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DecafQuest #23 - Reem Saleh | ديكاف كويست #٢٣ - ريم صالح
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Table of contents below.
Reem Saleh is a Lebanese Filmmaker. She is currently Associate Director of External Relations and Partnerships at NYUAD Arts Center. She's chaotic, passionate, and a globetrotter.
Adopting a dog: Drogo: 00:01:40
Reem's educational and career backgrounds: 00:05:50
"To be on the field gives you a very different perspective.": 00:13:35
A discussion of Reem's movie 'What Comes Around' (death, poverty, community, solidarity, FGM): 00:18:05
Female genital mutilation: 00:32:00
Top-down vs bottom-up awareness campaigns: 00:45:20
An anecdote during filming: 00:47:10
The dire economic situation in Lebanon ("no one is immune to poverty): 00:52:30
Mazen Barbir's question: "why do succeed at an individual level but fail collectively?": 00:56:30
Issues with which university students struggle (multiple jobs, stress, competition, social pressure [what would people say about you?], mental health, struggling to save the appearance): 00:59:00
Solidarity and helping each other out [Kilna Ya3ni Kilna, and other initiatives]: 01:10:05
Meeting Jason Silva: 01:13:00
Future projects [a new documentary about alienation, displacement, identity, what is home]: 01:18:25
What prompted the idea for the documentary: on being vulnerable and feeling helpless: 01:20:30
What is leadership? A sports example; athlete's mental strength: 01:24:00
Relevant links:
Movie: 'What Comes Around', https://journeyman.tv/film/7423
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meemzo
Drogo's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/drogattitude/
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