• Saving Lives By Destigmatizing Mental Health And Cancer

    Saving Lives By Destigmatizing Mental Health And Cancer

    As I was exploring DCF’s work, I lost thought for a few minutes when I read these lines on its Homepage, “In Nepal, cancer is still considered a communicable disease and cancer patients are ignored in the society.” I could not help thinking how heartbreaking it must be for...
  • The Gift Of Sight For A Better Future

    The Gift Of Sight For A Better Future

    This interview is a part of Ananke’s special edition celebrating The Fred Hollows Foundation’s 30 years of change making in the fields of eye health and development. The Special Edition can be viewed here. Let us begin by you telling us about yourself? My name is Shahd Al Jumaily,...
  • Influencing Changemaking Through Media

    Influencing Changemaking Through Media

    This interview is a part of Ananke’s special edition celebrating The Fred Hollows Foundation’s 30 years of change making in the fields of eye health and development. The Special Edition can be viewed here.  Let us begin by you telling us about yourself?  I am a simple, hardworking, and...
  • Enabling Creative Spaces for People

    Enabling Creative Spaces for People

    Tell us a little bit about yourself, major influences in your life and work? I am the co-founder and General Manager of RollDxb, the Middle East’s only indoor roller-skating venue. I am a mother of four and have always been passionate about sports. From an early age, I have...
  • Debunking myths around women’s commitment towards active legal practice

    Debunking myths around women’s commitment towards active legal practice

    What inspired you to become a lawyer, and when did you decide to pursue this career? The career seemed to have decided on me instead *laughs*, actually I was enrolled in an accelerated A level programme in which the A level examinations had to be taken all in one...
  • On the human demand for creative expression and literary compassion

    On the human demand for creative expression and literary compassion

    Jayson Iwen is the author of Six Trips in Two Directions, A Momentary Jokebook, Gnarly Wounds, and Roze & Blud, which won the 2020 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. He is a professor of writing and English literature at The University of Wisconsin–Superior. (Source: Seagull Books) Please share what inspired you to write Roze &...
  • On Linguistic Coloniality, Hegemony And Exploring Literary Traditions Through Translation

    On Linguistic Coloniality, Hegemony And Exploring Literary Traditions Through Translation

    You transform Sufi poet Amir Khusro’s dastan  “The Tale of Four Dervishes” into a surreal and fantastical novel. What inspired you to do this? I grew up reading tales similar to Amir Khusro’s dastan, of wandering fakirs, lost princes and talking animals. I have fond memories of the magical...
  • On Literary Culture And Democratizing Access

    On Literary Culture And Democratizing Access

    [Founded in 2004 with an alternative publishing vision, Yoda Press aims to create lists around subjects which are not usually a priority for other publishers in India, even though they have a critical presence in contemporary discourse, authorship and an audience. Yoda Press is known for publishing on subjects...
  • On Social Justice, Media Matters & Recognizing Women’s Lived Experiences

    On Social Justice And Recognizing Women’s Lived Experiences

    What inspired you to pursue a career in journalism and focus on international reporting? I have always been passionate about social justice and women’s rights. After graduating with a degree in English, I enrolled in a Master’s program. However, I soon realized that academia wasn’t for me. I wanted...
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