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S4E6 World Refugee Day: Inclusion and solutions
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Today is #WorldRefugeeDay - an international day designated by the UN to honour refugees around the globe.
World Refugee Day feels especially relevant at Media Storm, because refugees make one of the strongest cases for this podcast’s existence. They are one of the groups characterised most frequently and most voicelessly in our mainstream media, and consequently, clouded by myth.
Joining us to bust some of the biggest myths about refugees are two people with lived experience - Journalist, Editor-in-Chief at Egyptwatch, and host of the podcast Untold Stories, Osama Gaweesh - and Afghan journalist, newsreader, and women's rights activist, Zahra Shaheer.
We talk about what the mainstream news media so sorely lacks - the focus on inclusion, positivity, and solutions. Plus, we discuss the biggest story in UK immigration and election news - the Tories' Rwanda deportation deal.
Find out more:
Follow us:
- Helena Wadia (@helenawadia)
- Mathilda Mallinson (@mathildamall)
- Media Storm (@mediastormpod)
Music: Samfire @soundofsamfire
Assistant Producer: Katie Grant
Support Media Storm on Patreon.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
131 episodes
Manage episode 424504481 series 3007404
Today is #WorldRefugeeDay - an international day designated by the UN to honour refugees around the globe.
World Refugee Day feels especially relevant at Media Storm, because refugees make one of the strongest cases for this podcast’s existence. They are one of the groups characterised most frequently and most voicelessly in our mainstream media, and consequently, clouded by myth.
Joining us to bust some of the biggest myths about refugees are two people with lived experience - Journalist, Editor-in-Chief at Egyptwatch, and host of the podcast Untold Stories, Osama Gaweesh - and Afghan journalist, newsreader, and women's rights activist, Zahra Shaheer.
We talk about what the mainstream news media so sorely lacks - the focus on inclusion, positivity, and solutions. Plus, we discuss the biggest story in UK immigration and election news - the Tories' Rwanda deportation deal.
Find out more:
Follow us:
- Helena Wadia (@helenawadia)
- Mathilda Mallinson (@mathildamall)
- Media Storm (@mediastormpod)
Music: Samfire @soundofsamfire
Assistant Producer: Katie Grant
Support Media Storm on Patreon.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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