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The dialogue-styled podcast addresses statelessness in Syria in six episodes, covering the issue’s social, legal, political, and psychological perspectives.
Produced and presented by: Sulafa Lababidi – Audio edited by: Al Hakawati – Music: Jundi Majhul
The Initiative to Eliminate Statelessness WILPF 2021
I want my right to grant nationality. EP1
Syrian women have been deprived for decades of the right to grant nationality to their children, leaving the latter without official documents or proof of identity. What are the circumstances of Syrian women? Is it necessary for women to have this right? Listen to the problem through voices from the Syrian street and discussion about the issue with the co-founder of the Initiative to Eliminate Statelessness, Rasha Al-Tabshi.
Some characters were represented in voice-over, taking into account the specificities of women.
Produced and presented by Sulafa Lababidi
Voice edited by Abdullah Al-Hakawati
Music: Judni Majhoul
I exist and don’t exist. EP2
In the 60s of the last century, the Syrian regime conducted a population census that resulted in stealing the Syrian nationality from him and his family. Listen to the stories of two born-stateless people; Alan, whose father was stripped of his Syrian nationality, and Ilaf, who could get the nationality after the Syrian revolution. Some characters were represented in voice-over, taking into account the specificities of women.
Produced and presented by Sulafa Lababidi
Voice edited by Abdullah Al-Hakawati
Music: Jundi Majhoul
A cardboard sign over thrones a regime. EP3
In 2011, shocked at stripping the Syrian nationality from him and his family after he participated in a protest in Tal Abyad in Syria and burned photos of Bashar Al-Assad, Muhannad tells his story and the suffering he and his family faced. The psychologist Jalal Nofal also discusses the psychological effects on stateless people.
Some characters were represented in voice-over, taking into account the specificities of women.
Produced and presented by Sulafa Lababidi
Voice edited by Abdullah Al-Hakawati
Music: Jundi Majhoul
Their stories. EP4
Twenty-five years passed while Muntaha was trying to get an official document to prove her son’s Syrian nationality in vain. Listen in this episode to Muntaha’s story, and to a discussion with the legal consultant, Zahraa Al-Barazi, about the discrimination against women in the Syrian nationality code.
Some characters were represented in voice-over, taking into account the specificities of women.
Produced and presented by Sulafa Lababidi
Voice edited by Abdullah Al-Hakawati
Music: Jundi Majhoul
A burned marriage document. EP5
Women with unregistered marriages in northern Syria suffer many obstacles, mainly having stateless children. How are stateless children treated? Listen to a detailed discussion about this issue with the lawyer Haidar Hawari.
Some characters were represented in voice-over, taking into account the specificities of women.
Produced and presented by Sulafa Lababidi
Voice edited by Abdullah Al-Hakawati
Music: Jundi Majhoul
Granting nationality is my right. EP6
Why do we need to demand the right of Syrian women to grant nationality? What are the potential solutions that we have to start with? How can we lobby toward changing the laws? Listen to a discussion about these issues with Mrs. Rima Flehan, a member of the Syrian Feminist Lobby.
Some characters were represented in voice-over, taking into account the specificities of women.
Produced and presented by Sulafa Lababidi
Voice edited by Abdullah Al-Hakawati
Music: Jundi Majhoul