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Borjouliya

"Borjouliya" is a Tunisian podcast that aims to deconstruct the concept of traditional masculinity in order to create a more appropriate and inclusive vision. It challenges common norms of masculinity and highlights the various dominant forms it takes in our daily lives.This third season of "Borjouliya" is a series of discussions bringing together life experiences, expert opinions, and specialists from various fields, addressing men's mental health, fatherhood beyond masculine stereotypes, the male body, cyberbullying, and transmasculinity.
06 June 2023
series 77462

Latest episode

Beyond the Boundaries of Masculinity: The TranstyX Project

In this episode, we are hosting Moncef Zahrouni, author and director of the "TranstyX" project, to discuss the portrayal of transgender identity within the Tunisian artistic landscape.

ALL EPISODES
EPISODE 5

Beyond the Boundaries of Masculinity: Voices in Transition

How do transgender people interact with their social and cultural environment, from family to public spaces? This episode explores gender transition through a variety of personal experiences that challenge the binary construct.
EPISODE 4

“Dick Pics”, an expression of dominant masculinity

In this fourth episode of "Borjouliya", we delve into the motivations and purposes behind "dick pics," which are unsolicited photos of male genitals. We examine the link between these practices and hegemonic masculinity, as well as the values associated with them. The context explored encompasses dimensions of power, sociocultural influences, and psychological aspects.
EPISODE 3

Embodied Masculinity: Decoding the Vitruvian Man

Are there multiple forms of the male body and masculinity, or is there only one? How does society mold men's bodies based on prevailing norms of masculinity? How do stereotypes surrounding the male body impact men's perception of their own bodies and identities?
EPISODE 2

"Do you love me, dad ?"

Fathers strive to abide by traditional norms of masculinity that restrict them to the role of financial providers, limiting their emotional expression and that of their children. As a result, children suffer from the consequences of their fathers' absence in their lives. How can fathers break this cycle? Is there a way to rebuild healthy fatherhood models that meet the demands of our time?
EPISODE 1

Men's mental health

How long will society continue to stigmatize men's mental health? How does toxic masculinity create a gap between men and their emotions? Why do they not express their pain? To what extent do social gender norms contribute to mental disorders? In this Season 3’s first episode of "Borjouliya," we explore the relationship between the stereotypical image of masculinity and men's mental health, as well as its impact on the individual and their environment.

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| EPISODE 4

My body became a battlefield for torture

How does a prisoner’s body become a battlefield? In this episode, Omar recounts months of constant itching, lice, scabies, painful boils, and fragmented sleep, a condition easily treatable outside prison, yet turned inside into a daily method of torture.

| EPISODE 3

Eating in my dreams, starving in prison

This episode presents a direct testimony about the experience of hunger inside prisons after October 7, and about how food became the central element of daily life in the cells. Omar recounts the impact of the starvation policy imposed on the prisoners, and how it shaped their dreams, their behavior, and their internal organization. From dreaming about food, to storing bread, to a rudimentary barter system, and finally to the tensions and solidarity among prisoners, a documentation of a life governed by severe scarcity, and of hunger turned into a tool of control and punishment.

| EPISODE 2

Humiliation hurts most

Omar recounts how shock and helplessness intertwined in his early days of detention, and how systematic insults became a tool to subdue inmates and silence them through the threat of collective punishment. This is not merely an account of violations, but an attempt to understand how language itself becomes a precise weapon used to erode dignity and restrict any space for resistance within a system designed to strip away humanity.

ABOUT

Inkyfada Podcast is the first platform entirely dedicated to original Tunisian podcasts, and was conceived by Inkyfada media in collaboration with the in-house research and development laboratory, InkyLab.
Inkyfada joined the global podcast boom in 2017, when the team produced the first Tunisian audio documentary, diving deep into the belly of the El Kamour struggle taking place in the desert.
Since then, Inkyfada Podcast has produced a wide variety of documentaries, investigations, and podcast series, as well as articles accompanied by music; covering a multitude of contemporary issues in order to offer an immersive and alternative podcast experience.
Whilst exclusively offering audio content, the Inkyfada Podcast team upholds the same core values and principles of inkyfada.com, and is committed to producing high quality content though a dynamic and meticulous production process.
In addition to the permanent team, Inkyfada podcast works closely with various journalists, artists, illustrators, musicians and other content creators in order to diversify the platform and support artistic creativity.
These podcasts differ from traditional radiophonic content in that the applied production and editing process is more akin to cinematographic techniques, in addition to being web-based, downloadable and accessible on demand.
Additionally, Inkyfada Podcast uniquely offers subtitles in French, Arabic and English for all audio content, the majority of which is recorded in Tunisian or in the preferred language of the speaker in question.

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