Try it: You will find yourself. In this episode, PAYCE Fellow Aya Anwr explores what started development worker Youssef Qahwaji on his path. When he...
Crack the walls
The feminist media project created by PAYCE Fellow Zeina Melhem was featured in season two episode “One minute of norms.” Here, she shares the story o...
What I have is my paintbrush
PAYCE Fellow Hannah Curran brings us more of the story of artist Lina Abojaradeh. Reaching thousands through online posts of her art, Lina overcame s...
Addressing women's challenges
PAYCE Fellow Genesis Guzman begins her podcast episode with a dramatization of negative messages girls receive before turning to Ala’ Hamamreh’s story...
From burden to success
Youth is sometimes seen as a problem that society has to “deal with.” PAYCE Fellow Abdullah Hamdan created this episode to refute this mistaken frame...
Unconventional politics to change the narrative
PAYCE Fellow Hanan Zahran talks to Omar Husseini about his perspective on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and how he moved from the U.S. to Palestine...
The conflict makes us more creative
Lama Amr takes what she calls “weird paths” to find a way forward for a better world. Working with colleagues, she is a social entrepreneur who has f...
A passion for women's empowerment
Ala’ Hamamreh is one of the founders of Shaghaf Foundation, a Palestinian NGO dedicated to projects in digital media and social entrepreneurship that ...
Live life for yourself
Youssef Qahwaji’s parents wanted him to be a doctor or engineer. They were disappointed at first when he began to pursue a career in development and ...
Productive agression
PAYCE Fellow Maddie Bjork explores the issue of women’s empowerment through the story of Ruba Ahmad. Ruba uses her anger and passion to create change ...