#5 Gay and Middle Eastern - A Conceived Paradox

In this episode, Maedeh joins us to talk about the highs and lows of motherhood. We delve in to everything from societies expectations of females becoming mothers to the feeling of looking after another human being after a major operation. Tune in for some real home truths about motherhood.

In this week's episode Shaadi V interviews Shadi F on her property investment journey. 🏠🏚🏡

Ok so we have been on a small break to recoup and enjoy post lockdown life but happy to say we are back! In this week’s episode we are joined by Karol who kindly shares his journey from going to a corporate job to being a tour guide and travelling the world to now being part of community of people who co-live, co-work and travel the world together. Tune in to hear more of his story and more about how to be involved in a unique community of people who share one goal - to work remote and travel the world together. Check out @wifitribe.co for more info!

Sarah Everard’s disappearance and subsequent murder followed by the outpour of stories of being harassed got us thinking about all the times we have felt like we were in danger or violated around men. Luckily we haven’t experienced anything too traumatising but if we don’t talk about even the smallest of undesired or uninvited interactions how we will communicate what should or shouldn’t be normalised?

Part 2 on dating and relationships...red flags, understanding yourself, passion, options, dating apps and more.

The dating scene is a minefield, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Shaadi and Shadi invite their friends to discuss love and all the trimmings: an inspirational love story, the male perspective, self love, culture differences and why none of us actually have a clue what’s going on on these social experiments we call dates, or do we?

Lockdown is having us reminisce on good old times when we were free to travel this wonderful world. On this episode we share the the highs and lows of leaving home and familiarity. We mention Shaadi’s blog on Shaadiva.wordpress.com ✈️🏝⛴🎇

In this weeks episode, Morocco meets Iran. We are joined by the awesome Sebastian Clementine to discuss coming out, growing up as a gay Middle Easterner and all things sexuality! 

Growing up Iranian in London Part 2 is out now! Tune in to us yapping on about speaking Farsi and Finglish. How Iranians are not A-rabs. To some ridiculous questions we have been asked about our country. We also touch on food, racism, guns etc the usual chit chat over a cuppa.

Do you ever stop and think about how social media has embedded itself in the fabric of our lives? From MSN to Instagram, from friend to foe it’s all out there whether we like it or not. Tune in and listen to us explore our bittersweet relationship with today’s social platforms.