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Ija Ya Zmen

Ija Ya Zmen is a series of Tunisian tales narrated by the dancer and choreographer Saïda El Khadhra, with commentary by Hazar Abidi. These tales, part of a disappearing oral tradition, have been collected by the Inkyfada podcast team in order to preserve them and offer a sociological, anthropological, feminist and alternative reading.
31 March 2021
series Ija Ya Zmen - إيجا يا زمان Ija Ya Zmen est une série de contes tunisiens racontés par Saïda El Khadhra - danseuse et chorégraphe populaire - commentés par Hazar Abidi. Ces contes, faisant partie d’une tradition orale en perdition, ont été récoltés par l’équipe d’inkyfada podcast dans le but de les conserver et leur donner une lecture sociologique, anthropologique, féministe et décalée. إيجا يا زمان هي سلسلة خرافات تونسية مروية على لسان سعيدة الخضراء، راقصة وكوريغرافية شعبية تونسية، ومرفقة بتعليقات هزار العبيدي. تمثّل السلسلة غوصا في إرث شفوي غير مدوّن كمحاولة للحفاظ عليه وإثرائه بقراءات إجتماعية وأنثروبولوجية ونسويّة بديلة. 47345 [{"user_id":"1425"}]

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What links the stepfather archetype to faith and the justice of God? This is the story of a young boy who is driven away by a stepfather who threatens him with death, should he return without "Balek". However, no one knows what it is, and so the boy finds himself wandering from town to town in the pursuit of a curious mystery.

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Snad and the Dove Woman

What do Stockholm syndrome, "barbarians'' and the sea all have in common? This is the story of Snad, the son of a sultan with a passion for the sea. During a voyage, he meets a dove woman whom he kidnaps and makes his companion, until she manages to escape. In search of her, Snad has to come face to face with a strange and frightening civilisation.
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Wachma Bent El Hattab

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Ali Weld Essoltane

In the second episode, dancer and choreographer Saida El Khadhra narrates the adventures of Ali, the son of a Sultan, who sets off on an adventure and is cautioned by his father to be aware of the dangerous ogress. Terrified, Ali is then kidnapped by this very ogress who ends up falling in love with him and holds him captive. The story of Ali Weld Essoltane is full of elements and symbols that contribute to both establishing and upholding social norms
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Wadaa And Her Seven Brothers

In the first episode, dancer and choreographer Saida El Khadhra recounts the adventures of Wadaa, the Sultan's daughter, who sets off in search of her seven brothers. Mistreated and tricked by her sisters-in-law, abandoned by her brothers, and saved by her future husband, Wadaa's story is replete with elements and symbols that enforce and maintain social norms.

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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.

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Interrupted Call

Omar tells us, that during his first days in detention, he repeatedly told prisoners he had been traveling for ten days and hadn’t followed the news, a statement that became a recurring disappointment in every cell he entered. He explains how the circulation of news inside prison resembled an “interrupted call” shaped by fear, survival, and the hunger for hope.

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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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