BULAQ is a book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey (in Amman, Jordan) and M Lynx Qualey (in Rabat, Morocco). It focuses on Arabic literature in translation and is named after the first printing press established in Egypt in 1820. Produced by Sowt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Best Health Podcast 4 years running at The People’s Choice Podcast Awards 🏆 Mental was created by Bobby Temps to break down mental health stigma and discrimination. Joined by special guests, the podcast is a safe space to hear honest and insightful mental health interviews in the hope listeners will feel more empowered to continue the conversation with others. Every other Thursday we delve into a factor in mental health and how to better manage it. You’ll also better understand different con ...
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Deena Mohamed’s Graphic Novel Asks: What If Your Wish Came True?
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We recorded this interview with Deen in January 2022, just as her debut urban-fantasy trilogy Shubeik Lubeik (“Your Wish is My Command”) was coming out in English. This original and beautifully illustrated story imagines that wishes of varying quality can be bought and sold in contemporary Cairo, with unpredictable and poignant results. It has been…
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Etel Adnan: “I Write What I See, Paint What I Am”
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Art critic and journalist Kaelen Wilson-Goldie joins us for a sweeping look at the life, writing, and art of singular Lebanese author-artist Etel Adnan (1925-2021). Kaelin Wilson-Goldie’s Etel Adnan is available from Lund Humphries. Adnan’s Time, translated by Sarah Riggs, is available from Nightboat Books. The Beauty of Light, a collection of inte…
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335: Stigma 💐 Burnout, life changes and finding balance with Alexander Tries
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This week we have two massive announcements to share so my friend Alexander joins me to discuss… Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Every other Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it. Join our Subscription on Apple …
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334: Self Love 💐 Addiction, family and writing with Ruby Dhal
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This episode feels extra special, self love is already one of my favourite themes and this conversation is deeply affirming. Author Ruby Dhal joins us to talk about healing and how the relationship with ourselves is an essential component of this. Whatever you’re working on there’s so much to relate to here ! Here we go! Mental is the brain-child o…
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333: Palliative Care 💐 Improving patient care, integrating mental health with Dr Janet Abrahm
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This weeks guest is a true pioneer who shares the transformative nature of palliative care in redefining patient outcomes. In this hopeful conversation we explore what it looks like when a newer field of medicine integrates mental health from the start. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his o…
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332: Hypnotherapy 💐 Intuition, life changes and excuses with Ursula James
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This week we’re joined by the incredible Ursula James to talk all things hypnosis as a therapeutic tool. We also unpack some of the learning from the pandemic and how the inclination to forget it highlights how we often process trauma. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. …
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331: Grief 💐 Hope and new approches with Dr Julie Kaplow
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This week we’re talking about innovative new approaches to working with grief in children and the lifelong positive impact these can have with Dr Julie Kaplow. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Every other Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mi…
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Majalla 28 is a literary magazine out of Gaza co-producing an issue with ArabLit. We talk about the work by co-editors Mahmoud al-Shaer and Mohamed al-Zaqzouq and read excerpts from that issue. After that, we talk about a particular kind of Palestinian literature – by writers serving life sentences. Find out more about the Gaza issue at arablit.org…
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330: Truth 💐 Survival and loss with Reginald L. Reed Jr
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This week we’re back with a new episode that is uplifting in its openness on how we attempt to reconcile the darkest events of our past. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Every other Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better ma…
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329: Boundaries 💐 Plus anxiety, self love & better connection with Dr Shainna Ali (Rerelease of Ep271)
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This week Dr Shainna Ali is our returning guest to discuss all thing boundaries. Including why they can be so difficult to set, common misconceptions and how to build stronger connections with others. Here’s the link to find Dr Shainna’s new book Designing Healthy Boundaries Scroll back to episode 144 to hear Dr Shainna’s previous episode on Self L…
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Ghassan Kanafani: Defiance on Every Page
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Ghassan Kanafani is best known for his famous novellas, but he was many things besides a talented writer: a prolific journalist, an insightful critic and editor, a heterodox Marxist, a spokesman for the militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He wrote and lived like he had no time to waste (which turned out to be true: he was assass…
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328: Stigma 💐 Plus changing attitudes, empathy & art with Barbara Brennan (Rerelease of Ep294)
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This week the coordinator of the entire See Change campaign Barbara Brennan is here to take on the show’s central theme of stigma in an episode that really hits it out of the park ! Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Every other Thursday we delve into a factor or conditi…
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327: Fad Diets 💐 False promises and unrealistic expectations with Grace Mulvey & Conor Dowling
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This week the hosts of ‘Best Entertainment Podcast’ Fad Camp are here to dismantle the false promises of diet culture. Their humorous approach breaks down fat phobia and makes for a delightful conversation. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Every other Thursday we delve…
