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BULAQ | بولاق

Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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We had an unexpected delay with an episode so please enjoy this favourite from 2022… This week we are joined by personal trainer and mental health advocate Jaime Filer in an uplifting episode. We get into misconceptions around eating disorders, overcoming social anxiety and how these conditions hold people back from improving their overall health. …
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