Design
September 29, 2026
Cairo based graphic designer Nada Hesham discusses Arabic visual culture, decolonising design and the influences that have shaped her approach to graphic design.We talk about growing up between Cairo and Kuwait, questioning the dominance of Swiss and German design references, and looking instead at Arabic script, manuscripts and the visual language of Cairo itself. Nada reflects on why she is drawn to friction rather than visual perfection, and what it means to work with the density and contr...
Abdo Shanan on Photography, Algeria, Sudan and Photography as a Fourth Language
September 15, 2026
In this episode of Changing Narratives, Algerian Sudanese photographer Abdo Shanan describes photography as his fourth language and a form of expression.Abdo reflects on growing up between Algeria and Libya and on the questions of identity, belonging and national memory that have shaped his work. We discuss his acclaimed project Dry, colonial trauma, national identity and his ongoing research into the ways Algeria remembers itself through photography.This is a conversation about photography a...
Inside the Art World by Art Meets Culture · Low booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Changing Narratives - Creative Voices from the Global South is hosted by Nissrin Zaptia. Its publicly listed email is nissrin.zaptia@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
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Changing Narratives - Creative Voices from the Global South typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Artists, architects, designers, photographers, curators, and cultural practitioners with an established body of work and a distinctive perspective rooted in the Global South or its diasporas. Common among recent guests: Notable creative projects or bodies of work; Exhibitions, biennials, or institutional commissions; Leadership of a studio, cultural initiative, or design platform. Recent guests include Abdo Shanan, Annissa Durar, and Rana Beiruti.
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