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326: Getting Unstuck 💐 Comedy, self care and chicken in a bathtub with Lindsey Kane Leaverton
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This week debut author Lindsey Kane Leaverton is here to share humour and insight about how she got unstuck by showing up for herself. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it. …
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325: January 💐 Taking the pressure off this time of year with Kyle Moore
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Friend of the pod Kyle Moore is here for a January episode where we question the goal setting, drop the stereotypes and talk about taking it easy this January… Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and …
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This episode features writing from and about Gaza, and explores the imperative to write, between hope and hopelessness, at a time when words both seem to count enormously and to not be enough. Show Notes This episode’s cover art is by Chema Peral @chema_peral Letter from Gaza by Ghassan Kanafani was written in 1956. Mahmoud Darwish’s Silence for th…
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324: Value 💐 Plus hope, branding and suicide prevention with Simon Gunning
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To kick off another year of Mental we are joined by the CEO of suicide prevention charity CALM. In this conversation we somehow get into a bit of everything including philosophy, privilege, parenting and even the pandemic when exploring value and hope at this tricky time of year. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and t…
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323: Relationships 💐 Plus expectations, apps and therapy with Damona Hoffman
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This week acclaimed dating professional Damona Hoffman is here to dish her relationships wisdom. We’re exploring one of the biggest factors in mental health for this funny and informative episode to close out the year. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we …
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322: The Holidays 💐 Plus family, boundaries and food with Dr Elizabeth Easton
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This week the incredible Dr Elizabeth Easton is here sharing practical tips to get you through this hectic holiday season. We break down many of the pressures and how to find some peace among everyone else’s expectations. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday …
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321: Menopause 💐 Plus education, rumours and breakthroughs with Gráinne Clancy
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This week Gráinne Clancy is here to talk all things menopause and mental health in this long overdue and fascinating episode. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it. Join our …
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320: Intuitive Movement 💐 There can be so many benefits to exercise that the focus on looks denies us with Tally Rye
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This week we are joined by fellow podcaster and personal trainer Tally Rye to deconstruct body pressures in the fitness world. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it. Join our…
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319: Family 💐 Providing support to your child whilst managing your own mental health with Dr Maureen
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This week Dr Maureen joins us to talk through the balance of supporting your child whilst also looking after your own mental health. She brings a practical approach to make for an depth and uplifting conversation. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve…
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318: Baby Loss 💐 Plus pregnancy, expectations and new hope with Lou Conran
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This week comedian Lou Conran sits down to share her experience of losing a baby during pregnancy in this incredibly moving distinctly hopeful conversation. You can find Lou’s writing and personal advise on this topic HERE Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday…
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On Translating Arabic Literature with Robin Moger
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We talk to Robin Moger about how he became a translator from Arabic and about what has changed in recent years in the field of Arabic literature and translation and what has stayed the same. Moger’s first book-length literary translation was Hamdi Abu Golayyel’s 2008 novel الفاعل, which became A Dog with No Tail. His most recent is a translation of…
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317: Intersectionality 💐 Plus poverty, libraries and becoming a psychologist with Dr Monica Johnson
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This week the Savvy Psychologist herself is here to talk about the factors in each of our lives that need to be considered when working on our mental health. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and ho…
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316: An honest conversation 💐 Burnout and what we can do about it with Kyle Moore
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This weeks episode is a bit different as we make a big announcement whilst talking about burnout. Are these two things related, maybe press play to be sure… Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how…
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Said Khatibi’s detective novel نهاية الصحراء (End of the Sahara) is set in a remote desert city in Algeria in the Fall of 1988, when the country’s October Riots are about to break out place. The book is one of the winners of this year’s Sheikh Zayed Book Award. Khatibi explained how his writing is also a way of exploring larger historical crimes. S…
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315: When your job ends 💐 Plus Psychiatry and new treatments with Dr Abid Nazeer
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This week we are exploring what happens when your job comes to an end and what we can do to manage the difficult emotions that can come up even when this was our choice. Plus so so much more in this timely conversation. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we…
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314: Home 💐 Plus family time, interior design and cats with Anita Yokota
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This week we are joined by incredible therapist turned interior designer Anita Yokota who shares practical advise on creating a happier home. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better mana…
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