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Podcast: Reimagining the Internet
Episode: 114. Repressive regimes have never stopped Majal from building safe online spaces for queer folk, dissidents, and migrants. (Esra’a Al Shafei Part One)
Description: Since the late aughts, Bahraini activist Esra’a Al Shafei has been building spaces where Arab and Middle Eastern queer folk, dissidents, and migrants can safely gather online, often amid governmental suppression. In part one of our interview with Esra’a, we talk through some of the oral history of her long-running Majal project and the queer-centric […]